When was the last time you visited a dentist’s office? If you’ve had a root canal or wisdom teeth pulled…
Singer Jessica Lea Mayfield’s career has taken her from her family’s bluegrass band to proper alt-country-artist status, complete with an…
Saturday, June 14 In the incredible company of other contemporary composers such as Reich, Glass, Riley, and Part, Yann Tiersen…
The Milk Carton Kids, The Neptune. Read Dave Lake’s interview with Joey Ryan here . If the Moondoggies could be…
Though they haven’t issued an album since 2012’s Transcendental Youth, The Mountain Goats have had plenty to bleat about lately—like the high-profile placement of their song “Up the…
It’s no secret that Seattle has something of an indoor culture. For most of the year, we’re content to shuttle…
Chicago alt-indie outfit Empires’ sound falls somewhere between that of the Killers and the Black Keys. It’s nothing radical or…
Forming in Illinois in 1990, guitar/drum duo Local H got its major break in 1996 when alternative-rock radio picked up…
Pigeon John came up in the Good Life scene, honing his skills among some of Los Angeles’ most experimental rappers….
Friday, May 30 Boy/girl alt-rock duo Blood Red Shoes play noisy guitar rock that oozes cool and was perfect for…
Pete Yorn has gained most notoriety recently for his partnerships—including Break Up, his overrated 2009 album with Scarlett Johannsen, and…
Thursday, June 5 ARTSparks Of course there is a hashtag. You knew there would be a hashtag. #ARTSparks is one…
After seven mixtapes and EPs, Hoodie Allen, aka rapper/singer Steven Markowitz, will release his debut album independently this summer. Lead…
Friday, May 23 Lonesome Shack, Columbia City Theater. Read our review of the blues trio’s latest, More Primitive, here ….
Wednesday, May 28 Evan Osnos Covering China for The New Yorker is a plum beat. Osnos spent five years reporting…
John Lennon’s son Sean started dating fashion model Charlotte Kemp Muhl in 2006, and about a year later discovered she…
Portland electro-indie rock outfit The Helio Sequence writes anthems. There’s a triumphant quality to its music, like a Rocky montage…
If he weren’t headlining, Marcel Everett, aka XXYYXX, wouldn’t be allowed into this show. Just 18, the Florida-based electronic musician…
Friday, May 16 Think of Nathaniel Rateliff as the blue-collar cousin of Iron and Wine’s Sam Beam. A former truck…
What Mickey Avalon did to his “muse” (nemesis?) Jane Fonda in an eponymous song is indefensibly sexist but criminally funny….
