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At home with Sharon Van Etten

Lady and her Tramp
Sharon Van Etten is peeling an orange in her South Brooklyn apartment.
By LIZ PELLY | February 15, 2012

Band of Skulls | Sweet Sour

Electric Blues/Vagrant
Band of Skulls aren't innovators, and they probably won't ever be.
By REYAN ALI | February 15, 2012

Photos: The Darkness + Foxy Shazam at the Paradise Rock Club

February 3, 2012
The Darkness + Foxy Shazam perform live at the Paradise Rock Club on February 3, 2012.
By JOSH BERLINGER | February 06, 2012

Zef Recordz
Moreso than any "controversially-lipped" chanteuse (to borrow from one of Lana Del Rey's many observers), South African rap/rave/meme/satire/knuckleheads Die Antwoord beg the question:"Is that all there is?"
By DAN WEISS | February 07, 2012

A Place to Bury Strangers | Onwards to the Wall

Dead Oceans (2012)
Onwards to the Wall clocks in at 16 minutes and 35 seconds, and it could shatter into smithereens at any moment.
By REYAN ALI | January 24, 2012

Powering up with the Smith Westerns

Bye-bye lo-fi
Sometimes when we settle into the tattered sofa of lo-fi pop music, it's easy to imagine that the artists intended for it to be made this way.
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | January 25, 2012

Hanging in a crush-gaze balance with Cults

Metal worship
What do you think has been the most buzzed-about indie style over the past few years?
By LUKE O'NEIL | January 17, 2012

Photos: Susan Tedeschi + The Remains + Derek Trucks at the Paradise Rock Club

Hot Stove Cool Music Benefit Concert | January 14, 2012
Susan Tedeschi, The Remains and Derek Trucks perform live for the Hot Stove Cool Music Benefit Concert at the Paradise Rock Club at January 14, 2012.
By TIM BUGBEE | January 20, 2012

Anthony Green settles into a comfort zone

Survival rate
It's just before Christmas, and Anthony Green, his wife Meredith, and their one-year-old son, James, are gearing up to indulge in some holiday cheer: hot apple cider, gingerbread house displays, quality time with Green's parents — and a 9 pm bedtime.
By ANNIE ZALESKI | January 10, 2012

Four weather-proof shows to kick off 2012

Although new records are sure to warm the soul this winter, some of us do eventually need to leave the house
Four shows worth abandoning the safe haven of home for.
By MICHAEL MAROTTA AND LIZ PELLY | December 28, 2011

Japan's Dir En Grey find hope in a dark place

Precious metals
Back in March, the Japanese band Dir En Grey had recorded about half of what became Dum Spiro Spero, their eighth album. Then the world ended, or at least came pretty close.
By BARRY THOMPSON | December 06, 2011

Digitalism dance to the harmony of song

Heartthrob
Obviously there aren't meaningful lines between dance, pop, and indie-rock anymore, since more and more instrument-focused acts born as rock bands are leaning on the techniques of electronic music production to modernize their sound.
By LUKE O'NEIL | November 22, 2011

Jedi Mind Tricks | Violence Begets Violence

Enemy Soil (2011)
It's a daily struggle to avoid murdering Drake fans who bump that trash on the train in front of me, cliché Auto-Tune hooks leaking from their Skull Candy and polluting my perimeter.
By CHRIS FARAONE | November 09, 2011

Scratch Acid reignite a compact snap

Economy hardware
In general, people who care about music make too big a deal about the notion of talent.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | November 03, 2011

The restless Nashville pop of Caitlin Rose

Stone pony
It's late Sunday afternoon and singer-songwriter Caitlin Rose is folding laundry and watching a movie on BET in her Nashville home.
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | November 03, 2011

Ten years in, Ladytron grounded by Gravity

Post-dance
More than a decade into their career as trusted electro-pop veterans, Ladytron's place in the world of pop music seems as precarious as when they started.
By MICHAEL MAROTTA | October 05, 2011

George Lewis Jr. conquers as Twin Shadow

Post-Mad Man
"Boston, I'm starting to love you again," says George Lewis Jr. via cell phone in a seemingly sarcastic yet sincere shout-out to his old stomping grounds.
By NOLAN GAWRON | October 05, 2011

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Photos: Peter Hook plays the Paradise | September 20, 2011

Peter Hook plays the Paradise on September 20, 2011
The Joy Division co-founder takes the stage at the Paradise Rock Club.
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | September 28, 2011

Dum Dum Girls | Only In Dreams

Sub Pop (2011)
Kristin Gundred, a/k/a Dee Dee, is no actual dum dum, so she made good where Vivian Girls didn't.
By DAN WEISS | September 27, 2011

Dissecting the enveloping sound of Elbow

Full bodied
Like a husky boy after his second plate at the Thanksgiving table, Elbow's music has become pretty damn comfortable.
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | September 20, 2011

Wild Flag | Wild Flag

Merge (2011)
It's not quite a Sleater-Kinney reunion, but those who have missed the band since their 2005 swan song, The Woods , should be thrilled with Wild Flag.
By NICK A. ZAINO III | September 13, 2011

Rubblebucket | Omega La La

Sin Duda Records (2011)
Although bands often sacrifice musical quality for the sake of maintaining a weirder image, Rubblebucket keep buzzing forward, as impressive as they are idiosyncratic.
By ARIEL SHEARER | August 30, 2011

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After two decades, the Del Fuegos find a personal cause for reunion

Making a right turn
At the Paradise, expect a celebration of Giessmann and Right Turn’s achievements and of the music of the Del Fuegos, as well as a promise of continuing to help others.
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | June 27, 2011

Everyone loves Dinosaur Jr.'s Bug except J Mascis

No fun
For Dinosaur Jr., an achingly melody-fueled power trio formed from the ashes of several Amherst-area hardcore bands in 1984, the pursuit of awesome came at the price of happiness, harmony, and ultimately the band itself.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | June 17, 2011