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Updated daily.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/iSkXoj9nt_c/brand-new-at-house-of-blues-november-17.aspxFri, 20 Nov 2009 15:59:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:608976onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)1http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=608976http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/20/brand-new-at-house-of-blues-november-17.aspx#commentshed:outvenue:House of BluesDaisyartist:GlassjawYour Favorite WeaponemoDaryl Palumboartist:Brand NewJesse LaceyThe Devil and God Are Raging Inside Medate:11-17-2009Head Automaticano Brand New plays &quot;You Won&#39;t Know&quot; at the House of Blues. Click here to see a full gallery of photos from the show I&#39;d like to say that veteran emo-punkers Brand New&#39;s fans have matured with the band, if only because it would make a gOn The Download Brand New plays &quot;You Won&#39;t Know&quot; at the House of Blues. Click here to see a full gallery of photos from the show I&#39;d like to say that veteran emo-punkers Brand New&#39;s fans have matured with the band, if only because it would make a good opening line, but it wouldn&#39;t be true. The sold-out show at the House of Blues Tuesday night attracted the usual motley crew of spotty adolescents, mopey emo kids, and angular young moshers. Of course, there were also those of us who&#39;ve been there since frontman Jesse Lacey was still penning lines like &quot;This is the first song for your mix tape/And it&#39;s short just like your temper.&quot; On a side note, I counted an inordinate amount of beards in attendance -- crazy, something-might-be-nesting-in-there, mountain-man beards. The place looked more like a Molly Hatchet concert than an emo show. &nbsp; But there&#39;s one thing both hirsute and hairless emo kids have in common, and that&#39;s a love of all things loud. Openers Glassjaw set the tone for the night with their particular brand of raw screamo. The Yonkers-bred boys hurled their bodies around the stage like weapons of mass destruction, pausing only long enough for lead singer Daryl Palumbo (he also fronts far-tamer Head Automatica) to address the sound guys. &quot;Could we turn down the vocals?&quot; he rasped. &quot;My ears are fucking bleeding.&quot; But no one else was complaining, because aural hemorrhaging was obviously part of the bargain. When Glassjaw left the stage to impressively big applause for an opener (I think a good portion of the crowd actually came just for them) everyone was primed and ready for Brand New to keep the good times going. &nbsp; The good times stalled momentarily, however, for reasons that were never made clear. The band didn&#39;t appear for a good half hour. The crowd waited it out expectantly, drawing a collective breath whenever a new tech guy strode onstage and all but exploded when, at last, the Long Island alt-rockers took the stage. Brand New got right down to business, opening with &quot;Sink.&quot; They howled: &quot;We&#39;re coming to get you&quot; -- which, it was clear, they were. Luckily, we were all willing hostages. Clad in a basic red hoodie and jeans (a welcome antidote to the typically overwrought hipster uniforms I&#39;ve seen paraded across the HoB&#39;s stage), Lacey sized up the audience for a moment before remarking, &quot;You all want to hear some old stuff, don&#39;t you?&quot; We did. The band complied, playing a well-chosen mix of fan favorites mostly off their first two albums, particularly 2001&#39;s Your Favorite Weapon. During &quot;You Won&#39;t Know,&quot; Lacey sent the churning crowd into apoplexy when he briefly played his guitar with his teeth. He then granted his bandmates a short reprieve while he went at it alone for an acoustic version of &quot;Limousine,&quot; which also flaunted the group&#39;s strongest asset: Lacey&#39;s expressive, often hypnotically tortured vocals. The rest of the band rejoined him abruptly, their instruments pounding in to close the song as the fans roared. &nbsp; The second half of the roughly 90-minute set drew almost exclusively from Brand New&#39;s last two albums: 2009&#39;s Daisy and 2006&#39;s The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (their slickest record to date). This is where the band took the opportunity to show us just how far they&#39;ve come, both as lyricists and musicians. Brand New&#39;s recent work is darker, tighter, and far more insightful than that of Your Favorite Weapon. And apparently, they felt compelled to prove it to us with visual aids. A screen lowered, and for the remainder of the show, grainy black-and-white footage of predatory spiders, women with blood-smeared mouths, cats sparring in a boxing ring (?), and other equally creepy images looped on a reel behind them. Watching it, I felt a bit like I had stumbled into that terrifying, psychedelic boat-ride scene from Willy WBoston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXBrand New plays &quot;You Won&#39;t Know&quot; at the House of Blues. Click here to see a full gallery of photos from the show I&#39;d like to say that veteran emo-punkers Brand New&#39;s fans have...