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Cellars by Starlight archives
Boston's 10 best
From Apollo’s sunshine to tunnels of Love
Compiled by Matt Ashare
from December 23, 2005
Lost and found
The dynamic duality of Lightning Bolt
By James Parker
from December 16, 2005
Guitar Hero Heroes
Graveyard BBQ score a videogame hit
By Mike Miliard
from December 9, 2005
The new program
Certainly, Sir take indie electronic
By Matt Ashare
from December 2, 2005
Late bloomers
Taxpayer’s Bones & Lungs makes it to Lunch
By Will Spitz
from November 25, 2005
A great ride
David Minehan reunites with the Neighborhoods
By Ted Drozdowski
from November 18, 2005
Table manners
Hilken Mancini and Chris Colbourn open their own kitchen
By Ted Drozdowski
from November 11, 2005
Twisting Fates
Aberdeen City embrace The Freezing Atlantic
By Sarah Tomlinson
from November 4, 2005
Abbey Loungers
Coffin Lids hope for a happy Halloween
By Brett Milano
from October 28, 2005
Noise Boys
Sunburned Hand of the Man
By James Parker
from October 21, 2005
Coma chameleon
Seth Putnam’s near-death experience
By Carli Carioli
from October 14, 2005
Cars talk
Ric Ocasek’s not in, but he’s back out
By Brett Milano
from October 7, 2005
Going underground
Night Rally find a comfortable N.E.S.T. in Boston
By Sarah Tomlinson
from September 30, 2005
Warehousing rock
Compound 440R create their own local scene
By Camille Dodero
from September 23, 2005
Twisted Villagers
The unholy alliances of nmperign and Heathen Shame
By Chris Nelson
from September 16, 2005
Heavy Rotations
Apollo Sunshine's new CD takes them back to Berklee
By Jonathan Perry
from September 9, 2005
Staying Alive
A safe landing for Rooftop Suicide Club, plus fun with Furvis
By Jonathan Perry
from September 2, 2005
More is More
A Wilhelm Scream pile on the punk harmonies with Ruiner
By Will Spitz
from August 26, 2005
Rocking, stopping, and bopping
Apple Betty, the Stairs, and the Pixies
By Matt Ashare
from August 19, 2005
Band on the Run
Mobius Band find themselves in the middle of somewhere
By Will Spitz
from August 12, 2005
Crock rock
Robby Roadsteamer gets his ya-yas out
By Mike Miliard
from August 5, 2005
Odd men in
The Rudds and the Incredible Casuals
By Brett Milano
from July 29, 2005
By any other name
Frank Smith become a band, and the Lot Six retool
By Will Spitz
from July 22, 2005
Missing in action
The return of Ashby and a solo Emily Grogan
By Brett Milano
from July 15, 2005
Getting personal
Spookie Daly Pride and Reverend Glasseye
By Will Spitz
from July 8, 2005
Homeland security
Session Americana, the Heygoods, and the Coots find comfort at Hi-N-Dry
By Jonathan Perry
from June 24, 2005
Fight club
Dropkick Murphys lay down their Warrior’s Code and team up with the Unseen
By Mike Miliard
from June 17, 2005
Mix-tape master
The Clinton Sparks plan for world domination
By Nick Sylvester
from June 10, 2005
Guy walks into a tunnel
The perverse pleasures of Tunnel of Love, plus news and notes
By Ted Drozdowski
from June 3, 2005
93 South
The Glow and Bugs and Rats come straight outta Quincy
By Will Spitz
from May 27, 2005
Garage powered
The Charms avoid the blues — and Charlie Chesterman’s next chapter
By Brett Milano
from May 20, 2005
California dreaming
Kay Hanley and Paula Kelley start over out West
By Johnny Angel
from May 13, 2005
Waxing prophetic
Edan’s struggles with rap’s relevance; the Perceptionists’ new perceptions
By Nick Sylvester
from May 6, 2005
Sass and stomp
Sarah Borges finds her roots, plus Jimmy Ryan’s new Hayride
By Jonathan Perry
from April 29, 2005
Sweet returns
Lost City Angels and Willie Alexander’s Boom Boom Band
By Ted Drozdowski
from April 22, 2005
Darkness and light
Bourbon Princess and Mary Timony
By Brett Milano
from April 15, 2005
Bottoms up
Darkbuster get loaded, and the Konks go Bomp!
