Rock

Concert Review: Godspeed You! Black Emperor — Sensory Assault as a Total Experience

September 13, 2023
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Godspeed’s left-wing view was most clearly reflected at a merch table dominated by books on working-class resistance and anarchism, while the group’s dissonant post-rock embodied tension.

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Book Review: “Blood In The Tracks” — Bob Dylan’s Mystery Musicians

September 12, 2023
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“Blood In the Tracks” delivers a minor miracle: a host of fresh looks at the most (over)written about musician of our age.

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Concert Review: Arctic Monkeys at TD Garden

September 8, 2023
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The band’s performance was stellar. Its setlist was on point: a bit of the new, a bit more of the early stuff, and a whole lot of “AM.” In America, in 2023, that’s just good fan service.

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Book Review: The Inside Story of Abbey Road Studio — Definitive

September 7, 2023
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The truth is the Beatles wouldn’t have been the Beatles without Abbey Road, and Abbey Road wouldn’t have been Abbey Road without the Beatles.

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Concert Review: moe. is Back!

September 5, 2023
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There was no doubt guitarist Chuck Garvey was already up to the task, sealing the grit and heart necessary to return moe. to jam-bound heights.

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Rock Album Review: A “Joyride” Well Worth Taking

August 24, 2023
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Karina Rykman’s rookie recored, “Joyride,” delivers a beguiling blend of pop smarts and psychedelic proclivities.

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Concert Review: Mood and Mystery — From the Symphonic Post-Rock Palette of Sigur Rós

August 23, 2023
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Languid sameness dominated the Wang concert at times, though the acoustic strings and subtly submerged horns and percussion made the sonic scope of Sigur Rós’ music more delicate and human.

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Rock Album Review: Andrew Bird’s “Outside Problems” — Weighty Experiments

August 14, 2023
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The album may be loose and jagged, but there are no half-baked moments because Andrew Bird’s ear for rhythm, and his impressive improvisational skill, are too inventive to ever be dull.

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Arts Remembrance: Appreciating Robbie Robertson

August 11, 2023
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Robbie Robertson was born and raised in Canada but he seemed to understand the American myth better than most of his southern neighbors did.

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Concert Review: Santana — Wizardry on Display

August 6, 2023
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The 76-year-old Carlos Santana didn’t need to dominate with guitar showmanship to make his two-hour-plus concert fly without any lag in energy and spirit.

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