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Local-music aficionados were downright spoiled in 2006. Hallelujah the Hills, "Hallelujah the Hills" (mp3) SnowLeopards, "Stuck in the Middle" (mp3) Tulsa, "Whissper" (mp3)
Local bands that will get you through the winter
By SARAH TOMLINSON | January 02, 2007

Boston music news: July 21, 2006

The recent spate of activity from the Dinosaur Jr. camp has given indie rock fans plenty of reason to rejoice.
Notes on Lou Barlow and Stacy Jones
By SARAH TOMLINSON | July 18, 2006

Boston Music News: July 14, 2006

Ryan Lee Crosby wrote his newest, “Everyday Escape,” for his younger brother Adam, who now plays drums in Crosby’s backing band, the Mindless. Ryan Lee and the Mindless, "Obey Me" (mp3)
Notes on Ryan Lee and the Mindless, plus Somerville ArtBeat 2006
By SARAH TOMLINSON | July 10, 2006

Boston music news: July 7, 2006

Major happenings are afoot in the BON SAVANTS camp this month. The band have a residency at Piano’s in New York City the first three Thursdays in July. Bon Savants, "The Moon and the Ocean" (mp3 via MySpace) Bon Savants, "Why This Could Never Wor
The latest on the Bon Savants
By SARAH TOMLINSON | July 05, 2006

Boston Music News: June 30, 2006

Former Jake Brennan and the Confidence Men organist Scott Janovitz, brother of Buffalo Tom’s Bill Janovitz, is busy taking center stage with two of his own projects. The Russians, "Taking Noise Away" (mp3 via MySpace) The Great Bandini, "One and One
Notes on Scott Janovitz
By SARAH TOMLINSON | June 27, 2006

Boston music news: June 23, 2006

Local cabaret-punk duo the Dresden Dolls are unveiling a multimedia spectacular called “F#%k the Back Row” at the Brattle Theatre this Sunday. Watch the trailer for Unearth's "Giles" (QuickTime)
Notes on the Dresden Dolls and OSB
By SARAH TOMLINSON | June 20, 2006

Boston music news - June 16, 2006

Iconic rock groupie Bebe Buell taps the Rudds; Bleu heads to LA.
Notes on Bebe Buell and Bleu
By SARAH TOMLINSON | June 14, 2006

Boston Music News: June 9, 2006

The Merrimack Valley’s SHIPWRECK are the latest hardcore band to sign with Deathwish, Inc., the label owned by members of CONVERGE .
Notes on Shipwreck and Ketman
By SARAH TOMLINSON | June 06, 2006

Boston music news: June 2, 2006

Former PUSH STARS singer/songwriter CHRIS TRAPPER is going Hollywood.
Notes on Chris Trapper, formerly of the Push Stars.
By SARAH TOMLINSON | May 31, 2006

Boston music news: May 26, 2006

The SNOWLEOPARDS , featuring local singer-songwriter HEIDI SAPERSTEIN , celebrate the release of their new single “Stuck in the Middle” this Friday, May 26, at Sally O’Brien’s in Union Square (next to P.A.’s Lounge), opening for local singer-songwriter
Notes on the Snowleopards and Darkbuster's BMP win
By SARAH TOMLINSON | May 23, 2006

Boston music news: May 19, 2006

In the wake of Virgin Megastore’s announcement that it will close its 46,000-square-foot Newbury Street location next year, Newbury Comics chief executive MICHAEL DREESE says he’s not interested in taking over the Mass Ave corner storefront.
Notes on Mike Dreese's plans for the future; plus Aloud
By SARAH TOMLINSON | May 17, 2006

Boston music news, May 12, 2006

If all goes as planned, the final installment of BLACKOUT BAR , the weekly destination for fans of punk and hard-rock DJs and bands, will be held tomorrow night (May 10) at Great Scott, with performances by the EXPLOSION and MURDER MILE .
Notes on the next club night from the people who brought you Blackout Bar
By SARAH TOMLINSON | May 09, 2006

Boston music news, May 5, 2006

HO-AG singer/guitarist Matt Parish is recuperating at home in Allston after being attacked April 22 in Oakland, California, during the local art-rock quintet’s national tour.
News on Ho-Ag and a local Springsteen connection
By SARAH TOMLINSON | May 02, 2006

Boston music news - April 28, 2006

ASA BREBNER ’s weekend-long Abbey Lounge residency, in celebration of his new live album Abbey Lode (Hi-N-Dry), drew high-profile friends like PETER WOLF and rock historian PETER GURALNICK .
Notes on Asa Brebner and Vital Might
By SARAH TOMLINSON | April 25, 2006

Boston Music Notes: April 21, 2006

Plus, Jake Brennan's new album.
Rob Lind unleashes a new Ducky Boys album
By SARAH TOMLINSON | April 17, 2006

