UPDATED: Sept. 16, 2022
Reentering My Morning Jacket’s orbit in Boston
After too many years away, it was great to be blasted by a My Morning Jacket live show again.
CONCERT REPORTS
Crossing borders and making connections with Pearl Jam in Québec
A spur-of-the-moment decision to venture north lead to a memorable night of music in Canada français.
Roger Waters’ apocalyptic prophecies are drilled with precision in Boston
Roger Waters has something to say, and he's not subtle about how he says it. And we're all the better for it.
At Fenway Park, Paul McCartney proves he remains without peer
Not to be dramatic about it, but over two nights in Boston, McCartney was an inspirational force of nature.
Collapsing, rebuilding and reigniting with Pearl Jam in Arizona
Pearl Jam went back to basics and put on a show that elevated beyond just another concert.
REVIEWS
Sonic Youth moves from noise to atmospheric jams and back on In/Out/In
It's been too long without new music from Sonic Youth. And even if everything here is more than a decade old, it's still a thrilling listen
Neil and the Horse swing in and out of time on Barn
Neil Young and Crazy Horse emerge with an album that exists for this moment and should last beyond it.
The Stones’ Love You Live is a ramshackle time capsule of a wild band
Are there better live albums by the Rolling Stones? Probably. But there are hardly any as fun or riotously messy as this one.
All the phases, stages and winding roads to Let It Be
The last Beatles album to be released gets the deluxe treatment that the music always deserved.
VOICES
The lingering road to King Curtis and “Soul Serenade”
Live at Fillmore West is a classic album, and one that took decades to find its way to the stereo.
Charlie Watts played with the band
Charlie Watts was one of the great drummers of his lifetime. And he wasn't just anyone's drummer.
The fervent, furious sounds of Bloomfield and Butterfield
A classic from 1966 still spins like a genre-melding freakout on these late nights in lockdown.
Tiny Music and Stone Temple Pilots long-overdue reconsideration
Stone Temple Pilots' wonderfully weird third album demonstrated just how much the band had grown in the aftermath of rock stardom and all its trappings.
