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Review: Joyful Noise

There's not much joy but there's plenty of noise of the rafter-rocking gospel singing variety in Tony Graff's musical dramedy.
Rafter-rocking gospel singing
By TOM MEEK | January 13, 2012

New music for Boston's winter of discontent

Here are 10 record-release parties from both newcomers and veterans of our city, dropping new music from now until March's thaw.
Cold brewed
By MICHAEL MAROTTA | December 30, 2011

[tonight in the fens] Tan Vampires + Moe Pope + Grey Sky Appeal @ Church

We’ve been hip to New Hampshire indie sextet TAN VAMPIRES for a while now, recently adding the frolicking pop of standout single "Digital Rot" into...
By Michael Marotta | December 02, 2011

Church reverts to 21-plus policy for all events

Fenway rock club CHURCH is shifting to a 21-plus format for all of its shows until a dispute with the city is settled. The Kilmarnock...
By Michael Marotta | November 03, 2011

[live recap] Helicopria rises @ Church

Three vibrant Boston bands emerged Thursday night at Church during the release party for the HELICOPRIA, a developing prog-rock band formed at Berklee that last...
By Kaya B. | September 20, 2011

September 23-24 | Crash Safely at Church

Fundraising bike rides can be incredibly worthwhile efforts, but the less athletically inclined among us just don’t have the leg strength to ride anything other...
By Meghan Kavanaugh | September 19, 2011

Boston rock bands together for Crash Safely

If music can be a refuge for the open-minded, it should also be able to take the lead in changing entrenched attitudes.
Landing spot
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | September 16, 2011

Tommy Keene | Behind the Parade

For nearly 30 years Tommy Keene has been a go-to guy for fans of guitar-driven pop rock.
Second Motion Records (2011)
By NICK A. ZAINO III | September 02, 2011

Review: Brighton Rock

For Graham Greene, the Catholic Church served more as a scourge than a comfort, but in Rowan Joffe's dreary, incoherent adaptation of Greene's 1939 novel, it merely offers an excuse to add choirs to the soundtrack.
Rowan Joffe's adaptation of Graham Greene's 1939 novel
By PETER KEOUGH | August 26, 2011

Newton's New Art Center exposes heavy metal from within

Named for a Candlemass song, staged in a former church, and curated by a pair of noise-loving MassArt grads, the upcoming group show "We Still See the Black" brings a thunderous charge of wrathful, subtle, beguiling, and teeming contemporary art to Newto
The black art
By CARLY CARIOLI | August 26, 2011

Kool Keith had a purple keyboard and green synth

Keith's ubiquitous props are often trumpeted on rap sites and comment boards, where he's cited as the chief influence behind everyone from Tech N9ne to Tyler, the Creator.
Odd past
By CHRIS FARAONE | August 05, 2011

Acaro find empowerment through aggressive metal

Acaro are arguably the hungriest metal band in Boston.
Crafting a legacy
By JANSSEN MCCORMICK | July 22, 2011

[q&a] Ben Deily on the early days of the Lemonheads (and reunion?), the formation of Varsity Drag and remembering Billy Ruane

The following 6,000-plus words are the unedited transcript of my interview conducted with BEN DEILY of VARSITY DRAG and his wife and bassist, LISA. While...
By Nolan Gawron | July 19, 2011

Random Axe | Random Axe

It's no wonder that it takes a 10-ton Uzi to get rap fans psyched about posse cuts these days.
Duck Down (2011)
By CHRIS FARAONE | July 15, 2011

Varsity Drag's Ben Deily carves his own path to happiness

Even after 25 years, Deily's voice and style remain remarkably similar to that of his teenage years with the Lemonheads: his hybrid of anxious punk delivery and sentimental pop prowess are as earnest and honest now as they were then.
School of rock
By NOLAN GAWRON | July 15, 2011

Review: Doubt at Roger Williams University

To say that John Patrick Shanley's Doubt is an essay in action is misleading, since we're more aware of watching the human dilemmas unfold than we are of learning from the play.
The Accused
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | July 15, 2011

[tonight @ church] People At Parties (ex-Von Iva, Boyskout), Vanity Theft, Andre Obin

People at parties — we love ’em, we hate ’em, our Facebook walls are littered with annoying photos of ’em. But from the shores...
By Michael Marotta | June 08, 2011

Inching along

We don't usually think of rock clubs as venues for live theater. Unless, of course, you count all the times we played spectator while a...
By Scott Kearnan | May 30, 2011

5 Courses with Laura Henry-Zoubir of Dramshop Hospitality

Laura Henry-Zoubir conquered live Dungeness crab, bone marrow, and three other Food Network-selected chefs to win $10,000 on a January episode of Chopped. Now the...
By Renee Trilivas | May 02, 2011

Death Ray Vision emerge from scrap metal

Metal, being a musical genre based on extremes, embodies an ongoing war between conservative and radical forces.
Veteran thrashers
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | April 22, 2011

MP3 of the Week: Vary Lumar "Hysteriatype"

There’s a hypnotic, almost dream-like quality to the sounds coming out of VARY LUMAR’s collective dome: equal bits alt-rock and electronics, all intertwined in creating...
By Michael Marotta | April 21, 2011

Friday: Evacuation Day party @ Church

True story: Several years ago, I lived in a tiny shithole studio apartment on Brighton Avenue in Allston Rock City, sort-of above where old Herrel's...
By Michael Marotta | March 15, 2011

MP3 of the Week: Herra Terra "Lost In Labyrinth"

When HERRA TERRA were nominated for a Boston Music Award last year, they were cast in the Metal/Hardcore category. But the Worcester quartet carry more...
By Michael Marotta | March 10, 2011

Photos: Winter Rock Formal at Church, with Gene Dante and Parlour Bells

Gene Dante & the Future Starlets and Parlour Bells play the Winter Rock Formal at Church on February 18, 2011.
Winter Rock Formal | Church, Boston | February 18, 2011
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | February 25, 2011

Americana tours and the next heavy-rock thing

Looks like Portland's THIS WAY will be the only Maine band featured as part of the NEW ENGLAND AMERICANA FESTIVAL , playing April 1 at the Boston club Church.
Sibilance
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | February 25, 2011

Life still sounds good for GNR's Tommy Stinson

Stinson's legacy isn't entirely based on playing back-up. He's also chiseled out a side career as a guitarist and singer, creating a repertoire of hooky alt-rock songs in side projects Bash & Pop and Perfect and, most recently, in work released under
Modern-day replacement
By REYAN ALI | February 18, 2011

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