Boston music news, April 14, 2006

GUSTER are gearing up for the June 20 release of their fifth studio album, Ganging Up on the Sun (Reprise), by going green.
Notes on Guster and Isis
By SARAH TOMLINSON | April 11, 2006

Boston music news, April 7, 2006

In the wake of last year’s popular Wicked Good Local Bands , Newbury Comics and FNX 101.7 FM are again joining forces to release a compilation of music by Boston’s finest: WGLB Volume 2 will be available in late April.
Notes on WGLB: Volume 2 and a band of mixed baseball allegiances
By SARAH TOMLINSON | April 04, 2006

Boston music news, March 31, 2006

The CHARMS have landed big-shot garage-rock producer Jim Diamond (White Stripes, Electric Six) to produce their next album.
Notes on The Charms, Protokoll, and Wild Zero
By SARAH TOMLINSON | March 28, 2006

Beneficial pop

They were calling it the “Who Stole Baker’s Shit!” benefit, but the mood at T.T. the Bear’s Place in Central Square last Tuesday night was more neighborhood spaghetti supper than riled-up rock show.
Bake sale for Baker; roadrunning at P.A.’s
By SARAH TOMLINSON | March 17, 2006

Boston music news, March 17, 2006

Boston rock icons the Cars will reunite for a summer tour that hits Bank of America Pavilion on May 9. There’s just one catch: standing in for Rick Ocasek, who opted out of the reunion, will be Todd Rundgren.
Notes on The Cars, Unearth, and Hallelujah the Hills
By SARAH TOMLINSON | March 14, 2006

Boston music news, March 10, 2006

Brooklyn-by-way-of-Shutesbury electro-rock trio Mobius have just got the opening gig on the Editors/Stellastarr* spring tour, though they’ve yet to be confirmed for the March 20 stop at the Roxy.
Notes on Mobius and Township
By SARAH TOMLINSON | March 08, 2006

Boston music news, March 3, 2006

Punk hooligans the STREET DOGS are hard at work writing material for their third full-length album, Not Without a Purpose . . . Not Without a Fight !, which is due in late summer or early fall on their own Brass Tacks imprint.
Notes on Street Dogs, and the lineup for the kickoff of the Rock N Roll Rumble
By SARAH TOMLINSON | March 01, 2006

Boston music news: February 24, 2006

Believe it or not, Dinosaur Jr. are convening at J Mascis’s home studio this month to record material for a new album.
A new Dinosaur Jr. record, Dropkicks return to Conan, "Haunted Tooth, Neon Fang," and more
By SARAH TOMLINSON | February 21, 2006

Boston music news, February 17, 2006

Converge are currently writing material for the follow-up to 2004’s You Fail Me (Epitaph) .
Notes on Coverge, Doomriders, Dear Lover, and Zox, plus: remembering the Real Kids' Allen "Alpo" Paulino.
By SARAH TOMLINSON | February 14, 2006

Boston music news, February 10, 2006

DKM girl-singer Stephanie Dougherty's new band is something of a Boston punk supergroup.
Dropkick Murphys singer's new band, plus new songs from the Dents.
By SARAH TOMLINSON | February 07, 2006

Hyland avenues

It’s Friday night at P.A.’s Lounge in Somerville, and the band on stage are facing a potential drum-kit disaster.
Headband and Appletown Gun Shop
By SARAH TOMLINSON | February 02, 2006

Boston music news, February 3, 2006

The debut from Springfield metalcore quartet LIGEIA is due March 21 on Ferret.
Notes on Ligeia, Darkbuster, The Figgs, and more
By SARAH TOMLINSON | January 31, 2006

Boston music news - January 27, 2006

ELI “PAPERBOY” REED and his eight-piece soul band the TRUE LOVES play their swan song January 28 at the Central Square VFW Hall.
Notes on Eli "Paperboy" Reed, Ryan Lee and the Mindless, and the organizers of the 2005 New England Punk, Goth, and Metal Festival
By SARAH TOMLINSON | January 27, 2006

Boston Music News for the week of January 20, 2006

Hardcore screamers the HOPE CONSPIRACY have been through some changes over the years, but they’ve reassembled a who’s-who of the band’s past incarnations to record a new album with Converge’s KURT BALLOU at his Godcity Recording Studio.
Notes on Hope Conspiracy, Stoodio53, and Carter Tanton
By SARAH TOMLINSON | January 18, 2006

Boston Music News, January 6, 2006

Dear Leader are hard at work on their second album; tentatively titled The Siamese Democracy , it’s due out in April on Lunch Records.
News and notes on Dear Leader, Radio Knives, Damone, and Crash and Burn
By SARAH TOMLINSON | January 17, 2006

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