Orchestrating arena rock theater to heights heretofore unknown, Roger Waters dazzled the adoring throng at Fenway Park with a performance of The Wall. His expansive ...read more
Like Steven Spielberg, Bruce Springsteen needs redemption and hope with his rage and bitterness, even when his despairing characters have every right to their raw ...read more
By all measures, this is the year of El-P. First he produced Killer Mike’s world-stomping new record R.A.P. Music; then he released Cancer For Cure, a ...read more
With beats that slur and pause suddenly, and slow-flowing wordplay that’s witty (but full of half-rhymes and weak meter), Children of the Night wear their influences ...read more
Credit drummer/producer Alaska B for making this blended—post-punk, metal, opera, ambient, prog—sound not just natural but seamless. There’s a lot of moving parts ...read more
Slaughterhouse impeccably covers the lush ground between skater punk and surfer psychedelia. It’s got ample drone to start, but remains badass throughout. Segall’s ...read more
George Lewis Jr, aka Twin Shadow, has gotten himself into a woodsy apocalypse. He’s a one man wrecking crew, defender of The Teds, and has 1/2 of a wolf riding ...read more
Even with a power outage that left the Bank of America Pavilion bereft of frozen margaritas for two hours, it was a triumphal night for a local band that’s ...read more
June 15th, 2012 marked my 212th Deer Tick show (give or take some exaggeration,) and to be honest, I thought this might be the show where I didn’t have such a ...read more
There’s No Leaving Now exchanges the vibrant urgency and listing restlessness of recent releases for patience and permanence, polish and nuance. While rooted in ...read more
