MFA Acoustic Session featuring The Vaccines presented by WFNX.com & Museum of Fine Arts Boston 12 Mar 2013 | 09:24 am

SXSW 2013! 12 Mar 2013 | 09:24 am

SXSW takes over Austin, Texas and everybody's lives as well.

[hello, music festival] 18-band Boston Calling to crash City Hall Plaza on Memorial Day weekend 27 Feb 2013 | 05:24 pm

So hey Boston, here’s that large-scale music festival we’ve all been talking about... oh, pretty much for forever now: Newly-minted Crash Line Productions is teaming up with Bowery Presents for BOSTON...

[phx staff spinz] Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark “Metroland,” out March 25 25 Feb 2013 | 04:53 pm

Staff Spinz is a weekly spotlight on what we're listening to in the Phoenix newsroom... Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark “Metroland” [BMG/100% Records] OMD’s 2010 comeback record History of Modern, t...

[what's f'n next] CUSSES, tonight @ Middle East, presented by WFNX 25 Feb 2013 | 04:53 pm

Last month fiery Georgia art-rock trio CUSSES had their music video for “Don’t Give In” added to MTV rotation, a result of winning an MTVu Freshman Fan poll. It’s a sign of things to come for the no-w...

[awesome video alert] Bad Rabbits "Fall In Love" / WFNX Song of the Day 02.19.13 19 Feb 2013 | 02:58 pm

Re-file this one into Awesome Everything Alert. Boston's BAD RABBITS -- and we say they're ours because it feels like they'll rightfully be everyone's very soon -- last week dropped a second single fo...

Bad Books interview live in studio. 15 Feb 2013 | 08:37 am

On Tuesday Feb. 19th Bad Books will be coming to the WFNX studio to have a chat and talk about life, music and touring.

[audio] Peter Hook on WFNX: the legacy of Joy Division, feuding with New Order, and his new book, "Unknown Pleasures" 15 Feb 2013 | 08:37 am

Last week, legendary bassist PETER HOOK dropped by the WFNX studio in Boston on February 7 to discuss his new book, "Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division," a few hours before his appearance at Brook...

[tonight in cambridge] WFNX Boston Accents presents Westland @ the Middle East 11 Feb 2013 | 04:16 pm

Due to the cold-hearted reality of alphabetization, WESTLAND was the thirteenth and final band listed in the Phoenix's recent Class of 2013. But if you've listened to Boston Accents on WFNX at all sin...

Peter Hook taps into the Unknown: the extended Q&A + live appearance on WFNX.com Feb. 7 @ 5pm EST 11 Feb 2013 | 04:16 pm

Peter Hook is in a peculiar situation. The founding member and bassist of Joy Division and New Order is championing the legacy of the former while banished from the latter. Hook's 2006 fallout with Ne...