Jerry Cornfield, of our sister paper the Herald in Everett, is reporting from the State House as budget talks come…
FRIDAY AM & Shawn Lee: Together, chrome-throated Californian AM and London’s all-purpose studio sorcerer/percussionist Shawn Lee are arguably today’s finest…
Friday Juicy J As a founding member of Memphis, Tenn.’s Three 6 Mafia, Juicy J helped define the rough Dirty…
For reviews of films running the rest of the week, check out SIFF Week Two Picks and Pans. [PICK] After…
Friday [Pick] Pokey LaFarge There’s something freewheeling and fancy-free about the music of Pokey LaFarge—the sort of feel-good Americana you…
WEDNESDAY 4/3 Books: Loves the City, Hates Herself A veteran comedy writer in Hollywood, Maria Semple had her first great…
WEDNESDAY 3/27 Books/Comedy: Magna Cum Martin With his trademark easel drawings and deadpan humor, stand-up comedian, author, former Conan O’Brien…
wed/3/13 Books More Money, More Problems Let’s start with the title. Mohsin Hamid isn’t serious about How to Get Filthy…
LOCAL BANDSDevilwood, Osmanthus Americanus (out now, self-released, facebook.com/devilwoodrocks): You have to admire rockabilly artists for toiling in a genre where…
OFF!/Wednesday, February 13Keith Morris may not blurt lyrics as fast or yell as inaudibly as he once did, but the…
LOCAL BANDS* Blooper, Long Distance (out now, Manic Pop! Records, blooper.bandcamp.com): This four-song EP is a bracing blast of quick…
WEDNESDAY 1/16Stage: Coin TossAmerican Buffalo was, two years after its 1975 Chicago debut, David Mamet’s first play to reach Broadway. (He…
THURSDAY 1/10Film: Looking AheadIf there ever was a distaff equivalent to Charlie Chaplin, it’s the great Giulietta Masina, who plays the…
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2 Elude Judging by June’s Bingo EP, this trio could make a living as a Blink-182 cover band…
Our take on every new local release.
KnowMads/Friday, January 4 KnowMads is a highly productive local group with growing potential. Its producer, Jester, a classically styled, sample-based…
WEDNESDAY 1/2 Stage: Nora Heads for the Door The first time I saw Jennifer Sue Johnson portray a frustrated wife opposite…
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26 Blue Ribbon Boys A benefit for the headlining rock band, who recently had their equipment stolen. With…
WEDNESDAY 12/26 Classical: The Trumpet Shall Sound In the chorus “For Unto Us a Child is Born” in his Messiah, Handel…
Paper Machete/Thursday, December 27 First off: Great band name, right? Secondly: Singer/guitarist/keyboardist Nate Stone and bassist/drummer Guthrie Scarr have a…