The band Neighbor isn’t reinventing the wheel, but it’s not getting steamrolled by it either.
Scott McLennan
Rock Album Review: Cave In’s “Heavy Pendulum” — Covering the Battlefield from Both Sides
Cave In’s new album is more than a return to form — it is a surging breakthrough.
Rock Album Review: The Gravel Project — An Impressive Musical Reach
The Gravel Project respects its roots, but its new album demonstrates how a band can honor its influences without being smothered by them.
Music Interview: Cowboy Junkies’ Michael Timmins on “Songs of the Recollection”
“I may second guess how a song was recorded. But I can say that all that we have done has come from an honest place.”
Bluegrass Album Review: Molly Tuttle — Blurring the Boundaries between the Folksy and the Exploratory
Crooked Tree is the Molly Tuttle record we’ve been waiting for, one that is firmly rooted in bluegrass, but imbued with her own sharp style as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
Concert Review: Billy Strings Blesses Roadrunner, Memorably
Where Roadrunner goes from here remains to be seen, but Billy Strings did his part to open the room with a bang of a blessing.
March Short Fuses – Materia Critica
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Rock Concert Review: 2022’s Fear Inoculum Tour — Peak Tool
Wading in the deep end of the Tool pool.
Arts Feature: Music That Sustained Us Through (Another) Year of the Pandemic
Canadian singer/songwriter Allison Russell’s Outside Child made two lists. And so did Little Simz’s Sometime I Might Be Introvert.
Rock Concert Review: Bob Dylan X 2 — Performing in Boston and Providence
At 80 years old, Bob Dylan sounds imperturbable and fierce.