Music
“I am a mole, sticking his head above the surface of the earth,” John Darnielle sang during his show at Spaceland on Friday.
May 31, 2004
Many music fans will be craving some sort of comfort — or inspiration for protest — during the first days of the Trump administration.
Jan. 13, 2017
By now the songwriter-singer-novelist-metal critic John Darnielle has written hundreds of songs.
April 6, 2015
Books
“Devil House,” a new novel by the Mountain Goats frontman, offers up a teen cult, a defunct porn shop, some gore and questions about exploitation.
Jan. 19, 2022
Entertainment & Arts
Surfing the Web for new music, video and MP3 downloads can be a serious time investment.
Aug. 26, 2006
Alabama W.C. Handy, the Father of the Blues, was born in Florence, Ala., in 1873.
July 18, 1993
Shadow Morton, the songwriter and producer behind such 1960s pop classics as “Remember (Walking in the Sand)” and “Leader of the Pack” -- both recorded by the Shangri-Las -- is dead.
Feb. 16, 2013
Composer-guitarist Anthony Wilson’s surprising second album, “Goat Hill Junket,” was recorded last April in New York with nine East Coast musicians.
Aug. 1, 1998
Even the most determined imagination couldn’t quite transform the stage of the Wiltern Theatre into the mountains of Morocco Saturday night.
Nov. 6, 1995
The artist’s Combines aren’t limited to canvas -- they come alive in music and movement as well.
May 21, 2006