Best of Boston

Best Music

2005 Best Music, New

Newbury Comics

Boston
An independent music store with a fairly priced, unbeatable selection? Yes, it still exists. This hip shop, with a staff straight out of High Fidelity, [...] read more»
2005 Best Music, Used

Cheapo Records

Cambridge
You're likely to collide with other intent collectors as you wander Cheapo's narrow aisles. Whether the secondhand tunes you're tracking are on vinyl, CD, or [...] read more»
2004 Best Music, New

Newbury Comics

Boston
When was the last time you saw a CD for under $10? Newbury Comics regularly prices select new releases under 10 bucks and dozens more [...] read more»
2004 Best Music, Used

Looney Tunes

Boston
The reduced production costs of the digital age and the concurrent scouring of record-company vaults have given fledgling artists new opportunities and unearthed many a [...] read more»
2003 Best Music, New

Newbury Comics, Back Bay location

Boston
Newbury Comics is to Nick Hornby as music megastores are to Carson Daly. The trucker hat—wearing kids who staff this eclectic pop culture emporium truly [...] read more»
2003 Best Music, Used

Disc Diggers

Somerville
When you're looking for used vinyl, hit Looney Tunes in Cambridge. Want psychedelic CDs? Try Twisted Village in Harvard Square. But for an all-around selection [...] read more»
2002 Best Music, Record Label

Big Wheel Recreation

Boston
Most of the music getting airtime on commercial radio these days may be pop-driven drivel, but no one has told that to the folks at [...] read more»
2002 Best Music, Rock Album

Chauncey

We were one more Creed song away from slitting our wrists when Chauncey's self-titled debut—loaded with swerving melodies, bending rhythms, and emotional truths—revived our faith [...] read more»
2002 Best Music, Store

Newbury Comics, Back Bay location

Boston
Now that antiseptic virgins have started selling overpriced CDs at the corner of Newbury Street and Mass. Ave., it's nice to know the bad girl [...] read more»
2000 Best Music, Record Store, New

Twisted Village

Cambridge
When they are not playing in the local band Major Stars, Wayne Rogers and Kate Biggar offer the city's most impressive collection of rare, avant-garde, [...] read more»