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The wyrd, wyld Welsh wyrld of Gruff Rhys

Animal on the loose
In his new film Separado!, Gruff Rhys is riding around São Paulo when his Brazilian driver asks the shaggy-haired musician where he is from.

By: JONATHAN DONALDSON | June 09, 2011

Get ready to ramble: 21 shows you need to see before September

One solid summer
Every summer, in addition to swarms of mosquitoes and fanny-packed tourists, New England hosts a massive invasion of live music.

By: PHOENIX STAFF | June 17, 2011

music interview with boy-girl music duo Karmin

Spitting a fierce hip-hop cover, Karmin use YouTube as a launching pad for success

Look at them now
"Literally everything is different now," writes Noonan via e-mail. "No more daytime naps!"

By: CASSANDRA LANDRY | June 06, 2011

MP3 of The Week: The Macrotones

Grab their "Flutenbier"”MP3 at On The Download.
The Macrotunes have evolved into a hybrid fit for freaking fans of jazz, boom-bap, roots reggae, and acid-worthy jam bands.

By: MICHAEL MAROTTA | June 09, 2011

Melvins' King Buzzo sludges it out

Noise solution
"I have always assumed that I have good taste," explains Buzzo. "So if I like what I do, other people will like it, right?"

By: DANIEL BROCKMAN | June 03, 2011

Out: Touring tales from Toad's 'This Has Been A Disaster -- Thanks For Having Us'

Stage fright
"I thought you would be more æthereal in person," a French fan once told Boston dream-folk songwriter Marissa Nadler at a show in Belgium.

By: LIZ PELLY | June 01, 2011

Dengue Fever add eccentricity to psych pop

Holidays in Cambodia
For all the kitsch and B-movie flair of Dengue Fever, there are still a few aspects of their obsession with Cambodian pop that they haven't put on record.

By: MATT PARISH | June 01, 2011

The Go-Go's resurrect their new-wave Beat

Returning to the valley
It's common knowledge that the '80s were a wild time full of big hair, good drugs, and bad clothes.

By: MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | June 01, 2011

With Big Bang Records, Natural Born Spitters and Virtuoso create a unified front

Common theory
For the past decade or so, there have essentially been two Greater Boston hip-hop scenes — one for which the audience is black, and one for which the audience is not-so-black.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | May 25, 2011

Out: Never mind the rapture, here's Pretty & Nice

Without Judgment
There's a sense of calculated jubilation in Pretty & Nice's frantic brand of caffeinated pop, one that's a bit paranoid, a bit euphoric, and always on the verge of spinning out of control.

By: MICHAEL MAROTTA | May 26, 2011

Death Cab for Cutie crack familiar Codes

Self-help manual
When I phone Walla, who's in Minneapolis with Death Cab on a tour that will bring them to the cozy Paradise a week from Sunday, he's in a reflective mood.

By: DANIEL BROCKMAN | May 26, 2011

The complicated pop world of Sondre Lerche

Naming rights
Anyone who has spent any time with one of his albums knows that it's not going to be your typical grab-a-coffee, "how's-the-missus?" sort of day.

By: JONATHAN DONALDSON | May 26, 2011

Damon & Naomi mature in a separate galaxy

Outer rim
Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang are somewhere in the UK, en route to a gig in Cornwall.

By: MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | May 23, 2011

Dancing to life's desire lines with Lykke Li

Love & poison
You already love Lykke Li. You may not know that you do, exactly.

By: LUKE O'NEIL | May 20, 2011

After a decade on the grind, Trap Them find their stride

Reshaping their core
Hardcore cribbing from metal is hardly new territory. At least, according to Trap Them vocalist Ryan McKenney.

By: JANSSEN MCCORMICK | May 20, 2011

The World/Inferno Friendship Society lead a punk cult

Anarchy in the BK
If Ann Orrin had done some crafty editing on her 2008 documentary about the World/Inferno Friendship Society, it would have been easy to confuse the band with some fringe religion.

By: REYAN ALI | May 20, 2011

Out: Golden Girls show us their Wormhole at O'Brien's Pub

Worcester invasion (again)
May 13 brought a promising line-up to O'Brien's Pub in Allston: Boston avant-pop artist Birthdays and Worcester fuzz-punks Golden Girls.

By: LIZ PELLY | May 20, 2011

Getting under the musical masks of Mighty Tiny

Carnival folk
Getting under the musical masks of Mighty Tiny

By: BARRY THOMPSON | May 12, 2011

Arctic Monkeys escape the pitfalls of buzz

Post-hype sleeper
Three for three with critically acclaimed #1 albums in their native UK. Top spots in countries around the world with each release. Early hype for their forthcoming Suck It and See (Domino). That's a pretty good track record.

By: LUKE O'NEIL | May 12, 2011

A reunited Papas Fritas find their way home

Around the world and back
The road from the first basement jam session to the indie-record deal isn't always clearly delineated with reflectors and mile markers — but hindsight usually reveals some kind of plan.

By: JONATHAN DONALDSON | May 12, 2011

OUT: Ribs shine through a strobe in Allston, kick off East Coast tour

Rainbows bright
Whereas most bands nurse hangovers on Saturday mornings, the dudes in Ribs spent the one before their tour kickoff party at Home Depot, wandering the tall aisles of suburban fix-it wonderland in search of multi-colored floodlights and thin, four-foot-long fluorescent bulbs.

By: MICHAEL MAROTTA | May 10, 2011

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