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=iSkXoj9nt_c:7ZCG5NfzKBA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/iSkXoj9nt_c" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/20/brand-new-at-house-of-blues-november-17.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/oSavIlDG9F0/start-your-2010-engines-beach-house-s-quot-teen-dream-quot-leaks-is-awesome.aspxThu, 19 Nov 2009 15:28:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:608046onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)0http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=608046http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/19/start-your-2010-engines-beach-house-s-quot-teen-dream-quot-leaks-is-awesome.aspx#commentsmp3Leaksartist:Beach House2010no &nbsp; As we just got through saying, we are firmly in year-end list season. And since it&#39;s 2009, we&#39;re also in decade-end list season (vote here! You&#39;re telling me you don&#39;t have an opinion on the Knife vs. LCD Soundsystem? Or In RainbowOn The Download &nbsp; As we just got through saying, we are firmly in year-end list season. And since it&#39;s 2009, we&#39;re also in decade-end list season (vote here! You&#39;re telling me you don&#39;t have an opinion on the Knife vs. LCD Soundsystem? Or In Rainbows vs. Veckatimest?). And all that&#39;s fine. It&#39;s kind of fun, even, sometimes. But why spend all your time in the past when 2010 is roughly six weeks away? Enter Baltimore dream-pop duo Beach House, whose forthcoming Teen Dream debuted on ye olde internette this week.&nbsp; And I must say: it&#39;s really good. Not that I didn&#39;t have reason to expect greatness or anything. Their previous record, Devotion, is pretty solid. I&#39;d heard some new stuff at their recent Boston appearance, which sounded pretty good. And Ed Droste was raving about it on his since-deleted Twitter. But still: Teen Dream - good luck with that particular Google search, by the way - is a big step forward for Beach House. They&#39;ve expanded and improved their sound without fundamentally changing anything. Listen to &quot;Norway&quot; below: LISTEN: Beach House, &quot;Norway&quot; (mp3) Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNX&nbsp; As we just got through saying, we are firmly in year-end list season. And since it&#39;s 2009, we&#39;re also in decade-end list season (vote here! You&#39;re telling me you don&#39;t have an...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=oSavIlDG9F0:0ryMAjon6lo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/oSavIlDG9F0" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/19/start-your-2010-engines-beach-house-s-quot-teen-dream-quot-leaks-is-awesome.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/Q_8oFVVWwiI/vote-wfnx-top-101-alternative-albums-of-the-decade.aspxThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:26:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:604278onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)1http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=604278http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/19/vote-wfnx-top-101-alternative-albums-of-the-decade.aspx#commentsWFNXartist:Sonic Youthartist:Dirty ProjectorsAlbums of the Decade&nbsp; You may already be getting sick of reading the obligatory Top Albums of the Decade list that every music editor, blogger, and social networker has been ordered to shove down your throat....<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=Q_8oFVVWwiI:lTknw9N5YZk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/Q_8oFVVWwiI" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/19/vote-wfnx-top-101-alternative-albums-of-the-decade.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/asZtWVqdsPM/video-of-the-week-exclusive-cave-in-dvd-preview.aspxWed, 18 Nov 2009 12:32:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:606780onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)9http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=606780http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/18/video-of-the-week-exclusive-cave-in-dvd-preview.aspx#commentsVideovenue:Middle East Downstairsartist:Cave Inhed:mp3 of the weekno Cave In, &quot;Juggernaut (Live at Great Scott, 2009)&quot; When Cave In signed off at the tail end of 2006, we feared one of Boston’s greatest post-metal bands had perished before its prime. So when a couple of years later they snuck back into the studiOn The Download Cave In, &quot;Juggernaut (Live at Great Scott, 2009)&quot; When Cave In signed off at the tail end of 2006, we feared one of Boston’s greatest post-metal bands had perished before its prime. So when a couple of years later they snuck back into the studio and then unveiled a blistering new EP with a one-off show at Great Scott, we grabbed our cameras — just in case it turned out to be a last hurrah. We’re glad to report it was not: this week, Cave In kick off a mini-tour that climaxes with a November 22 homecoming gig at the Middle East. And they’re releasing the previously vinyl-only Planets of Old on CD, with a bonus DVD shot during their Great Scott comeback set. Today we&#39;re debuting an exclusive preview of the DVD, shot by Somerville filmmaker Joe Constantine. Get stoked: Cave In&#39;s back, bitches! CAVE IN TOUR DATES:November 19 The Knitting Factory Brooklyn, NY November 20 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, PA November 21 Club Hell Providence, RI November 22 The Middle East Downstairs Cambridge, MA Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXCave In, &quot;Juggernaut (Live at Great Scott, 2009)&quot; When Cave In signed off at the tail end of 2006, we feared one of Boston’s greatest post-metal bands had perished before its prime. So...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=asZtWVqdsPM:5dwmPgsQ4-o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/asZtWVqdsPM" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/18/video-of-the-week-exclusive-cave-in-dvd-preview.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/-Ujlxf0GK6E/video-jesus-lizard-quot-puss-quot-live-at-the-paradise-november-14-2009.aspxMon, 16 Nov 2009 03:09:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:604266onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)0http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=604266http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/15/video-jesus-lizard-quot-puss-quot-live-at-the-paradise-november-14-2009.aspx#commentsvenue:Paradise Rock Clubartist:Jesus Lizardno Holy. Shit. Thanks to MIKE GILL for lugging the camera to Jesus Lizard&#39;s reunion gig last night at the Dise. If you had questions about David Yow&#39;s ability to bring the mayhem, this should answer it. The difference between then and now? Now it taOn The Download Holy. Shit. Thanks to MIKE GILL for lugging the camera to Jesus Lizard&#39;s reunion gig last night at the Dise. If you had questions about David Yow&#39;s ability to bring the mayhem, this should answer it. The difference between then and now? Now it takes him an extra 0.03 seconds to dive 20 feet into the audience.&nbsp; INTERVIEW: Daniel Brockman interviews Jesus Lizard&#39;s David Yow UPDATED: Gill is uploading more video from the set; we&#39;ll keep updating this post as they go live.&nbsp; Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXHoly. Shit. Thanks to MIKE GILL for lugging the camera to Jesus Lizard&#39;s reunion gig last night at the Dise. If you had questions about David Yow&#39;s ability to bring the mayhem, this should...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=-Ujlxf0GK6E:sJYibz9kA58:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/-Ujlxf0GK6E" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/15/video-jesus-lizard-quot-puss-quot-live-at-the-paradise-november-14-2009.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/FrlGnNnOnxk/click-tracks-ashlee-simpson-worms-back-into-the-great-white-way-courtney-love-re-mounts-hole-and-more.aspxSat, 14 Nov 2009 13:50:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:602757onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)1http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=602757http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/14/click-tracks-ashlee-simpson-worms-back-into-the-great-white-way-courtney-love-re-mounts-hole-and-more.aspx#commentsartist:Britney Spearsartist:Green Dayartist:Kanye Westartist:lady gagaartist:Chris Brownartist:Courtney Loveartist:Ashlee Simpsonartist:Holeno &nbsp; Thought Macbeth was the most cursed play in history? Think again. Former pop starlet/defensive hoedown expert Ashlee Simpson has been tapped to reprise her role as Roxie Hart in Chicago. On Broadway. That&#39;s the same Ashlee Simpson who just losOn The Download &nbsp; Thought Macbeth was the most cursed play in history? Think again. Former pop starlet/defensive hoedown expert Ashlee Simpson has been tapped to reprise her role as Roxie Hart in Chicago. On Broadway. That&#39;s the same Ashlee Simpson who just lost her TV gig because, apparently, her acting chops couldn&#39;t cut it on Melrose Place. The silver lining of this impending fiasco may well be watching Simpson attempt to jig her way out of a Milli Vanilli episode mid-&quot;Funny Honey.