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Brought to You By the Letter 'E': Thalia Zedek on Her New Records, New Band
Thalia Zedek discusses how she turned toward quieter music after the breakup of Come and how a creative rut led her back to the land of the loud.
11 Oct 2016
Music
Barnstar!: Sit Down! Get Up! Get Out!
In spite of a few generic weaknesses and maybe a little too much joy, Barnstar!'s sophomore effort's a boot-stomping good time.
06 Apr 2015
Music
Pile: You're Better Than This
Pile finally return to the studio, foaming at the mouth, after last year's excellent "Special Snowflakes" single.
02 Mar 2015
Music
We Were Astronauts - "Keep It Together" (audio) (Premiere)
Boston rockers We Were Astronauts have a fun new summer jam in the .38 Special-esque "Keep It Together", which should fit cozily on any summer road trip playlists.
25 Jun 2014
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In Search of Lost Time: André Aciman's 'Harvard Square'
André Aciman's enjoyable, beautifully written novel tells about the highs and lows of academic life and adjusting to the rhythms of America as a foreigner.
02 Apr 2013
Music
Jesse Dee: On My Mind / In My Heart
Dee embraces authentic soul as well as unrelenting focus on On My Mind/In My Heart.
13 Mar 2013
Reviews
Seth McFarlane Goes Feature-Length with 'Ted'
Ted is a bit difficult to classify; it’s too raunchy to be a pure rom-com, too brainy to be a raunch-fest, too goofy to be a think-piece, too televisual to be cinematic.
10 Dec 2012
Music
Katrin: Frail to Fearless
Great singing from Boston-based Katrin. The writing? Less so. The legendary Jerry Marotta produces.
Jedd Beaudoin
23 Apr 2012
Music
I Heard You Missed Us (Says Van Halen and Many, Many Others) -- We're Back!
The David Lee Roth-fronted Van Halen returns after a 28-year absence. Who else has made fans wait that long? Quite a few, it turns out.
04 Mar 2012
Music
You Won't: Skeptic Goodbye
You Won't's debut offers the vertigo of watching a band choose their next move. The band could fade away in a heartbeat, or they could take their raw potential and shape it into critical and commercial triumph.
27 Feb 2012
Travel
Walkin' to the Beat, the Rhythm in My Feet
Walking around a new city is a good way to get to know its nuances -- the sights, the smells, and especially, the sounds. Boston taught me its rhythm, and I kept in step.
06 Dec 2011
Music
The Hush Now: Memos
Boston quintet aims high on their shamelessly massive third LP.
21 Nov 2011
Music
Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers: Gift Horse
Featuring some of Kellogg’s strongest melodies and most introspective lyrics yet, this album stands as the best album yet from an artist who seems not to know the meaning of second best.
09 Oct 2011
Reviews
'Busy Monsters': Losing It, With Glorious Prolixity
William Giraldi’s ravaging way with the language is so dexterous and sure-handed that his comic romp of a novel fairly detonates.
02 Aug 2011
Culture
Art and the American Evolution: The Arts of the Americas Wing at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
In America, art tells the story of an early predominance of classical European ideals, the emergence of a national identity amidst civil war, and the melting-pot existentialism that dominated a media-obsessed 20th century.
30 Jun 2011
Music
Waxing Nostalgic: The Mantras of the Music Geek
Four music geeks reunite to reminisce over their college days in the late '80s. Bold mantras about what's wrong with today's music ensue.
19 Jun 2011
Music
The Submarines: Love Notes/Letter Bombs
The Submarines charm below the surface of their newest album, but get too monotonous as they emerge.
09 Jun 2011
Books
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (40th Anniversary Edition) by George V. Higgins
Higgins’ message, about crime’s futility and the falseness of its glamour as portrayed by Mario Puzo and Francis Coppola, is an important one, and his book more than succeeds in conveying it.
03 May 2010
Books
The Little Sleep by Paul Tremblay
In the modern era of the damaged private-eye, Paul Tremblay’s Mark Genevich just about takes the cake.
09 Apr 2009
Books
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
American Exceptionalism has the potential to spur great innovation and bring about profound change, yet it can also be a destructive, insular force that pits the country against those who dare question its authority.
Michael Patrick Brady
23 Oct 2008
Music
Boston: Boston / Don’t Look Back
Three decades after exploding on the pop-rock scene with Boston and Don't Look Back, Tom Scholz brings us his band's first two albums in remastered form.
Adam Williams
24 Jul 2006
Music
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes: Live at the Paradise Theater, Boston, MA 12.23.78
Kevin Oliver
10 Jul 2000
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