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[ROCK] Swivel-legged former J.
[COMEDY] He’s mad as hell, and he’s not going to take it anymore! If the absurdity of a meltdown is your idea of hilarity, Lewis Black is your man.
[INDIE] The latest from Omaha’s The Good Life — the side project started by Cursive frontman Tim Kasher — rocks a bit harder than the folk-pop quartet’s previous efforts.
[ELECTRONIC/DANCE] California-based DJ/Producer Jeff Montalvo, a.k.a. Seven Lions, has moved steadily into more commercial territory since his first remixes appeared in 2011.
[FOLK] As an offshoot of Medeski, Martin, and Wood, one would expect the Wood Brothers to let loose a bit from their contained rootsy folk, and with last year’s Paradise, which brings the lauded group to Town Ballroom on Friday, No
[ROCK] Lera Lynn’s recurring character on True Detective is that of a singer-songwriter hitting rock bottom, but there’s little carryover from that experience on her latest, Resistor.
[ROCK] You have to tune in to 103.3 The Edge to win tickets to this Band of Horses “Pop Up and Unplugged” gig, so hop on that dial if you want to attend.
[SPOKEN WORD] The only sure bet for a Henry Rollins spoken word gig is that it’ll be insightful and slightly manic: the torrent of witty rhetoric won’t let up for the duration, however long. For his international gigs earlier this year, it was over two hours.