Dennis Brennan

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Like an e-mail from a long-lost ex, Record Store Day was designed to remind shoppers around the world that record stores still exist.

Record Store Day at Newbury Comics

By LUKE O’NEIL | April 23, 2008

In his newly published The Sound of Our Town: A History of Boston Rock & Roll , Phoenix contributor Brett Milano explores the evolution of the local music scene.
When the Nirvana explosion rocked Boston
By BRETT MILANO | September 18, 2007

Children at play

If you happened into the Middle East for the Fleshtones show two weekends ago, you might have wondered what those kids were doing there.
Who Shot Hollywood get off to an early start
By BRETT MILANO | June 19, 2007

All dolled up

We have seen the face of Boston rock and roll, and it’s got painted-on eyebrows.
Yes, Virginia, but there’s more to the local scene than Amanda and Brian
By BRETT MILANO | June 06, 2007

I think I have the vapors

Listen and learn, people.
Dennis Brennan CD release bash, Lizard Lounge, May 19, 2007
By JON GARELICK | May 23, 2007

F****n’ great

Dennis Brennan isn’t much into blowing his own horn, and any questions about his local-legend status are likely to be met with an embarrassed shrug.
Dennis Brennan by his own cool self
By BRETT MILANO | May 08, 2007

Too many shows

If this winter’s concert scene were a crazy tag-team wrestling match, rock would be the ass-kicking king of the ring.
A hot winter concert season
By TED DROZDOWSKI | December 28, 2006

Life is a cabaret

The Dresden Dolls have been crazy busy since the release, earlier this year, of Yes, Virginia (Roadrunner), and their autumn itinerary ensures they’ll be applying the pancake make-up well into winter.
The Dolls, the Rudds, d’Elf, and more shake it up this fall
By JONATHAN PERRY | September 13, 2006