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Connecting the dots

Nearly a year has gone by in the city of eternal youth turnover and ageless scenesters — and has anything really changed?
In the local scene, anything goes
By MATT PARISH  |  June 05, 2010
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The scene is now

As newspapers cede arbiter status to random bloggers with Fios and afternoons off, the function of polls like our humble offering must change out of necessity. What once was a forecast is now more like a diagnostic — it's anthropology versus tastemakery
What we can learn about Boston from the local winners
By MICHAEL BRODEUR  |  July 31, 2009
Exit Scenes: The Last Night of the Abbey Lounge

Exit Scenes: The Last Night of the Abbey Lounge


Okay, so we had to go to the Abbey on its final night -- after all, it's right around the corner. It...
By Jon Garelick  |  November 27, 2008

Abbey Lounge to close doors at end of November


The Abbey Lounge, Union Square's venerable garage/indie/punk dive, has lost its battle with this shi...
By Carly Carioli  |  November 03, 2008
THE KONKS

THE KONKS


 Name something you’ve been doing for 10 years straight and we’ll bet as many Brubakers it’s n...
By Shaula Clark  |  October 07, 2008
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Gimme swelter

Local composer, trumpeter, and electronic-musician Forbes Graham has been blazing in recent weeks.
The searing hot sounds of summer
By SUSANNA BOLLE  |  July 15, 2008
Playlist: Mike Gintz of Clawjob

Playlist: Mike Gintz of Clawjob


Mike Gintz of Clawjob: “Last Five Records I Listened To”1_ The Fire Show, Saint the Fire Show [Per...
By Will Spitz  |  September 11, 2007

Photos: New Bomb Turks reunion at Abbey Lounge


New Bomb Turks & SpitzzAugust 19 at the Abbey LoungeAll photos (c) Matt Teuten...
By Carly Carioli  |  August 20, 2006

Mp3 Exclusive: Spitzz


DOWNLOAD: Spitzz, "Chloroform Fun" (mp3) Oh, right, punk rock: we'd almost fo...
By Carly Carioli  |  August 19, 2006

Exclusive interview: New Bomb Turks reunite for Boston show!


We don't have time to give you a big hoo-raw on how unbelievably fucking great New Bomb Turks were...
By Carly Carioli  |  August 08, 2006

Mp3 of the Week: the Silver Lining


  DOWNLOAD: The Silver Lining, “Cemented Steps” (mp3) It’s rare to hear a debut album that ...
By Carly Carioli  |  June 01, 2006

OTD MP3 Exclusive: Neptune


We've seen Neptune called "scrap-steel instrument rock" and that's a pretty precise desc...
By importer  |  March 24, 2006

Mp3 exclusive: Witch


Anyone who’s listened to Dinosaur Jr.’s latter-day albums (or was around to see the pre-Dino hardc...
By Carly Carioli  |  March 24, 2006

Mp3 exclusive: Black Helicopter


When Thurston Moore signed a deal with Universal to distribute his Ecstatic Peace label, veteran b...
By Carly Carioli  |  March 24, 2006

Abbey toilet talk


Found in the ladies' room at the Abbey Lounge:Ho-Ag not only rocked this girl's face off, they spr...
By importer  |  February 03, 2006

Live! Tonight! Bugs and Rats, Chop Chop, UV Protection


Bugs and Rats’ recently released debut album, Smart as a Whip (NotCommon), is a smorgasbord of ...
By Carly Carioli  |  January 08, 2006

Drive Like July at the Abbey; Celebration at Great Scott


DRIVE LIKE JULY's hyperactive-lunatic frontman, Silas Copathic, began his musical career as a mild...
By Carly Carioli  |  January 06, 2006

The Genders


The GENDERS grew up studying American rock and roll, absorbing the sound and stance of bands like...
By Carly Carioli  |  December 29, 2005

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