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Arborea sail across a fossil sea

Hearing Red
When critics say a band have a timelessness about them, people generally mean the band's music is sort of universally appealing, outside of trends or genres.
By SAM PFEIFLE | April 25, 2011

Photos: Massive Attack at the House of Blues

Massive Attack, live at the House of Blues, May 13, 2010
Massive Attack, live at the House of Blues, on May 13, 2010
By ERIC BAUMANN | May 18, 2010

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Shudder to think

Chill out this summer with Goose Bumps, Vol. 3
With the tools available to electronic musicians — software and limitless collaborators available through the Internet — the only limiting agents are ambition and work ethic. Well, talent, too, but that can be as easily wasted as ever if you don’t know how to use the platforms available to you for putting it on display.
By SAM PFEIFLE | July 08, 2009

Puracane | I've Been Here the Longest

Astraea (2009)
Released by San Francisco groove merchants Ubiquity almost a decade ago, Puracane's debut Things You Should Leave Alone was an interesting if oddly timed proposition.
By GUSTAVO TURNER | June 09, 2009

Strangeways, here we come

Everysmithever push all kinds of boundaries
Everysmithever, who put out a self-titled full-length this fall and then promptly stopped playing shows, is more than a Cambiata side project.
By SAM PFEIFLE | January 21, 2009

Less is best

The spare science of José González
González possesses the will power and the patience to dig into each of his songs until he has exhumed its bleeding heart.
By SHARON STEEL | March 04, 2008

Natalie Walker

Urban Angel | Quango
It’s all soothing, but Walker’s never too sweet.
By KEN MICALLEF | January 14, 2008

Other music meccas

By TED DROZDOWSKI | June 29, 2007

Ode on melancholy

Calla, the Middle East, April 13, 2007
Friday the 13th was a fitting date for Calla to play at the Middle East.
By MELISSA POCEK | April 24, 2007

Rock and role

The Twilight Singers, Paradise Rock Club, November 14, 2006
Greg Dulli may wear his tender heart on his suave, stylish sleeve, but it’s just bait — a lure for unwitting romantics who enjoy having their hearts broken. Slideshow: Twilight Singers at Avalon, November 14, 2006
By MATT ASHARE | November 20, 2006

Back in the trip-hop groove

Massive Attack, Orpheum Theatre, October 1, 2006
There are always questions before the lights go down at a show, but Massive Attack offered more to ponder than usual at the Orpheum Sunday night. Massive Attack at Orpheum Theatre, October 1, 2006
By MATTHEW GASTEIER | October 03, 2006

Going on sale: July 21, 2006

Breaking news from the concert-ticket trade
Black Eyed Peas, Los Lonely Boys, Gnarls Barkley, Massive Attack, and more.
By EDITORIAL | July 18, 2006

On the Racks: May 30, 2006

Sophie Barker, Les Claypool, and Peeping Tom
Plus, Jamie Lidell and Herbert get in the mix.
By MATT ASHARE | May 31, 2006

Three-way

José González, Arctic Monkeys, and Annie
Did we piss off the hipster-show gods?
By WILL SPITZ | April 07, 2006

Mozez

SO STILL | Apace
To the electronica-lite of Zero 7’s 2001 debut, Simple Things , Jamaican-born Mozez brought hot buttered soul and Marvin Gaye assurance, the former church singer wrenching real soul out of a pure digital frieze.
By KEN MICALLEF | January 23, 2006