Music

Tearing flesh and bleeding emotions - this CD is razor sharp.

In which we kick off a monthly celebration of our best writers. You'll have to come inside to see who it is!

Big and bold grunge and emo music in a small college town.

Rosanne Cash's honeyed, heartbreaking alto can loosen up even a room full of jaded music-industry insiders.

At age 69, Buddy Guy can still get the job done.

Last week, some peculiar and fortunate alignment of the planets brought both of my favorite musical artists to my home state of Connecticut within two days of each other. This same alignment also had some influence on the capricious Ticketmaster gods, as I was able to get really great seats …

Fans of Barrett Martin's previous musical partnerships might be bewildered or turned off by The Painted Desert. Fans of music will not.

Joe Pernice writes and records perfect, sunny pop records.

Peter Murphy House of Blues Anaheim 5/28/05 Peter Murphy and his band came through Anaheim on the U.S. leg of the tour supporting his latest release, Unshattered. Murphy is an impressive performer who is very theatrical and flamboyant. He has a wonderful, deep voice that he augments by moving his …

Umphrey’s McGee Key Club, West Hollywood, California 05/05/05 Umphrey’s McGee returned to Los Angeles on their West Coast spring swing. They are one of the few bands that have been predicted to pick up the baton from Phish, who previously picked up the baton from the Grateful Dead. One major …