Music
POPSCREEN: Usher
Usher is back and more woman than ever. Yes, you heard me right. Your favorite piece of male eye-candy has
POPSCREEN: The New Pornographers
Dance parties with people in animal suits cavorting about and rubbing hips can fall into two categories: alarmingly scary or
POPSCREEN: Radiohead
I was never quite sure what to think of this absurd and meaningless world—until I met the “Reckoner.” I’m not
TV on the Radio
It’s finally official: TV on the Radio is no longer the hipster’s best-kept secret.
POPSCREEN: Lil' Will
What exactly is a “Dougie,” you ask? Good question. Stay tuned—it might just take you the entirety of Lil’ Wil’s
Playing the Music Electric in Paine Hall
English scientist Michael Faraday and German composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart may seem to be unlikely bedfellows, but their legacies have
The Magnetic Fields
It’s virtually impossible to talk about The Magnetic Fields, the main musical vehicle for crooning NYC songwriter Stephen Merritt, without
POPSCREEN: !!!
The latest video from inscrutably-named indie-dance combo !!! is for the song “Yadnus,” an unearthly blues-funk groove with nonsensical lyrics,
MUSIC REVIEW: Ghostface Killah
Ghostface Killah “More Fish” (Def Jam) 4 Stars The once-indomitable Wu-Tang Clan has slowly dispersed, and there is no question
Fill in the Blanks.
“We’re not ‘The Blanks,’ we’re ‘Blanks.’—with a period at the end,” John T. Drake ’06 says while selling his band’s
Not Just Vinyl: LP at House of Blues
There isn’t really a better way to describe the sound of bluesy rocker LP (yes, those are her real initials)
Hip Hop: More Than Thugs and Gangstas
By RYAN J. KUO CONTIRBUTING WRITER Catching a primetime exposé on hip hop music last month, it was tempting to
Ozawa Bids Farewell
In his final appearances at Symphony Hall as Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), Seiji Ozawa showed why
Love Him Tender: The King Is Back
By LEE HUDSON TESLIK CONTRIBUTING WRITER Quick: which rock-star has the most underrated legacy? Ask this question of a musically
Battle of the Bands
To kick off this year’s Springfest, the University Council held a “Battle of the Bands” last Friday night in Lowell
Every Man Will Have His Dave
The Dave Matthews Band has become a musical institution, a college staple and an idol for guitar strummers everywhere. The
Speaking of Metheny
When Pat Metheny took the stage at the Orpheum Theatre on April 14, he set the stage for an evening
Welcome to Rusted Root's Global Party
The show was slated to start at 8 p.m. At 8:15 p.m., the stagehands started bringing instruments on stage. They
Plaid’s Music Gets You Twisted Up
Avant-garde musicians are spooky types, as proven by the recent show at the Middle East featuring Plaid, Nobukazu Takemura and
Icicle Ball Warms Hearts and Minds
Undeterred by the fact that Boston had the misfortune to have its Icicle Ball cancelled, I ventured to the somewhat
DiFranco Does It On Her Own
Once upon a time, in the land of corporate America, there was a giggling girl who had a dream that
Emo Bands Dismember Middle East Audiences
What do you get when you combine sex, death and dismemberment in a crowded basement on a cold evening in