Arto Lindsay at the Black Cat Saturday
One of the pillars of the New York’s no wave era, Arto Lindsay’s frantic guitar playing straddled punk, art rock and free jazz. He’s also been part of the Lounge…
Review: Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones
The guitarist and songwriter Dave Alvin morphed in his time from out-of-time rockabilly revivalist amid the L.A. punk heyday, to cowboy California troubadour. After reuniting on a couple of albums…
The Jayhawks at the Birchmere
The latest recordings from The Jayhawks come as backing band on the new Ray Davies album “Americana,” which came out the same weekend the venerable Twin Cities band played the…
Drive-By Truckers Split It Up at 9:30
The Drive-By Truckers tried something bold with their 10th studio album last fall, "American Band." Though the title makes it sound like a reprise of the Grand Funk hit, it…
Aimee Mann: Sad Songs in Hot Pants
Aimee Mann thinks her songs are sadder than they really are; that there’s so much psychosis on her latest album that she had to called it "Mental Illness." It was as…
Stage Review: ‘Fun Home’ National Tour
Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home” first arose 15 years ago as one of those rare graphic novels that rose above all others, as Art Spiegelman’s “Maus” or Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis” did…
Review: ‘Or,’ at Round House Theatre
Holly Twyford has a wonderfully blank expression she uses when taking in the madness all around her. She's also very expressive when setting quill to paper in the rare wordless…
Season Three of ‘Fargo’ Finally Here
It may have seemed an impossible task to get the feel of the singular Cohen Brothers classic after which it is named, but Noah Hawley not only achieved that with…
Kennedy Center’s Tribute to Pete Seeger
There are so many rich stories to tell about Pete Seeger, the folk music standard bearer who died three years ago at 94, that a Kennedy Center tribute concert to…
The Many Sides of John Mayer
John Mayer is so talented, it’s almost stunted his career. He has such appeal to young women with his sticky love songs, he won’t ever be in danger of losing…