If you didn't get enough of the Dropkick Murphys over St. Patrick's Day (and we freely admit that you may have overdosed), Activision has made a pack for Guitar Hero III so you can play along to the Dropkick Murphys to your hearts content, which we first heard about at HubArts. The Globe says you can download it from XBox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Store. While that's all well and good, can we get......

There’s a buzz in the Boston Blogosphere: Essential Boston Music. The compilation added to by numerous folks out there is a growing compendium of Boston-based rock music. We’re loading some our less-listened to CDs into our MP3 player and taking ourselves back (and annoying the piss out of some people while singing Voices Carry over and over). An important page in Boston music is, of course, the Pixies. The Pixies might have taken a......

Cambridge based Power Pop trio Anushka Pop, are earning some well deserved buzz from their 2nd EP, Akathena. Give a minute, well, 2 minutes to be precise, and listen to the title track; you'll understand why. The boys (John Soares - lead vocal/guitar/ organ, Chris Welch - drums/vocals, and Johnny Arguedas- bass/vocals) were nice enough to sit down with Bostonist, and after one round of whiskey, spill all their trade secrets. Akathena.mp3 | Why I'm......