At Lincoln Hall Friday night, headliner Sharon Van Etten takes her guitar and begins to strum, opening with a song that encapsulates feelings of warmth and painful nostalgia: “You’re the reason why I’ll move to the city/You’re why I’ll need to leave.”
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A decade later, the wounds of John Darnielle’s finest hour are still fresh.
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White Birds – When Women Played Drums Philly’s White Birds released a tantalising EP in 2011 and they’ve now delivered on their stirring full length, “When Women Played Drums”. The four piece borrow from a variety of genres-from folk to shoe gaze to lo fi to doo wop-yet the sound is cohesive and rich, the ten [...]
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The song from 2006′s Return to Cookie Mountain that stuck with most people was its first single, “Wolf Like Me.”
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Murder, break ups, tadpoles and even bunnies inspired the band’s song list.
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With the sudden death of Whitney Houston at 48 casting a pall over the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles the evening following, one must wonder how soon the parade of posthumous releases will begin.
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“Lose Yourself,” the Grammy award-winning song became the hip-hop generation’s answer to “Eye of the Tiger,” thanks to that same generation’s answer to “Rocky,” Em’s semi-autobiographical 8 Mile.
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With as many arms flying and balls in the air as the cover of 2011’s Confetti illustrates, the group had a way of getting carried away in each song while keeping the sound firmly grounded.
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Regardless of which side you are on—the lover or the loner—here are some songs to further foster feelings, or keep you company this Feb. 14.
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Forty years after its release in 1972, the Canuck’s fourth solo release remains an American masterpiece, and a handbook for running out to pasture while staying in shouting distance of civilization.
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Appearances and music notwithstanding, Veronica Falls are not goths, and drummer Patrick Doyle is quick to set the record straight.
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Dream Sick – Dream Sick Dream Sick have a terrific psychedelic pop sound, displaying the influence of indie stalwarts Modest Mouse but creating their own distinctive sound. Frontman Jess Matsen is a busy lyricist, reminiscent of Malkmus in his clever balancing of the cryptic with the clear eyed. Their recorded sound has a rawness that suggests a live dynamic only [...]
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