&quot; (We&#39;re pretty sure the whole &quot;acid reflux&quot; trick only works once.) It&#39;s been a long, strange, &quot;Good Riddance&quot;-paved road from the garage-band days of Dookie to grandiose &quot;rock opera&quot; American Idiot. And Green Day&#39;s trajectory is about to get even stranger and more grandiose: They&#39;re bringing American Idiot to Broadway. (Move over, Simpson.) No dates set yet, but apparently when the current off-Broadway American Idiot musical (this was news to us, too) wraps this month, the move to the Big Stage will commence. &nbsp; The Fates convened and decided that, apparently, Britney Spears has not yet been through enough. Truth be told, we think that old gal deserves a break. The pop singer -- who recently rose from the ashes of a career placed inside a double-wide, doused in Jim Beam, set aflame, and left to die -- is once again under attack. The resilient Spears spoke out against accusations that she was (wait for it) lip-synching during performances in her Australian Circus tour. (We swear, the Ashlee Simpson theme running through this roundup was entirely unintentional.)&nbsp; &nbsp; It wouldn&#39;t be a music-news roundup without a little Ga. Looks like Lady Gaga&#39;s latest video -- for her song &quot;Bad Romance&quot; -- is apparently the weirdest yet! Way to push those societal boundaries. Behold: decolletage pyrotechnics, boyfriends being burned alive, and the forced consumption of vodka. But if that&#39;s too tame for you, there&#39;s always the NFSW vids from Girls and the Flaming Lips. I&#39;mma let you finish, Fergie (yeah, not done with that one yet), but let&#39;s just interject something here. Your assertion that Kanye is the man responsible for making &quot;hip-hop gay-friendly&quot;? Amazing. There&#39;s long been speculation that West is perhaps not such a fan of the Lady Lumps, and hey, we&#39;re not above raking a little gossip muck now and again. Back to you, Fergalicious. &nbsp; In an unprecedented incident of a Red Sox fan behaving fanatically, a Massachusetts man is suing Bon Jovi (as well as Time Warner and Major League Baseball) for $400 billion. Local musician Samuel Bartley Steele&#39;s suit claims that the New Jersey legend allegedly ripped off his musical homage to the Sox, entitled &quot;[Man I Really Love] This Team,&quot; in the 2007 song &quot;I Love This Town,&quot; which the MLB used to promote the playoffs that year. Bon Jovi responded, &quot;Um, what?&quot; A judge concurred, calling foul ball on the absurd lawsuit. Chris Brown is apparently not beating himself up too hard (too soon?) about the whole Rihanna incident. The R&amp;B singer now best known for abusing his girlfriend responded to Rihanna&#39;s emotional 20/20 interview by announcing: &quot;Abuse of any kind is always wrong. The rest I leave it to God.&quot; Someone should tell a dude that saying a few Hail Marys does not a woman un-batter. But at least we can still bask in the warm glow of schadenfreude, as we watch Brown attempt to crawl back into the public&#39;s hearts with a disastrous &quot;comeback appreciation tour.&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lovable hobgoblin Courtney Love has returned to the world of the living to resurrect Hole for a new album, Nobody&#39;s Daughter, tentatively due out January 2010 -- making it the first Hole record since Celebrity Skin. Of course, because Love cannot function unless she&#39;s stirred up some crazybrains controversy, you can find her Tweeting furiously at former HolBoston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNX&nbsp; Thought Macbeth was the most cursed play in history? Think again. Former pop starlet/defensive hoedown expert Ashlee Simpson has been tapped to reprise her role as Roxie Hart in Chicago. On...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=FrlGnNnOnxk:sfLB_4D4e5c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/FrlGnNnOnxk" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/14/click-tracks-ashlee-simpson-worms-back-into-the-great-white-way-courtney-love-re-mounts-hole-and-more.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/mRIeMgXDMh0/john-peel-pirate-radio-broadcast-from-1967-mp3.aspxFri, 13 Nov 2009 20:18:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:602715onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)2http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=602715http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/13/john-peel-pirate-radio-broadcast-from-1967-mp3.aspx#commentsno Richard Curtis’s Pirate Radio opens tonight, and, as I mention in my review, it’s fun and very funny, with a terrific (if anachronistic) soundtrack and an even better cast. But, as movies like this are sometimes wont to do, it sexes up the facts of the pOn The Download Richard Curtis’s Pirate Radio opens tonight, and, as I mention in my review, it’s fun and very funny, with a terrific (if anachronistic) soundtrack and an even better cast. But, as movies like this are sometimes wont to do, it sexes up the facts of the phenomenon by a fair bit. First, despite a the kaleidoscopic palate of Curtis’s film, the boatloads of buxom women, clad in Carnaby Street couture, who board the broadcasting trawler for biweekly conjugal visits, and the booze-fueled high-seas hijinks, the facts of the matter were a bit more mundane. As Dave Lee Travis, a DJ for Radio Caroline — the inspiration for the movie&#39;s &quot;Radio Rock&quot; ship — told the Independent this past March, there was no well-stocked bar, and certainly no need (as