By Brett Milano
from April 8, 2005
Goals beyond
The courts have their say on Mark Sandman’s recorded legacy
By Matt Ashare
from April 1, 2005
Roomfuls of blues and jazz
A healthy Ronnie Earl swings with Duke Robillard, and Jay Geils plays jazz
By Ted Drozdowski
from March 25, 2005
Foreign affairs
The Dresden Dolls’ Dresden debut
By Eric Gershon
from March 18, 2005
The family plan
Lock and Key become leaders of a new local scene, and the Call Up join in
By Will Spitz
from March 11, 2005
Rerocked
The Bags power back up; Asa Brebner’s second or third career
By Jonathan Perry
from March 4, 2005
Local upstars
Bowman and the Brett Rosenberg Problem
By Jonathan Perry
from February 25, 2005
Mass masters
Guitarist Gary Hoey and songwriter Tom Hambridge
By Ted Drozdowski
from February 18, 2005
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Damon & Naomi find pop fulfillment, and the Abbey changes hands
By Brett Milano
from February 11, 2005
Unhyphenated rock and roll
The Dents do it their way; so does Abbey Lounge Records
By Brett Milano
from February 4, 2005
Back to school
Teaching blues at Harvard, and a video breakthrough for the Pernice Brothers
By Ted Drozdowski
from January 28, 2005
Big fun
The Gentlemen ride again
By Brett Milano
from January 21, 2005
Progressive parties
Fluttr and Specimen 37 prove prog-rock doesn’t really suck
By Brett Milano
from January 7, 2005
Heart matters
Mittens and the Vinyl Skyway choose a quiet path
By Jonathan Perry
from December 17, 2004
Beyond Morphine
Sandbox reveals just how much there was to Mark Sandman
By Matt Ashare
from December 10, 2004
Thinking person’s metal
Isis discover Panopticon, and Diecast soldier on
By Sean Richardson
from December 3, 2004
No joke
The Lost City Angels deliver a message
By Ted Drozdowski
from November 26, 2004
Bite-size music
Lunch Records follows up Dear Leader with Four by Four
By Jonathan Perry
from November 19, 2004
Play well with others
Victory at Sea and Andrea Gillis
By Brett Milano
from November 12, 2004
Happy accidents
The Twinemen grow out of Hi-n-Dry and invite Caged Heat along for the ride
By Brett Milano
from October 22, 2004
Found sounds
New music from Skating Club and Myanna, and at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum
By Ted Drozdowski
from October 15, 2004
Major priorities
The Explosion sing the Virgin Records fight song
By Carly Carioli
from October 8, 2004
The best of the fest
The Black Keys and half a dozen other picks for this weekend’s NEMO festival
By Ted Drozdowski
from October 1, 2004
Bred in the bone
Jake Brennan finds his roots with the Confidence Men
By Ted Drozdowski
from September 24, 2004
Pop projects
Emergency Music hook up with managers Mary Lou Lord and Kevin Patey
By Brett Milano
from September 17, 2004
Myths and local legends
Twisted tales from Fiery Furnaces, White Magic, and Night Rally
By Mike Miliard
from September 10, 2004
Buffalo Bill's new ride
Buffalo Tom’s Bill Janovitz takes a cruise with Crown Victoria; plus Henry go Underground
By Ted Drozdowski
from September 3, 2004
Metal gone mad
The macho bombast of Robby Road Steamer
By Mike Miliard
from August 27, 2004
Fiddling around town
Bluegrass and more at the Cantab
By Ted Drozdowski
from August 20, 2004
Rise of the rebels
7L & Esoteric break out on DC2: Bars of Death
By Steve Perez
from August 13, 2004
Quiet storms
Tanya Donelly turns the volume down and the intensity up
By Carly Carioli
from August 6, 2004
Lucky breaks
Dylan hires Stu Kimball, Eugene Mirman hits Comedy Central, John Horton heads to ‘toon town,’ and the Boston Blues Challenge goes on
By Ted Drozdowski
from July 23, 2004
Hitsville, MA
Baby Strange make Motown sounds; the Model Sons get virtual
By Mike Miliard
from July 16, 2004
Quiet storms
A new New Year CD, a solo Chris Brokaw, and Dresden Dolls rework their summer plans
