Mahmood Rezaei-Kamalabad Aladdin Auto Repair Behind Fresh Pond Cinemas Friday, October 12, through Sunday, October 13 Gallery reception on Saturday, October 13, 5:00 to 9:00 pm Cambridge has always had a knack for making cars way more interesting to those who are not mechanically inclined. People without cars can enjoy NPR's "Car Talk," broadcast from Harvard Square. But Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers, have nothing on Mahmood Rezaei-Kamalabad, proprietor of Aladdin Auto Repair.......

Alert! Alert! All units copy! FNX radio is bringing grungy Canadian youngsters Tokyo Police Club and hard-rocking locals Tiny Whales to The Harp tonight. It's a free show--just sign up for an FNX card and you're in the door. Can't beat that! While almost any music is enjoyable when it's free, these bands are actually good enough to pay for. Perennially picky Pitchfork gave Tokyo Police Club's newest release, A Lesson in Crime, a......

The Phoenix posted the tenth annual Muzzle Awards. The listing, compiled by Media Nation blogger Dan Kennedy, showcases the offenses against free speech by local individuals and organizations. An apropos way to celebrate liberty for the Fourth of July. He gets the Muzzle this year by stifling the free speech of former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami by refusing to provide state-police protection to the visiting former head of state. Boston Police stepped up to provide......

What's going on this week? Everyone is moving. Hipsters are swapping apartments in Allston. Scenesters are invading Cambridgeport. Undergrads and grad students are making their way into the new rental for September. The lucky ones have renewed their lease (or are keeping up with payments on the mortgage). The music you'll be hearing is blaring from the cab of the U-Haul and out of the windows of that f*ing third floor walk-up you offered......

Bostonist has proven in recent weeks that we’re a big fan of the video available for time wasting on YouTube. With our fairly daily dose of something at least tangentially relevant to Boston and surrounding cities or the news that’s going on in the Hub we’ve been happy to exploit the resource that is YouTube. The Phoenix's Mike Miliard recently put together a rather lengthy look at the YouTube phenomenon. Titled “Get it While You......

Animal Collective, Avalon, 2.21.06 Avoiding misnomers and labels and subverting expectations, Animal Collective performed a mix of sounds and songs that were incredibly familiar to Boston fans in attendance. Last year at the Middle East downstairs, the foursome worked through material that would become one of the finest albums of the year, Feels, as well as a choice or two from Sung Tongs. That show was veiled in a blanket of shadows and sweat, with......

Everyone in Boston has seemingly fallen in love with the tabloid. The Herald—classic tabloid, The (Weekly) Dig—stapled, redesigned tabloid, The Metro—free tabloid, The Phoenix—booted the fold tabloid. The Boston Globe goes tabloid today with the launch of their new six times weekly (Mon-Sat) feature "Sidekick." Unlike the recent redesign over at the Phoenix, the Boston Globe will still fold twice, horizontal and vertical rise will be creased. James Reed will be editing Sidekick, which......