the movie depicts), for tanning oil or prophylactics. The boat “had a mess hall, with tables bolted to the floor, nothing too fancy, you understand. And you couldn&#39;t go sunbathing on the top deck because there wasn&#39;t much call for that in the North Sea.... We didn&#39;t have women on board, or parties. There&#39;d be five or six DJs, plus the Dutch crew.” Also, as John Dougan writes in his excellent book from Continuum’s 33 1/3 series, The Who Sell Out — about that band’s classic 1967 album, which itself was conceived to simulate a broadcast, complete with radio promos and fake jingles, of off-shore Radio London — pirate radio broadcasts began, pre-WWII, to serve the listening needs of the UK’s “growing, class variegated community of listeners [who] were increasingly less enamored of the BBC’s programming rigidity [and] condescending tone.” &nbsp; Yet at first, at least, even though the idea of rebel DJs floating in international waters, beyond the reach of the law, offered the “promise of mutinous freedom, a willful, anti-corporate, outlaw capitalism, wherein the creation of an alternative, bootleg economy attacks and undermines corporate hegemony,” Dougan writes, early broadcasts weren’t quite so heavy on rock and pop like the Turtles and the Yardbirds. Instead, the exigencies of an advertiser-based model meant that “the reality was that in the early days . . . listeners were as likely to hear the music of Jim Reeves, Ray Conniff, and Andy Williams, as they were anything classified as R&amp;B or rock and roll.” With the ‘60s in full throttle, however, and Swinging London efflorescent with electric and lysergic energy, the notion of pirate DJs as spinners of the newest and best LPs and 45s — from the Easybeats’ “Friday on my Mind&quot; and the Troggs’ &quot;With A Girl Like You&quot; (each of which are featured in the film’s great soundtrack) earlier on, to the Doors and Procol Harum a bit later — was solidified. Dougan’s book, which spends almost as much time delving into the history of the short-lived medium (the ships were shut down in 1967 after passage of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act) as the Who’s album, limning the background of some of pirate radio’s key players — chief among them like Ronan O’Rahilly, the rakish Irish impresario who founded Radio Caroline (it was named after President Kennedy’s daughter) and DJ John Peel, the title of his Wonderful Radio London show, The Perfumed Garden, “reeking of pot, patchouli, and hippie-era condescension.” Peel, of course, would go on to become a legendary broadcaster on BBC Radio 1, his dry and droll delivery, infectious passion, probing curiosity, deep knowlege, and hugely catholic tastes made him beloved by millions on either side of the pond — not least for the mammoth series of live-in-studio Peel Sessions, which began in late 1967 and only ended after his untimely death in 2004. Peel’s DJ career started in early ‘60s — in Texas, ironically. He was living in Dallas for a few years (where he’d met President Kennedy in 1960, and was present for the arraignment of Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963), and when Beatlemania broke in 1964, his Liverpool accent made him a popular jockey on KLIF in Dallas and later KOMA in OklaBoston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXRichard Curtis’s Pirate Radio opens tonight, and, as I mention in my review, it’s fun and very funny, with a terrific (if anachronistic) soundtrack and an even better cast. But, as movies like this...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=mRIeMgXDMh0:DApdR-49XG0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/mRIeMgXDMh0" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/13/john-peel-pirate-radio-broadcast-from-1967-mp3.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/rsAw0sA3Uxc/how-a-soul-sample-evolves-from-a-mr-lif-banger-to-a-hit-jay-z-record-and-beyond.aspxThu, 12 Nov 2009 20:13:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:602138onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)2http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=602138http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/12/how-a-soul-sample-evolves-from-a-mr-lif-banger-to-a-hit-jay-z-record-and-beyond.aspx#commentsJay-ZAlicia KeysThe MomentsAsamovViceversahThe ArcitypeEmpire State of MindMr. LifSupa DynamiteLove on a Two-Way Streetno It all started with a sweet old soul grab from The Moments&#39; &quot;Love on a Two Way Street.&quot; It was a mere kernel, but man was there potential... In time, Florida&#39;s Asamov found the dusty vinyl, performed surgery, and had Boston&#39;s Mr. LiOn The Download It all started with a sweet old soul grab from The Moments&#39; &quot;Love on a Two Way Street.