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(01/25/18 7:26am)
The McIntire Department of Art and the McIntire Department of Music are coming together to host the Impulse Festival of Improvisation. The festival, which began this week, will feature four concerts, an art opening, a student jam session and more. The headliner of the week is Wadada Leo Smith and the Golden Quintet, a jazz group led by Downbeat Magazine’s 2017 Jazz Artist of the Year.
(12/15/17 5:11am)
Chris Stapleton’s rise to fame can certainly be classified as meteoric. For a sizable portion of his career, Stapleton was just a songwriter for the likes of Kenny Chesney, Darius Rucker and even Adele. But, in 2015, he released his first album under his own name. His first record “Traveller” won Best Country Album at the Grammy’s and was even nominated for Album of the Year, and just like that — Stapleton was the new face of country music.
(10/19/17 5:30am)
The last time we heard from Beck, we really just heard from Kanye West — “Beck needs to respect artistry and he should have given his award to Beyonce.” This was Kanye’s response to Beck winning the award for Best Album at the 2015 Grammy’s for his record “Morning Phase,” and beating out Beyonce’s self-titled LP.
(06/07/17 3:06am)
alt-J is one of the more unique success stories in recent pop music. They burst onto the scene in 2012 with debut album “An Awesome Wave,” featuring career hits such as “Breezeblocks” and “Fitzpleasure” and then continued their success two years later with “This Is All Yours.” Their blend of raw guitar, playful electronics and the nasal voice of lead singer Joe Newman creates a product far different than most modern pop formulae but somehow usually more successful. alt-J’s most recent release, “RELAXER,” finds the group at their most confident, as they experiment and reach beyond the borders of their musical creativity, surprising new listeners and longtime fans alike.
(05/19/17 3:23am)
Months before the graduating students from the Class of 2017 receive their diplomas, many started preparing for the post-college world. This has come in the form of internships, proactively interviewing with businesses — or, in the case of Nathan Colberg — starting a thriving online music career.
(05/11/17 3:47am)
LCD Soundsystem has triumphantly returned with essentially its first new music since 2010 — let’s face it, no one listened to that Christmas song. Led by virtuoso frontman James Murphy, the group has released two new singles together as a “double A-side” titled “call the police” and “american dream.” These singles fill a void created after LCD Soundsystem’s supposed disbandment in 2011 — picking right back up where it left off in a genre and style that seemingly no one has been able to replicate in their absence.
(04/12/17 5:22am)
“The comedy of man starts like this / Our brains are way too big for our mother's hips,” Father John Misty croons in the opening lines of his third studio album, “Pure Comedy.” The album is a magnum opus of social critique — touching everything from the apocalypse to Taylor Swift to his own music. In his follow-up to the widely successful “I Love You, Honeybear,” an album all about falling in love, Misty’s tone has turned a little more somber. Josh Tillman — the man behind the Misty pseudonym — has a lot to say, and “Pure Comedy” is his platform to do so.
(03/21/17 5:32am)
Spoon has returned with their ninth and most expansive album yet, “Hot Thoughts.” The Austin, Texas band picks up right where they left off with 2014’s critically acclaimed “They Want My Soul,” combining subtle electronics with their classic indie rock formula. The end result is their best attempt yet at what might be called “garage dance rock” — a happy medium for those who might be overwhelmed by LCD Soundsystem but need a little more edge than The Shins.
(12/15/16 2:03am)
Over half a century has passed since Mick Jagger first uttered the lyric heard around the world, “I can’t get no satisfaction,” and the Rolling Stones refuse to stop playing music. “Blue and Lonesome” is the band’s 25th studio album released in the United States, and despite its chronological place among their discography, it sounds more like the Stones are starting anew rather than nearing the end. As an album made up entirely of covers, it is as much a history lesson as a musical piece. It is a reminder where the Rolling Stones — and rock ‘n’ roll as a whole — originated.
(10/06/16 12:40am)
Imagine if Henry David Thoreau emerged from the woods, listened exclusively to Kanye West and Frank Ocean for a couple of years, then wrote the sequel to “Walden.” Now go listen to Bon Iver’s “22, A Million” and imagine no more. Five years after a progressively expansive self-titled sophomore record, the indie giant has released a record which makes its past experimentation sound like the Beatles’ pre-LSD records.
(09/15/16 12:50am)
Some say the monumental chorus of “Pompeii,” the epic single which vaulted Bastille from London amateurs to alt-rock superstars, can still be heard echoing from the radio stations of 2013. With just one song Bastille had created a name for themselves, but they had simultaneously set a standard for all future releases.
(09/14/16 3:52am)
With their third LP, The Head and the Heart find themselves flirting with an unfortunately familiar narrative: “Beloved indie-folk group sign with mainstream record label, lose their true sound.” Since their last recording, the group has traded its humble beginnings in Seattle for a Warner Bros. Records studio in Nashville.
(06/28/16 2:04am)
Very few bands have been able to maintain a level of cultural relevance over such a long period like the Red Hot Chili Peppers. 33 years after their incarnation in 1983, the Chili Peppers have released their eleventh LP, “The Getaway.”
(03/23/16 2:44am)
How far is too far? The Wild Feathers dance around this question on their second full LP, “Lonely Is A Lifetime.” Like any good sophomore album, “Lonely” represents a quest for identity for the young band out of Nashville.
(03/01/16 12:46am)
Our parents were right about almost everything, but in this instance, particularly about music. The music of the late 60s and 70s was something special: not just the Beatles or the Stones, but the soul-infused, original party music from the likes of the Jackson 5, which graced dance halls everywhere.
(12/04/15 4:28am)
Ever since Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros released their eponymously titled album in 2013, little has been heard from them besides the departure of co-lead singer Jade Castrinos. The idiosyncratic harmonies between her and fellow frontman Alex Ebert was the staple of the group’s eclectic dance-folk sound ever since their formation in 2009.
(11/04/15 3:37am)
“Dear Wormwood” is about as far as a band can get from a sophomore slump. With their second full length release, The Oh Hellos prove that not only are they here to stay, but also to lead the way. Tyler and Maggie Heath, the sibling duo at the helm of The Oh Hellos, transform a new-age folk sound, re-popularized by the likes of Mumford and Sons and the Lumineers, into their own style led by a chorus of voices and diverse instrumentation, creating a “wall of sound” effect.
(10/29/15 4:31am)
Family and Friends, a seven-person folk-rock outfit from Athens, Ga. that suggests its audiences start dancing and never stop, will take the stage at the Jefferson Nov. 3 in support of the Oh Hellos. Arts & Entertainment got the chance to chat with five of the members to hear about their music and lives in such a unique band.
(10/20/15 3:42am)
The beauty of Dallas Green, the musician behind City and Colour, has always been in his simplicity. For so long, he succeeded with a formula containing just his impressive vocals and an acoustic guitar. After a bit of foreshadowing on the last album, Green’s latest release, “If I Should Go Before You,” represents a full abandonment of this formula.
(10/07/15 12:00pm)
Singer-songwriter Noah Gundersen will perform Wednesday night at the Southern Café and Music Hall on the Downtown Mall.