By Matt Ashare
from July 9, 2004
Blade aid
Unearth and Beyond the Embrace sign to a storied metal label
By Sean Richardson
from July 2, 2004
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Heidi’s happiness, Joan As Police Woman, and a Pills’ parting
By Brett Milano
from June 25, 2004
Local, live, and free
An early-week club crawl
By Ted Drozdowski
from June 18, 2004
Boston's own British invasion
The Anglophile angles of the Good North and the Information
By Mike Miliard
from June 11, 2004
Here's Johnny
The Blackjacks return, Lilli leaves, and a Rumble winner
By Brett Milano
from May 28, 2004
Punk plus
Piebald and Avoid One Thing mature beyond the mosh pit
By Sean Richardson
from May 21, 2004
Cocked and loaded
The Konks shoot to thrill, and the Marvels get soaked
By Brett Milano
from May 7, 2004
Happy returns
Mission of Burma release their first album in more than 20 years
By Ted Drozdowski
from April 30, 2004
Born again
Peter C. Johnson and Catie Curtis deliver
By Ted Drozdowski
from April 16, 2004
Rock 'n' roll hearts
In the garage with Little Steven and the Coffin Lids
By Brett Milano
from April 9, 2004
On the rise
The Lot Six and Runner and the Thermodynamics
By Mike Miliard
from April 2, 2004
Still on fire
Kristin Hersh punks it up, and Meghan Toohey gets a band
By Brett Milano
from March 26, 2004
Pop survivors
There's still something about the Push Stars — and Lloyd Cole
By Jonathan Perry
from March 19, 2004
Regarding the beginning?
Robert Fisher and Willard Grant Conspiracy take a big step forward
By Jonathan Perry
from March 5, 2004
Guitar men
Johnny A. and Jeff Platz’s Skull Session, plus Bobby Keyes and Ray Mason
By Ted Drozdowski
from February 27, 2004
Baby Blue steps
Mary Lou Lord takes the slow road back into the spotlight
By Brett Milano
from February 20, 2004
Roomfuls of tunes
JamSpot, plus new music from Greg Piccolo and Ron Levy
By Ted Drozdowski
from February 13, 2004
Rooted in Boston
The Tarbox Ramblers and Mark Erelli
By Ted Drozdowski
from February 6, 2004
Working out
Punk Rock Aerobics goes national
By Robin Vaughan
from January 30, 2004
Garageland
The Charms and Muck & the Mires
By Brett Milano
from January 23, 2004
Second helpings
The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, James O’Brien, and Well
By Ted Drozdowski
from January 16, 2004
Mixed grilles
Josh Lederman y Los Diablos, Charlie Farren, and Johnny Cunningham
By Ted Drozdowski
from January 2, 2004
Garageland and more
The best local rock of 2003
By Brett Milano
from December 26, 2003
All popped up
Apollo Sunshine, Din, and the Loud Family
By Brett Milano
from December 19, 2003
Career opportunities
George Howard and Kitty Brazelton show how it’s done
By Ted Drozdowski
from December 12, 2003
Payback
Dumptruck get some respect
By Brett Milano
from December 5, 2003
New grass
The Benders, David Peterson & 1946, Mark Simos, and Barn Burning
By Ted Drozdowski
from November 28, 2003
Birthday blues
Local harp master Jerry Portnoy turns 60 with a bang
By Ted Drozdowski
from November 21, 2003
Good company
Wheat, Loveless, and the Spaceshots
By Ted Drozdowski
from November 14, 2003
Avant guardians
Cul de Sac score, and Birdsongs of the Mesozoic get spiritual
By Ted Drozdowski
from November 7, 2003
High steppin'
Thaddeus Hogarth, Nicole Nelson, and the Silver Lining Singers do it for Dimock
By Ted Drozdowski
from October 31, 2003
Local folks
Kris Delmhorst, Holly Harris, and John Cremona
By Ted Drozdowski
from October 17, 2003
Working-class city rockers
Street Dogs fight fire with fire, plus a Boston Scene Report
By Sean Richardson
from October 10, 2003
Law and disorder
Richard Davies lives locally and thrives musically
By Jonathan Perry
from October 3, 2003
Art breakers
The irresistible draw of the Dresden Dolls
By Brett Milano
from September 26, 2003