&quot; It was a mere kernel, but man was there potential... In time, Florida&#39;s Asamov found the dusty vinyl, performed surgery, and had Boston&#39;s Mr. Lif get up on it. One of the Perceptionist&#39;s dopest verses ever, for sure.... Not surprisingly, since cats get jacked regularly, Jay-Z (along with producer Al Shux) co-opted the Asamov joint - and asked Alicia Keys for her blessing to ensure that legions of morons would defend the establishment when underground cats came crying foul... Finally - since no national single should go un-localized - Mass producer the Arcitype recruited ViceVersah and some other cats to rip a &quot;Bay State of Mind&quot; version. Naturally, the shit is burning up on YouTube... That&#39;s it...at least for now... Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXIt all started with a sweet old soul grab from The Moments&#39; &quot;Love on a Two Way Street.&quot; It was a mere kernel, but man was there potential... In time, Florida&#39;s Asamov found...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=rsAw0sA3Uxc:f1QLj4_2aw8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/rsAw0sA3Uxc" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/12/how-a-soul-sample-evolves-from-a-mr-lif-banger-to-a-hit-jay-z-record-and-beyond.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/RJ5Q4OiMT8Y/this-saturday-hip-hop-legends-hit-boston-with-live-bands.aspxThu, 12 Nov 2009 19:24:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:601862onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)0http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=601862http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/12/this-saturday-hip-hop-legends-hit-boston-with-live-bands.aspx#comments&nbsp; Boston is blessed this weekend, or at least it is if you&#39;re into checking hip-hop legends backed by dope live bands. At Church, Masta Ace &amp; Edo G (along with four other acts) are...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=RJ5Q4OiMT8Y:UQDEqz2-ZHM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/RJ5Q4OiMT8Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/12/this-saturday-hip-hop-legends-hit-boston-with-live-bands.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/CLD97XIo8ac/new-video-from-m-dot-quot-backstabbers-quot.aspxThu, 12 Nov 2009 19:17:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:601853onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)3http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=601853http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/12/new-video-from-m-dot-quot-backstabbers-quot.aspx#commentsM-DotBackstabbersEMSno I don&#39;t really know what to say about M-Dot at this point. He&#39;s not exactly clocking Passion Pit numbers, but, as far as Boston rappers go, the kid on the way up. He&#39;s rocked something ridiculous like 200 shows in the past year alone - includOn The Download I don&#39;t really know what to say about M-Dot at this point. He&#39;s not exactly clocking Passion Pit numbers, but, as far as Boston rappers go, the kid on the way up. He&#39;s rocked something ridiculous like 200 shows in the past year alone - including at some 1,000-plus venues across Europe - and has released a steady stream of convincing videos and singles. 99 percent of rappers use the word &quot;hustle.&quot; 1 percent actually do it. Looking forward to this dude&#39;s album. Should drop early next year. Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXI don&#39;t really know what to say about M-Dot at this point. He&#39;s not exactly clocking Passion Pit numbers, but, as far as Boston rappers go, the kid on the way up. He&#39;s rocked something...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=CLD97XIo8ac:_7h9Jt0Kgkg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/CLD97XIo8ac" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/12/new-video-from-m-dot-quot-backstabbers-quot.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/VP2G1Qdzna0/ticket-on-sale-alert-lady-gaga-jay-z-b-b-king-flogging-molly-bon-jovi-and-more.aspxWed, 11 Nov 2009 20:51:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:601411onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)0http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=601411http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/11/ticket-on-sale-alert-lady-gaga-jay-z-b-b-king-flogging-molly-bon-jovi-and-more.aspx#commentsLady Gaga, America&#39;s most popular provider of music-like sound-products. On sale Thursday, November 12 Psychostick + Say Your Last Words + The Guns Next Door | Tuesday, December 9, at the...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=VP2G1Qdzna0:w2CiaTwGbDg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/VP2G1Qdzna0" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/11/ticket-on-sale-alert-lady-gaga-jay-z-b-b-king-flogging-molly-bon-jovi-and-more.