[rating=7.00] Glen Hansard has achieved that songwriting feat of knowing precisely when to fall apart. Where some grieve, Hansard explodes, and never a moment too soon. Many of his songs
Noise and screams stifled any hint of melody, yet elevated a night of moody, lo-fi rock on Saturday at Music Hall of Williamsburg. The lineup, three bands from three different
Just one night after Violent Femmes wrapped their most extensive recording sessions since 1998, the band brought rockabilly and heavy bluegrass to a set of favorites and obscure requests in
[rating=6.00] In the dead of winter in 2013, Tanlines, a prolific synthpop duo from Brooklyn, decided to record its second album far from home, and make it sound better than
“I’m a Jew who loves bacon,” a chatty Perry Farrell announced with a shrug late Wednesday night in New York. The admission came moments after his oldest band, Jane’s Addiction,
[rating=8.00] Two years ago the Scottish musician Gary McClure released Wreaths, an album he’s convinced that no one ever heard, under his actual name. He has since become someone else.
[rating=6.00] Across six albums, twin brothers Gary and Ryan Jarman, with younger brother Ross on drums, have channeled fuzz and melody from the Weezer and Flaming Lips records they worshipped
Age and optimism are recurring themes for the jazz trumpeter Herb Alpert this week at the Café Carlyle in New York, where he and his wife, the singer Lani Hall,
[rating=7.00] When Oasis taped an MTV Unplugged performance in 1996, it wasn’t meant to be Noel Gallagher’s first solo album. But the stripped-down set was exactly that, an unintended classic
Buster Poindexter sang his heart out during a pre-Valentine’s Day set at the Café Carlyle on Tuesday, reviving R&B, doo-wop, and soul covers on the first night of a two-week
