Scott McLennan
A long-shelved session reveals a master blending blues with global grooves and undimmed vitality.
The Claypool Lennon Delirium release a surreal, sharp-edged concept album about empathy, algorithms, and the high cost of efficiency.
The messaging and its delivery were never self-righteous — Puscifer provoked rather than preached.
“Future Soul” is an exercise in creating maximum accessibility without reducing the band’s extraordinary musicianship.
Puscifer is alarmed that so many values, including bedrock rights, are under attack, with real people getting hurt (in some cases killed) in the process.
“Turn a Midnight Corner” is one of those records that has the right mix of risk and guile. It doesn’t so much tell a story as summon one, track by track.
Bob Weir protected the integrity and idealism of the Grateful Dead’s music, playing the band’s songs year after year with a sense of wonder that he never lost touch with.
The Disco Biscuits chose Boston as its base for a three-night New Year’s run that unfolded in three different venues.
For heavy music fans, the Saddest Day was a very good day.
Converge bassist Nate Newton joked that, if it were left to him, he would have called this event “The Night of Seven Savage Weirdos”. Though when everything finally came together, even more weirdos were added to the mix.
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