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Friday, September 3, 2010

Fall Arts Preview: Pop

Chrissie Hynde and new (platonic?) mate JP Jones play Showcase Live in Foxboro, Sept. 21.

By Jed Gottlieb

Time for us rock fans to climb back into those dank holes we love so dear. Oh,...

Fall Arts Preview: Classical

James Levine leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

By Keith Powers

The answer comes on Oct. 2. The question? Will James Levine be on the podium for the Boston Symphony Orchestra...

ISOBEL CAMPBELL AND MARK LANEGAN

By Bill Brotherton

The unlikely pairing of nightingale Campbell (ex-Belle & Sebastian warbler) and old crow Lanegan (Screaming Trees) is now three albums strong. Lanegan’s...

Marina sparkles at updated ‘Dise

Marina and the Diamonds performs at the Paradise, Wednesday, September 1, 2010.

By Jim Sullivan

Marina Diamandis is Marina & the Diamonds, which is her stage name, not the name...

Gallery

GOO GOO DOLLS

By Bill Brotherton

Johnny Rzeznik has one of corporate rock’s great voices, a sweet and sour treasure that has helped this band sell millions of records and top the charts....

Gigs around town

By Brett Milano

FRIDAY CAMPFIRE.Passim’s annual convergence of songwriters, with up to two dozen sets per day. Look for retro-swinger Miss Tess on Saturday at noon,...

Weiland, STP in sync

By Barry Thompson / Music Review

Sometimes rock stars need to know when to drop out of the spotlight for a while. Take Scott Weiland. He spent...

DISTURBED

By Dave Wedge

Chicago’s Disturbed is one of metal’s most popular acts. But the band does little that stands out, aside from David Draiman’s signature staccato...

!!!

By Bill Brotherton

This California dance-punk big-band has been churning out great grooves for the better part of a decade, few as bodacious as the nine cuts on album No. 4. A...

ISSAC DELGADO

By Larry Katz

On paper, this (mostly) Spanish-language tribute to Nat “King” Cole sounds treacherous. Matching Cole’s easy-listening songs with a Latin...

Recording companies eager for Google to launch music service

By Alex Pham and Jessica Guynn / Los Angeles Times

Google Inc., which is developing a digital music service, is winning over record companies that are hoping the technology company can loosen Apple Inc.’s...

KEM

By Lauren Carter

All hail the return of an r & b singer/songwriter with class. The third album from Kem is aptly-titled, existing in warm, smooth, jazz-infused tones and dealing...

MITCH WOODS

By Kevin R. Convey

Once a second-tier West Coast jump-blues revivalist, keyboardist Woods hit the Crescent City jackpot with 2006’s New Orleans r & b revival “Big...

PHILIP SELWAY

By Jed Gottlieb

This is the coolest solo debut from a drummer in a marquee band ever (and we’re not forgetting Ringo’s “Sentimental Journey”). Smartly,...

HEART

By Bill Brotherton

This classic Seattle band is the all-time best female-fronted outfit - at least the best that doesn’t have Joan Jett or Deborah Harry in its lineup. Ann...