Blog: On The Download

Bruce Springsteen fucking ruled Monday night at the TD Garden. And seeing the Boss at half court, separated by a few feet of staging and mat from the parquet floor where Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

Tuesday just got its ass kicked. A heady, two-minute-long new MISSION OF BURMA track, "Dust Devil," has surfaced on music mp3-sharing site RCRD LBL. A little more than two months ago,... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

This stylish gem from Boston's DAS MUERTE unexpectedly dropped from the sky over the weekend, and after maybe a dozen views this afternoon, I'm still fairly mesmerized by it all. All I can... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

Good times over the weekend at STEPHIE COPLAN & THE PEDESTRIANS' show at Great Scott. We've spilled much ink, both digital and the dirty kind that gets on your fingers, on the former... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

Photo by Diana Burmistrovich Following a cyclical dip in the standards of hip-hop and rap -– a time ruled by artists cultivating lyrics teeming with unflattering vulgarity and uncoordinated flow -–... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

Flashback nearly a decade ago, to Game 1 of the 2004 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals. A young indie rock band from Red Hook, Brooklyn, was on-stage at Great Scott,... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

Since I last updated HUB CAPPED, I finally got my first taste of Portland's dance/EDM scene when I caught locals BEN TACTIC (pictured above) and LINCOLN UP opening a Red Bull Music Academy showcase... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

Steven Tyler: hot, hot, hot. Look, we all know Massachusetts is full of godless liberals and so nothing is sacerd anymore, but hey AEROSMITH: if you are going to stage a North American comeback... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

After two weeks down in Austin for SXSW it feels good to be back in the pilot's seat of Boston Accents, navigating 120 minutes through the clear skies of our region's finest rock, electronic, and pop... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

Happy weekend after SXSW, y'all! You know what that means -- tons of awesome bands on post-SXSW tour are passing through town. One of those bands is garage pop trio SQUAREHEAD from Dublin, who... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

Technically? Not the first time Ms. LeBlanc has released something under her first name. Back in 2001, there appeared an album called This Summer, credited to 15-year-old NOELLE; RCA later re-issued... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

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Tonight's ODD FUTURE show at Boston's HOUSE OF BLUES has apparently been shut down by the Boston Police Department. The reasons for police intervention have yet to surface, but check out the... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

Death ascended from the Necrorealm Tuesday night, and made the mistake of trying to upstage GWAR at the onset of their four-star jamboree of metal mayhem at the Wilbur. It doesn't happen... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

OFWGKTA and company rip down old issues of the PHX from the Fourth Wall's windows, to the delight of many fans. Wednesday morning, I knew six things about ODD FUTURE WOLF GANG KILL THEM... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

I went to Texas for SXSW and all I got was this intensified disinterest in /disdain for music. Someone make that a t-shirt. Then roll that t-shirt up into a ball around your fist and punch me in... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

T.T. THE BEAR'S PLACE has found a rock and roll goldmine… in its very own attic. The Central Square rock club has unearthed a ton of vintage old band merchandise from over the years,... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

The kids in this line have been waiting outside the OFWGKTA pop-up "sweatshop" at Fourth Wall Project -- downstairs from the Phoenix's offices on Brookline Avenue in the Fenway... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

It seems like the idea of taking live concerts and broadcasting them online has been kicking around for a while now. It's pretty common at festivals and larger-scale events, but MTV is having success... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

Hot Chip are at the House of Blues on July 17 On Sale Now Conspirator + Jeff Bujak + Leave it On Stage | April 12 at the Paradise Rock Club | $20 | On sale @ ticketmaster.com Balkan Beat Box... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

Not that we had any excuse to make the four-hour drive up north to the great city of Montreal in the middle of the summer -- last time I made the pilgrimage was many moons ago to see Vladimir... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .