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Photos: The Darkness + Foxy Shazam at the Paradise Rock Club

The Darkness + Foxy Shazam perform live at the Paradise Rock Club on February 3, 2012.
February 3, 2012
By JOSH BERLINGER | February 10, 2012

Die Antwoord | Ten$ion

Moreso than any "controversially-lipped" chanteuse (to borrow from one of Lana Del Rey's many observers), South African rap/rave/meme/satire/knuckleheads Die Antwoord beg the question:"Is that all there is?"
Zef Recordz
By DAN WEISS | February 10, 2012

A Place to Bury Strangers | Onwards to the Wall

Onwards to the Wall clocks in at 16 minutes and 35 seconds, and it could shatter into smithereens at any moment.
Dead Oceans (2012)
By REYAN ALI | January 27, 2012

Powering up with the Smith Westerns

Sometimes when we settle into the tattered sofa of lo-fi pop music, it's easy to imagine that the artists intended for it to be made this way.
Bye-bye lo-fi
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | January 27, 2012

Hanging in a crush-gaze balance with Cults

What do you think has been the most buzzed-about indie style over the past few years?
Metal worship
By LUKE O'NEIL | January 20, 2012

Photos: Susan Tedeschi + The Remains + Derek Trucks at the Paradise Rock Club

Susan Tedeschi, The Remains and Derek Trucks perform live for the Hot Stove Cool Music Benefit Concert at the Paradise Rock Club at January 14, 2012.
Hot Stove Cool Music Benefit Concert | January 14, 2012
By TIM BUGBEE | January 20, 2012

Anthony Green settles into a comfort zone

It's just before Christmas, and Anthony Green, his wife Meredith, and their one-year-old son, James, are gearing up to indulge in some holiday cheer: hot apple cider, gingerbread house displays, quality time with Green's parents — and a 9 pm bedtime.
Survival rate
By ANNIE ZALESKI | January 13, 2012

Four weather-proof shows to kick off 2012

Four shows worth abandoning the safe haven of home for.
Although new records are sure to warm the soul this winter, some of us do eventually need to leave the house
By MICHAEL MAROTTA AND LIZ PELLY | December 30, 2011

Japan's Dir En Grey find hope in a dark place

Back in March, the Japanese band Dir En Grey had recorded about half of what became Dum Spiro Spero, their eighth album. Then the world ended, or at least came pretty close.
Precious metals
By BARRY THOMPSON | December 09, 2011

Digitalism dance to the harmony of song

Obviously there aren't meaningful lines between dance, pop, and indie-rock anymore, since more and more instrument-focused acts born as rock bands are leaning on the techniques of electronic music production to modernize their sound.
Heartthrob
By LUKE O'NEIL | November 25, 2011

Jedi Mind Tricks | Violence Begets Violence

It's a daily struggle to avoid murdering Drake fans who bump that trash on the train in front of me, cliché Auto-Tune hooks leaking from their Skull Candy and polluting my perimeter.
Enemy Soil (2011)
By CHRIS FARAONE | November 11, 2011

Scratch Acid reignite a compact snap

In general, people who care about music make too big a deal about the notion of talent.
Economy hardware
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | November 04, 2011

The restless Nashville pop of Caitlin Rose

It's late Sunday afternoon and singer-songwriter Caitlin Rose is folding laundry and watching a movie on BET in her Nashville home.
Stone pony
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | November 04, 2011

Ten years in, Ladytron grounded by Gravity

More than a decade into their career as trusted electro-pop veterans, Ladytron's place in the world of pop music seems as precarious as when they started.
Post-dance
By MICHAEL MAROTTA | October 07, 2011

George Lewis Jr. conquers as Twin Shadow

"Boston, I'm starting to love you again," says George Lewis Jr. via cell phone in a seemingly sarcastic yet sincere shout-out to his old stomping grounds.
Post-Mad Man
By NOLAN GAWRON | October 07, 2011

[phlipcam video] James Blake @ the Paradise

Way back in December of yesteryear, I threw a tongue-in-cheek post On the Download poking fun at the perpetual snowball of hype in which JAMES...
By Michael C. Walsh | October 04, 2011

October 7 | Ladytron at the Paradise Rock Club

It's no surprise that hearing the word "Tron" tickles our nostalgia bone, considering how often we watched the '80s sci-fi flick play out on cable...
By Meghan Kavanaugh | October 03, 2011

Photos: Peter Hook plays the Paradise | September 20, 2011

The Joy Division co-founder takes the stage at the Paradise Rock Club.
Peter Hook plays the Paradise on September 20, 2011
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | September 30, 2011

Dum Dum Girls | Only In Dreams

Kristin Gundred, a/k/a Dee Dee, is no actual dum dum, so she made good where Vivian Girls didn't.
Sub Pop (2011)
By DAN WEISS | September 24, 2011

Dissecting the enveloping sound of Elbow

Like a husky boy after his second plate at the Thanksgiving table, Elbow's music has become pretty damn comfortable.
Full bodied
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | September 23, 2011

Wild Flag | Wild Flag

It's not quite a Sleater-Kinney reunion, but those who have missed the band since their 2005 swan song, The Woods , should be thrilled with Wild Flag.
Merge (2011)
By NICK A. ZAINO III | September 16, 2011

Rubblebucket | Omega La La

Although bands often sacrifice musical quality for the sake of maintaining a weirder image, Rubblebucket keep buzzing forward, as impressive as they are idiosyncratic.
Sin Duda Records (2011)
By ARIEL SHEARER | September 02, 2011

[phlipcam video + review] Bear Hands @ the Paradise

Brooklyn-based indie-kids BEAR HANDS have toured with Passion Pit, so I can only imagine that when they booked last night's gig with Awolnation, the overwhelming...
By Alexandra Cavallo | July 15, 2011

July 25 | Oumou Sangare at the Paradise Rock Club

Many of us turn to Twitter whenever we want to chirp in about current events. But most of the time, we're just using that little...
By Scott Kearnan | July 11, 2011

After two decades, the Del Fuegos find a personal cause for reunion

At the Paradise, expect a celebration of Giessmann and Right Turn’s achievements and of the music of the Del Fuegos, as well as a promise of continuing to help others.
Making a right turn
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | June 24, 2011

Everyone loves Dinosaur Jr.'s Bug except J Mascis

For Dinosaur Jr., an achingly melody-fueled power trio formed from the ashes of several Amherst-area hardcore bands in 1984, the pursuit of awesome came at the price of happiness, harmony, and ultimately the band itself.
No fun
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | June 17, 2011

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