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Bring on the major leagues
Fairhaven are officially on the hunt
There ain't enough lighter fluid in your Bic to keep pace with Fairhaven's piano-driven anthems on their full-length debut Origins.
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CHRIS CONTI
| January 27, 2010
The Big Hurt: Billboard Top Hip-Hop and R and B songs
Who charted?
This week, a jolly traipse through one of Billboard 's most artistically fecund charts: "Top Hip-Hop and R&B Songs." What wonders await?
By
DAVID THORPE
| January 26, 2010
Interview: Ozzy Osbourne
The belles lettrist tells all
Long before he bit the heads off bats and doves, Ozzy Osbourne worked in a cheerless abattoir in the hardscrabble Aston section of Birmingham, England, where for 18 months he held such titles as "cow killer," "tripe hanger," "hoof puller," and "pig stunner."
By
LANCE GOULD
| January 29, 2010
Those drums and wires
Off the Couch
Makeupbreakup + Jon Hope + more
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PROVIDENCE PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF
| January 26, 2010
Fresh Vetz | Vet Status
Top Shelf (2009)
It's a bright sign for hip-hop when at least three promising subterranean sluggers ride flows comparable to that of the almighty Nas.
By
CHRIS FARAONE
| January 27, 2010
Various Artists | Pop Ambient
Kompakt (2010)
It'd be easy to understand a resistance to "ambient" music — beyond all of its unfortunate Enya and dusty Eno connotations.
By
MICHAEL BRODEUR
| January 27, 2010
Pit Er Pat | The Flexible Entertainer
Thrill Jockey (2010)
Pit Er Pat, the minimalist duo of Fay Davis-Jeffers and the dubiously named Butchy Fuego, have pared down their sound in search of simple beauty, but the result is an icy album utterly lacking in energy.
By
MICHAEL PATRICK BRADY
| January 27, 2010
Basia Bulat | Heart Of My Own
Rough Trade (2010)
Like a Laurel Canyon Billie Holiday or a pixilated Tracy Chapman, Bulat sports a voice rich with vibrato, hearty oomph, and dignified lonesomeness.
By
ZETH LUNDY
| January 27, 2010
Priestess | Prior To The Fire
Tee Pee (2009)
Now Priestess are back in Indieland, rubbing denim-clad elbows with the likes of Nebula and Black Math Horseman.
By
MIKAEL WOOD
| January 27, 2010
The Magnetic Fields | Realism
Nonesuch (2010)
This will be labeled as the Magnetic Fields' folk album, and fairly so.
By
JONATHAN DONALDSON
| January 27, 2010
Tight but loose
Jangly + angular = Glowkid
I had never come across the adjective "jangular" until I visited the Glowkid website.
By
CHRIS CONTI
| January 20, 2010
MC Paul Barman | Thought Balloon Mushroom Cloud
Househusband (2009)
Note how the title of Paul Barman's third and latest sounds corny at first glance but deserves a "ha" — or at least an "I smell this dude" — on further contemplation.
By
CHRIS FARAONE
| January 19, 2010
John Heartsman | Music Of My Heart
Jazzman (2010)
John Heartsman's career had two modest peaks.
By
GUSTAVO TURNER
| January 19, 2010
Los Campesinos! | Romance Is Boring
Arts & Crafts (2010)
Toward the end of "In Medias Res," the first song on Los Campesinos!' third album, Gareth Campesinos (the entire Cardiff septet have adopted the surname) asks, "Is this something that would interest you?"
By
RYAN STEWART
| January 19, 2010
Laura Veirs | July Flame
Raven Marching Band (2010)
Thanks to the string of albums she's released over the past decade or so, this Portland-based folkie has cultivated a reputation as a gifted chronicler of the outdoor experience.
By
MIKAEL WOOD
| January 19, 2010
Beach House | Teen Dream
Sub Pop (2010)
Before I talk about Beach House's third album — the top dreampop album of 2010 until further notice — I should reveal that I had the big gay whirlwind romance of my life under the influence of a steady stream of Beach House Mania at SxSW three years ago.
By
MICHAEL BRODEUR
| January 19, 2010
Mostly Other People Do the Killing | Forty Fort
Hot Cup (2009)
On their fourth CD, the celebrated young jazz quartet with the indie-rock name continue their audacious updating of the genre's old-school avant-garde.
By
JON GARELICK
| January 21, 2010
The Big Hurt: Falling down the rabbit hole
Music news in brief
Lee, Hoppus, Wentz, Avril, and 3OH!3 fall down the rabbit hole
By
DAVID THORPE
| January 20, 2010
In your ear
Minky + Shannon + Bogus + more
On THURSDAY (the 21st), FAR OFF PLACE stay close to home with a free gig at the Knickerbocker Cafe.
By
PROVIDENCE PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF
| January 20, 2010
Super 8-Bit Brothers | Brawl
The End (2010)
It's easy to forget how annoying certain pop-culture artifacts were in their heyday.
By
BARRY THOMPSON
| January 13, 2010
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