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HSM3 follows predictable informercial path

Little more than an infomercial for the soundtracks
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.

By: CARLY CARIOLI | October 28, 2008

Test October 8 Content

Test Test Test Test

By: CARLY CARIOLI | October 08, 2008

Mangum's opus

Neutral Milk Hotel's epic Aeroplane
This article originally appeared in the March 5, 1998 issue of the Boston Phoenix.

By: CARLY CARIOLI | March 07, 2008

Thanks for nothing, Thom

Radiohead rant
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.

By: CARLY CARIOLI | October 03, 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

Live | MVD
Yep, this is about how we remember it.

By: CARLY CARIOLI | July 06, 2007

Nirvana revisited

A new Nirvana biography and excerpts from the Phoenix archives shed new light
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.

By: CARLY CARIOLI | March 30, 2007

The tao of fun

VIDEO: Andrew WK at Harpers Ferry, February 20, 2007
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 Boston and New York.

By: CARLY CARIOLI | March 03, 2007

Mooninites cripple Boston

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

By: CARLY CARIOLI | February 01, 2007

Craig's list

Sara Evans’ husband joins the list of the Republicans’ strange bedfellows
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.

By: CARLY CARIOLI | October 17, 2006

Sexy's back

Justin Timberlake, Avalon, August 26, 2006
Club gigs by superstars are inherently contrived, exclusionary, economically unsustainable. They also feel more human because they are more human. Duh.

By: CARLY CARIOLI | August 29, 2006

Bikers shoot Bang Camaro

Yes, we have a supergroup
“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.

By: CARLY CARIOLI | August 17, 2006

Gnarls Barkley: Rebirth of soul

Gnarls Barkley at Avalon, August 12, 2006
I’m probably not the only one who went to the Gnarls Barkly show Friday night at Avalon wondering if the costumes would be the most interesting part. Slideshow: Gnarls Barkley at Avalon, August 11, 2006

By: CARLY CARIOLI | August 14, 2006

Tuned out

A guide to surviving High School Musical
Disney’s tweenpop smash is now the fastest selling TV movie on DVD, ever. Here’s five reasons not to hate the most disgusting show on television.

By: CARLY CARIOLI | June 02, 2006

Religion and shit

Download new tracks Greg Graffin, the Clipse, and Shit Robot
If punk is really just folk music, maaaan , then how come so many punks insist on getting back to roots-rock in their old age?

By: CARLY CARIOLI | May 31, 2006

'Urge' overkill

Microsoft and MTV deliver too much of a bad thing
Windows Media files may be the 8-track-tapes of the digital-music universe, but Urge figures 13-year-olds will suck it up to get their mitts on exclusive TRL outtakes and AFI playlists.

By: CARLY CARIOLI | May 31, 2006

Mission statements

Brazilian funk, Missy Elliott, and other things you wouldn’t expect to find in Mission of Burma’s record crates
You can tell a lot by a man’s record collection, and even more by his DJ set. And if not? Well, you still got to hear the new Burma record The Obliterati at the Enormous Room.

By: CARLY CARIOLI | May 24, 2006

Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

Infomercial for metal that's less informative than MTV
Sam Dunn — first-time filmmaker, lifelong headbanger, sociologist, Canadian — opens his documentary with a silly question: why isn’t heavy metal taken seriously?

By: CARLY CARIOLI | May 10, 2006