Since her emergence in the late ‘80s with Boston indie outfit Blake Babies, Juliana Hatfield has maintained a fruitful output as both a solo artist and a member of sundry bands. She…

Since before the release of his 2005 debut “Breaking Kayfabe,” rapper Cadence Weapon (Roland “Rollie” Pemberton) has been creating music and developing his career on his own terms — and in his…

To some extent, London Grammar is a band out of time — or at least from a slightly different one than when they’re actually making music. Listening to their new…

A lot of musicians establish narrow but firm boundaries between their lives and their listeners; not Julien Baker, a singer-songwriter who’s spent her career trying with every song to get to the…

In 1992, Maynard James Keenan and Tool catapulted into the metal scene with “Opiate.” In the era of grunge rock, Keenan and company continued to demand attention the following year with their…

A band with plenty of flamboyant rock extravagance is Derby, UK’s the Struts. They combine the over-the-top theatricality of Queen, camp indulgences of the Darkness and the rock stylings…

With the release of their “Shadows” EP, there’s never been a better time for Zero 7’s uniquely…

Sasha Sloan is an introvert who, in recent years, has been opening herself up. Still only 25, Sloan is prolific songwriter who has written for quite the roster of…

Róisín Murphy takes the extended spirit of disco and makes it all her own on “Róisín Machine.” With roots in Ireland…

There are few artists that cut through the facade with a directness so rare that it can at first raise eyebrows. Upon a close listen to the music of singer-songwriter…

Nostalgia works its way into nearly all music, whether it comes in a blatant retro rehashing or merely a sequence of notes that has proven to strike a chord. Still, the…

Six months into the pandemic, feeling lonely goes without saying — or does it? After all, some space from the suffocating bustle of everyday life allows time…