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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

Media activists aim to take over the future ... of news

Now imagine you're in charge of getting people excited about media reform — promoting things like local ownership of press outlets, a free and open Internet, and vibrant public journalism that operates outside of party politics. Besides the considerabl
'Get me rewrite'
By SEAN KERRIGAN | April 08, 2011

Podcast: Carly Carioli 2-10-11

Carly Carioli of the Boston Phoenix discusses the Phoenix's Valentine's Day issue.DOWNLOAD: Podcast Carly Carioli 2-10-11.mp3To save podcast, right click and choose "Save Link As" ...
By MorningIntern | February 10, 2011

Dear Phoenix Readers

’Sup.
A word from the new editor
By CARLY CARIOLI | June 25, 2010

Review: Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields

Stephin Merritt, the inscrutable and reluctant frontman of Magnetic Fields, is short, gay, and owns a chihuahua. Otherwise, details are scarce.
Slim portrait of a mysterious, monosyllabic man
By CARLY CARIOLI | April 23, 2010

Photos: PHX team arrives @ SXSW

Photos from the Phoenix's first night at SXSW 2010
Our team's first night in the Austin music trenches
By KELLY DAVIDSON | March 19, 2010

2009: The year in Phoenix blog posts

Our most popular blog posts from 2009
Michael Jackson, meteors, WBCN, and one very angry Obama
By PHOENIX STAFF | December 18, 2009

Best Music Poll 2009 concert

Stream audio of all the bands' performances, watch video highlights, download interview podcasts, browse concert and behind-the-scenes photos, and share your own photos and videos at the Boston Phoenix Web site or WFNX's site.
A 40,000-person group hug
By CARLY CARIOLI | August 07, 2009

Phoenix group harvests 17 regional press prizes

The New England Press Association (NEPA) annual newspaper contest has always been good to us.
Bragging-Rights Night at NEPA
By CLIF GARBODEN | February 11, 2009

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Although Senior Year makes the most of its big-screen debut by increasing the body counts in its group-choreography numbers, it’s a smaller movie than its chart-topping, direct-to-cable predecessors.
Little more than an infomercial for the soundtracks
By CARLY CARIOLI | October 28, 2008

Phoenix.com wins at AAN conference

ThePhoenix.com Web site won first place at the annual Association of Alternative Newsweeklies conference.
A line drive triple in Philly
By CLIF GARBODEN | June 11, 2008

Mangum's opus

This article originally appeared in the March 5, 1998 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
Neutral Milk Hotel's epic Aeroplane
By CARLY CARIOLI | March 07, 2008

Guest lists 2007

Phoenix and WFNX staffers submit their ten best albums of the year
By PHOENIX STAFF | December 21, 2007

Thanks for nothing, Thom

Thanks for deciding to fuck the music industry in all three holes by giving away your new album, In Rainbows, for free on the Internet.
Radiohead rant
By CARLY CARIOLI | October 03, 2007

Masters of Muppets

Here are some of our fave muppet musical moments.
The 20 best musical moments on the original Muppet Show .
By CARLY CARIOLI AND RYAN STEWART | August 27, 2007

R.I.P., Mr. Butch

Folk hero, "King of Kenmore Square," dead in scooter crash
By CARLY CARIOLI | July 13, 2007

The Jesus Lizard

Yep, this is about how we remember it.
Live | MVD
By CARLY CARIOLI | July 06, 2007

Magnificent seven

The annual journalism awards handed out by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) are the real deal.
The Phoenix 's AAN award winners
By CLIF GARBODEN | June 20, 2007

Nirvana revisited

True’s book coincides with a bit of Nirvana’s Phoenix lore, and this week we’re publishing an excerpt from the book alongside several related articles from our archives.
A new Nirvana biography and excerpts from the Phoenix archives shed new light
By CARLY CARIOLI | March 30, 2007

The tao of fun

In this exclusive video interview with the Boston Phoenix, Andrew WK discusses his motivational speaking, his next musical direction, and his emerging philosophy of life. Plus, exclusive footage of his recent solo, DJ, and speaking performances in Bosto
VIDEO: Andrew WK at Harpers Ferry, February 20, 2007
By CARLY CARIOLI | March 03, 2007

Mooninites cripple Boston

Boston, 2007 = Grovers Mill, 1938 Slop Culture: In case you don't know who the Mooninites are Media Log: The road not taken
And rock your face off
By CARLY CARIOLI | February 01, 2007

Guest lists

What small, private lists like this remind us is that big, honking institutional lists are largely fictions, mirages of a consensus that no longer exists, if it ever really did in the first place.
What 30 of the Phoenix 's music critics liked this year
By PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | January 02, 2007

Craig's list

This week, Sara Evans dropped out of the top-rated Dancing with the Stars , alleging that her soon-to-be-ex husband is a pervy, porn-hording adulterer. Somewhere, White House flacks may have felt they dodged a bullet.
Sara Evans’ husband joins the list of the Republicans’ strange bedfellows
By CARLY CARIOLI | October 17, 2006

Bikers shoot Bang Camaro

“I can’t believe we didn’t have a flying V when we started this band,” said Bang Camaro drummer Andy Dole, staring at the Middle East stage at the ungodly early hour of 10 am this past Saturday.
Yes, we have a supergroup
By CARLY CARIOLI | August 17, 2006

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