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/GH9ao52Gk9s/american-hi-fi-covers-miley-cyrus-s-quot-the-climb-quot.aspxWed, 11 Nov 2009 17:57:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:601319onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)5http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=601319http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/11/american-hi-fi-covers-miley-cyrus-s-quot-the-climb-quot.aspx#commentsvenue:Middle East Upstairsartist:Miley Cyrusartist:American Hi-Fino We attempted to make this happen back when MILEY CYRUS&#39;s backing band was half of Letters to Cleo, but Kay Hanley wouldn&#39;t take the bait. Better late than never. And now that Miley&#39;s band is 3/4 of American Hi-Fi, we&#39;ve got STACY JONES --On The Download We attempted to make this happen back when MILEY CYRUS&#39;s backing band was half of Letters to Cleo, but Kay Hanley wouldn&#39;t take the bait. Better late than never. And now that Miley&#39;s band is 3/4 of American Hi-Fi, we&#39;ve got STACY JONES -- Cyrus&#39;s current musical director, former Letters to Cleo and Veruca Salt drummer, and American Hi-Fi frontdude -- covering Miley&#39;s megahit &quot;The Climb,&quot; in the green room at WFNX this morning.&nbsp; We doubt that the Hi-Fi will repeat this feat tonight when they play an ultra-rare live gig tonight at the Middle East upstairs (just before the Miley tour pulls out of town). So check the video above -- we&#39;re working on an mp3.&nbsp; Miley&#39;s also been returning the favor, by adding the new American Hi-Fi tune &quot;Fight the Frequency&quot; -- which made its debut on this blog as our &quot;Mp3 of the Week&quot; -- to the pre-show playlist on her arena tour. Or at least she did at the sold-out Garden show on Monday. Since we there on dad time, not reviewer time, we&#39;ll refrain from making any comments about openers Metro Station. But really, Trace Cyrus? Really? INTERVIEW + MP3: American Hi-fi&#39;s Stacy Jones [On the Download] MORE AMERICAN HI-FI VIDEO: &quot;Flavor of the Weak&quot; [Live at WFNX] Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXWe attempted to make this happen back when MILEY CYRUS&#39;s backing band was half of Letters to Cleo, but Kay Hanley wouldn&#39;t take the bait. Better late than never. And now that Miley&#39;s band...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=GH9ao52Gk9s:aUjsai-G8AE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/GH9ao52Gk9s" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/11/american-hi-fi-covers-miley-cyrus-s-quot-the-climb-quot.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/NcUuQF-yRrs/only-one-thing-to-do-big-bear-child-bite-horsehands-ice-dragon.aspxTue, 10 Nov 2009 16:58:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:600847onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)1http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=600847http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/10/only-one-thing-to-do-big-bear-child-bite-horsehands-ice-dragon.aspx#commentsT.T. the Bear's Placehorsehandschild bitebig bearice dragonno I could&nbsp;probably come up with a bunch of reasons why tonight&#39;s show at T.T.&#39;s -- featuring the cochlea-clawing Big&nbsp;Bear, Michigan&nbsp;PHX-title-holders Child Bite, partytime splatter-psych upstarts Horsehands and Local Band We&#39;d MoOn The Download I could&nbsp;probably come up with a bunch of reasons why tonight&#39;s show at T.T.&#39;s -- featuring the cochlea-clawing Big&nbsp;Bear, Michigan&nbsp;PHX-title-holders Child Bite, partytime splatter-psych upstarts Horsehands and Local Band We&#39;d Most Like To Donate Robes To, Ice Dragon&nbsp;-- is the show for you, but they&#39;d all be pure speculation, and it&#39;s much easier just to ask Big Bear&#39;s Joel Roston, who has offered reasons three:&nbsp; All of the music sounds like it&#39;s going to be amazing. Big Bear is playing a new song and a newer, reworked version of a song that was formerly new and then scrapped and now is new again. Child Bite and Big Bear are super-spirit friends from way back, Ice Dragon shares a drummer with Thunderhole (Joanne from Big Bear&#39;s other band), and Horsehands [whose recordings you can get for free here]&nbsp;are a band many of us are meeting for the first time. There&#39;ll be so many different kinds of loving friendship/relationship arrangements happening in that club tonight that those attending might just witness the first ever white-light-astral-plane-super-pal-hangout power show in the history of the Boston music scene. If you remain uncompelled, I&#39;d&nbsp;recommend&nbsp;staring deeply into the Ice Dragon video for &quot;Hexagon Riders&quot; below; and if that doesn&#39;t work, I&#39;m&nbsp;not sure what I can say except that Aerosmith would have wanted you to go. BIG BEAR + CHILD BITE + HORSEHANDS&nbsp;+ ICE DRAGON | T.T. the Bear&#39;s Place, 10 Brookline St., Cambridge | $8 | 18+ | 617.492.BEAR or www.ttthebears.com Ice Dragon &quot;Hexagon Riders&quot; ICE DRAGON | MySpace VideoBoston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXI could&nbsp;probably come up with a bunch of reasons why tonight&#39;s show at T.T.&#39;s -- featuring the cochlea-clawing Big&nbsp;Bear, Michigan&nbsp;PHX-title-holders Child Bite, partytime...