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Neko Case performs at Solid Sound Festival June 22, 2013, with Eric Bachmann at left. Photo by Eric R. Danton.
Neko Case turns in the definitive version of a song Eric Bachmann wrote for his band Crooked Fingers.
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The Northampton trio fronted by F. Alex Johnson shows the breadth of its abilities on its third album.
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Scott Hutchison performing at SXSW in 2010. Photo by Eric R. Danton.
Frightened Rabbit singer Scott Hutchison, a gifted musician and songwriter who never tried to hide his depressive streak, was found dead Thursday night in Scotland, apparently after taking his own life.
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The Strokes helped foment the indie-rock revival of the early 2000s.
“Meet Me in the Bathroom,” Lizzy Goodman’s oral history of the New York City indie-rock revival of the early 2000s, is at once fascinating and frustrating.
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Drake knocked his own song out of the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, with new single “Nice for What” replacing “God’s Plan.” What’s most notable here, though, is the waste of a Lauryn Hill sample.
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The Oklahoma singer and his band blew through 80 minutes' worth of jumped-up, vintage-style rock 'n' roll Thursday night in Holyoke.
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Kendrick Lamar is the first rapper, and one of only a handful of non-classical musicians, to receive the prize in its 75-year history. The Pulitzer couldn't have gone to a more fitting candidate.
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Connecticut musician Jeff Przech shows impressive growth as a singer, and especially as a songwriter, on his second album.
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Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line have toppled Ed Sheeran from the No. 2 spot on the Hot 100, but their song "Meant to Be" isn't much of an improvement.
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Dean Falcone, left, and Shellye Valauskas. Photo by Audra McDonald.
New Haven singer Shellye Valauskas takes her time between albums, but her latest was worth the wait.
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Tour dates with Mitski and the bold new single "Glad to Be Here" ought to get Katie Von Schleicher some well-deserved attention in 2018.
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Neko Case's new song "Hell-On" is at once unlike anything she's ever released, and also unmistakably a Neko Case tune.
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Mt. Joy, looking uninterested. Photo by Matt Everitt.
There's a lot of buzz (at least, from NPR) about the Philadelphia folk-rockers Mt. Joy. But why?
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Bruno Mars' remix of "Finesse" featuring Cardi B is a frothy track that's built for fun, and the old-school new jack swing aesthetic doesn't hurt, either.
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Former Centro-matic singer Will Johnson has a new collaboration, Marie/Lepanto, with Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster of Water Liars. Their debut, "Tenkiller," helps get 2018 off to a great musical start.
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Ed Sheeran wrote "Perfect" for his fiance, but the song is pure schlock.
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Wilco put together sizable program of music and interviews for fans with Wilcoworld Radio, a smart promotional gambit streaming on the band's website this weekend.
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On past releases, Drake has been a sub-par lyricist, a mediocre rapper and an average singer with a massive sense of self-regard. How does his new single "God's Plan" stack up? Here's one curmudgeon's take.
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Instead of ignoring the pop mainstream and sliding inevitably toward hopefully distant senectitude, I'm reengaging with the Billboard Hot 100. Just for the hell of it, I'm going to try writing here about my reaction to the No. 1 song every week. First up, "Havana" by Camila Cabello.
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Deer Tick, Anais Mitchell and Del McCoury and David Grisman are among the acts scheduled to perform at this year's Back Porch Festival, which returns March 1-4 to the Academy of Music and Parlor Room in Northampton.
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