Ratatat’s music has always been easily identifiable—debuting six years ago with a unique take on electronic rock. On the simply titled LP4, however, their once-fresh style is beginning to sound...
Bionic: utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous or intricate tasks. Long-established pop star Christina Aguilera seems to have...
In the midst of the five hours set aside for the LDOC concert, Cali-steeped surf-pop outfit Rooney should make the stage shine a little brighter. Sonia Havele talks to Rooney frontman Robert...
“Do you remember?” is a question that carries extra weight during the beer-soaked revelry of LDOC. Jay Sean doesn’t mean it that way, but you can rest assured that the British pop star will perform...
This Is Happening may not be as immediately accessible and dance-ready as the band’s previous albums, but this is truly the group’s masterpiece.
Though these two may not be destined for superstardom, making stellar hip-hop is not likely to go out of fashion.
With The Wild Hunt, Kristian Matsson may just live up to his moniker, because he has made an album that will force the listener to look upwards to find the source of his sweet music.
Tauri Wind’s debut EP, Wayward Traveler, is rife with jazz inflections and the throwback feel of ’90s rock. But nostalgia shouldn’t distract from what this record really is: the music of five guys...
Panda Force doesn’t offer “dance music” in the traditional sense, like many of today’s bands who describe themselves as such.
Bruce Springsteen created Nebraska in 1982 with a four-track recorder, releasing the songs as demos and opting out of full-fleshed production with his trusty E Street Band, whom he had collaborated...
At its best, Here’s to Taking It Easy is an articulation of the potentials of a Southern sound informed by another part of America.
As the tight guitars chime in on MGMT’s new record Congratulations, it’s clear that the time to pretend is over.
Tonight in Page Auditorium, however, genre-bending fiddler Mark O'Connor, joined by Rosanne Cash, will have one particular style on the brain as he plays a concert inspired by the legendary Johnny...
If you still think there’s a defining line around what can be called classical music, prepare to expand your conceptions. The Kronos Quartet will perform the world premiere of Maria Schneider’s...