A question of balance
Akrobatik takes it from the streets to the prep schools and back
By Franklin Soults
from September 19, 2003
Feeling it
Juliana Hatfield’s Some Girls, and the last of little a
By Ted Drozdowski
from September 12, 2003
Songs sung blue
New solo CDs from Paula Kelley and Leah Callahan
By Brett Milano
from September 5, 2003
Man with a mission
Burma’s Clint Conley returns to Consonant
By Robin Vaughan
from August 22, 2003
Dambuilders then and now
Catching up with Dave Derby, Joan Wasser, Eric Masunaga, and Kevin March
By Jonathan Perry
from August 15, 2003
Rock-and-roll dreams
Thundertrain return; John Powhida and the Rudds obsess
By Brett Milano
from August 8, 2003
Divine reinvention
Aaron Perrino takes charge of Dear Leader
By Jonathan Perry
from August 1, 2003
Six-string slingers
Duke Levine and Kevin Barry, plus Joe Stump, and the return of Jon Butcher
By Ted Drozdowski
from July 25, 2003
Rock godesses
Heavy Stud release Straight Out of Lakeville, and Eileen Rose comes home
By Brett Milano
from July 18, 2003
Born-again punks
Darkbuster reunite and the Unseen hit the Warped Tour
By Sean Richardson
from July 11, 2003
Mystery achievers
Maybe Baby and Bourbon Princess shed light on darkness
By Ted Drozdowski
from July 4, 2003
Scene and heard
Soltero, Alexander McGregor, California Stadium, and Star Star Quarterback
By Mike Miliard
from June 27, 2003
Resurrections
The Shods and Gail Greenwood resurface
By Brett Milano
from June 20, 2003
Emotional rescues
The tough and tender sides of Meaghan McLaughlin and the Kitty Kill
By Brett Milano
from June 13, 2003
Reality bites
All Kindsa Girls celebrates the Real Kids on film
By Robin Vaughan
from June 6, 2003
Paying to play
Staind deal with life on the top while 6gig try to get there
By Sean Richardson
from May 30, 2003
Bullshit detecting
Powerman 5000, plus Araby and Read Yellow
By Carly Carioli
from May 23, 2003
R&Believers
Mighty Sam McClain, Sugar Ray Norcia, and Roomful of Blues
By Ted Drozdowski
from May 16, 2003
Lost and found
The 'other' songs of John Lennon and Paul McCartney
By Robin Vaughan
from May 9, 2003
Closing time
Throwing Muses decide to go out with a bang
By Brett Milano
from April 25, 2003
Monsters of rock
Godsmack and Event aren’t faceless anymore
By Sean Richardson
from April 18, 2003
Moving on up
Warren Zanes, Phil Aiken, and Stan Martin step into the spotlight
By Ted Drozdowski
from April 3, 2003
Pop-o-rama
Francine and Dave Aaronoff and the Details
By Brett Milano
from March 27, 2003
Et tu, punk
The Explosion, Clint Conley, and Hilken Mancini find their own way
By Robin Vaughan
from March 20, 2003
Fewer calories, more filling
Cave In’s major-label debut is a meal in itself
By Carly Carioli
from March 13, 2003
Independent spirits
Kimchee emerges as Boston’s best new local label
By Jonathan Perry
from March 6, 2003
Wellesley hill-country blues
Tone-Cool's unlikely — and very real — success story
By Ted Drozdowski
from February 27, 2003
Revenge of the losers
American Hi-Fi and the Dubnicks
By Sean Richardson
from February 20, 2003
Back to square one
Robin Lane returns to the Chartbusters
By Ted Drozdowski
from February 13, 2003
Guitar-rorists
The six-string slinging of Mark Dwinell, Allen Devine, and Tim Mungenast
By Ted Drozdowski
from February 6, 2003
Garageland
The Charms and the Downbeat 5
By Brett Milano
from January 30, 2003
An ax man for all seasons
This time, Rich Gilbert goes down the country road
By Brett Milano
from January 23, 2003
California dreaming
Gigolo Aunts and Velvet Crush go West
By Brett Milano
from January 16, 2003
Different strokes
Bleu’s hooky rock and the Darlings' country
By Brett Milano
from January 9, 2003
Home-town boys
Catching up with the Bosstones
By Brett Milano
from January 2, 2003
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