Articles by Ben Conoley

Coffee Project

Moving On

PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2010

On paper, there's not a whole lot of room for Coffee Project's shtick to work; there just aren't that many successful acoustic guitar/tromb...

Fake Problems

Real Ghosts Caught on Tape

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2010

For nearly ten years, Fake Problems have been releasing EPs and full-lengths, in what could reasonably be understood as an attempt to prove...

The Flatliners

Cavalcade

PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2010

Finding themselves five years removed from their 2005 debut, Destroy to Create, the Flatliners are slowly emerging as seasoned members of t...

Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival Featuring Joel Plaskett, Los Lobos, Original P, Shad

Fredericton, NB September 15 to 20

PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2009

Fredericton, New Brunswick is a small town, even by Maritimes standards. However, for the past 19 years, it has come alive each fall as the...

Polar Bear Club

Chasing Hamburg

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2009

Less than two years after releasing their first full-length (2008's Sometimes Things Just Disappear), Polar Bear Club have come storming ba...

NOFX

Coaster

PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2009

Coaster is a NOFX album. Not clear enough for you? On the California band's 11th full-length, Fat Mike and company continue to write skateb...

Dresden Dolls Ending Hiatus, Planning Live Shows for 2010

PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2009

The Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer has revealed that the Boston punk/cabaret duo will be reuniting in order to embark on a tour in 2010. The...

Paint It Black

Amnesia

PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2009

It seems as though Paint It Black can do no wrong. The Philadelphia hardcore group fronted by Dan Yemin (Lifetime, Kid Dynamite) have conti...