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=NcUuQF-yRrs:PjevlskytN4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/NcUuQF-yRrs" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/10/only-one-thing-to-do-big-bear-child-bite-horsehands-ice-dragon.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/glt2vrG-Qhg/come-support-boston-mc-victim-of-gun-violence-tomorrow-wednesday-night-at-red-sky.aspxTue, 10 Nov 2009 15:22:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:600770onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)0http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=600770http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/10/come-support-boston-mc-victim-of-gun-violence-tomorrow-wednesday-night-at-red-sky.aspx#commentsFor security reasons, I can&#39;t tell you which local rapper was recently the victim of a shooting. But here&#39;s what I can tell you: he&#39;s in stable condition - laid up in the hospital - and...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=glt2vrG-Qhg:Zs4-NRTpYDs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/glt2vrG-Qhg" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/10/come-support-boston-mc-victim-of-gun-violence-tomorrow-wednesday-night-at-red-sky.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/MjFFN4LJ47k/video-girls-play-great-scott.aspxMon, 09 Nov 2009 21:22:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:600254onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)0http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=600254http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/09/video-girls-play-great-scott.aspx#commentsvenue:Great Scotthed:outartist:Dominant Legsdate:11-07-2009Christopher Owensartist:GirlsRyan Lynchno Girls playing “Laura” live at Great Scott Allston got lucky Saturday night ... really lucky. Girls played their fourth show of their first US tour to a tightly packed and utterly appreciative Great Scott. From the instant frontman Christopher Owens steppOn The Download Girls playing “Laura” live at Great Scott Allston got lucky Saturday night ... really lucky. Girls played their fourth show of their first US tour to a tightly packed and utterly appreciative Great Scott. From the instant frontman Christopher Owens stepped on stage to plug in his Rickenbacker, the crowd never took their eyes off the San Francisco quartet. (I don&#39;t think anyone in the room even took a bathroom or smoke break the entire time.) It was obvious that we were part of something special; something we might never be able to see again. Girls&#39; California-retro-power-pop sound -- a kind of music nostalgic for a 1960s surf dream -- seems like it might be out of place in Boston, especially on a cold autumn evening. But as soon as the first notes of the opening song, &quot;Summertime,&quot; rang out, it didn&#39;t matter how cold it was outside: I was inside with Girls. Hitting almost every track from their first full-length release, Album (Matador/True Panther Sounds), plus a few new songs, Girls played their set with the passion and understanding only true artists are capable of. It didn&#39;t take long for a good chunk of the audience to join in and sing every song as if they&#39;d written them themselves. Maybe it&#39;s the occasional sardonic tone Owens lays on his lyrics; maybe it&#39;s because sometimes all we want is &quot;a pizza and a bottle of wine&quot; (and sometimes a beach house); maybe it&#39;s because the words just sound so goddamn good coming out of Owens&#39;s mouth -- whatever it is, the crowd caught it, all of it. Owens and gang had just played the epic Bowery Ballroom in New York the night before, and their arrival at Boston&#39;s most modest venue was a relief -- especially for newcomer Ryan Lynch, of the San Fran-based Dominant Legs, who joined Girls a few weeks ago, after former guitarist John Anderson left the band. Having just six days of practice (most of which he spent learning the songs one-on-one with Owens), Lynch had only played two live shows with the crew before Bowery, but by Saturday, you would have thought he&#39;d been playing with Girls for years. Album hasn&#39;t even been out two months, yet I&#39;m already so hooked on this record, it&#39;s hard to imagine going a day without hearing Owens&#39;s voice. Saturday&#39;s show reinforced my love for Album, and I&#39;ll be forever grateful to have seen Girls play Boston for the first time in such an intimate setting. --by Addison PostBoston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXGirls playing “Laura” live at Great Scott Allston got lucky Saturday night ... really lucky. Girls played their fourth show of their first US tour to a tightly packed and utterly appreciative Great...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=MjFFN4LJ47k:goQhkrtVdQY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/MjFFN4LJ47k" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/09/video-girls-play-great-scott.aspxPhoenix Media Communications GroupOn The DownloadnonadultYour new favorite Boston bands