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Dead & Company – Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, June 21, 2016 (YouTube) The Inner Spectrum of Variables by Tyshawn Sorey Tyshawn Sorey Double Trio – The Inner Spectrum of Variables (Pi Recordings) Iterare by (Bondi – d'incise – Demierre) (Bondi – d'incise – Demierre) – Iterare (rhizome.s) 3+3=3 by Michael Pisaro, Manfred…
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Gwen Stefani, by Rich Fury/Invision/AP/File The ticket: Pop musicSunday, July 10, 2016 JOE JACKSON Not quite a year after this versatile singer-songwriter played a sold-out Wilbur in support of his latest album, the itinerant and excellent “Fast Forward,” he’s back for another pass. Same disc, same space, but you can count on seeing and hearing…
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Robert Fripp – Theatre La Palace, Paris, France, May 25, 1979 (DGMLive) Robert Fripp – The Music Box, Paris, France, May 25, 1979 (DGMLive) Marillion – Afraid of Sunlight (Sanctuary) Robert Fripp – Theatre La Palace, Paris, France, May 26, 1979 (DGMLive) Robert Fripp – Theatre La Palace, Paris, France, May 27, 1979 (DGMLive) Robert…
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Swans, by Samantha Marble The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, July 7, 2016 SWANS The swansong arrives for Michael Gira and the present configuration of his reactivated art-rock band, touring in support of a fourth and final album, “The Glowing Man.” Potent as the new disc is (and its predecessors have been), the stage is…
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Donald Fagen, by Karl Walter/Getty Images for Coachella The ticket: Pop musicSunday, July 3, 2016 KING SUNNY ADÉ He didn’t get to tour the US last year because of a visa glitch, but leave it to the iconic king of Nigerian juju to make the best of the situation: Now this concert, presented by World…
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Genesis – Selling England by the Pound (Atlantic/Rhino) Patti Smith – Horses (Arista) King Crimson – Dora Cohen Hall, Oxford Polytechnic, Oxford, England, March 10, 1982 (DGMLive) Louis Armstrong – Complete Hot Five and Seven Recordings, Vol. 1 (Columbia/Legacy) Robert Fripp – Theatre Populier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 7, 1979 (DGMLive) For Alvin Lucier by Scott Worthington…
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Peter Gabriel and Sting, by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, June 30, 2016 BOB DYLAN + MAVIS STAPLES Here’s a case of iconic performers venturing toward new horizons while moving in opposite directions: Dylan with classic-pop standards made famous by Sinatra, Staples in songs by modern-day troubadours and…
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FLAG, by Dmitri Coats The ticket: Pop musicSunday, June 26, 2016 FLAG Whatever one makes of the turmoil continually afflicting the iconic hardcore-punk band Black Flag, there’s no denying the abrasive catharsis songs like “Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie,” “TV Party,” and “My War” provide — and no better way to hear them played right than by…
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Keith Rowe – Live at Fairchild Chapel (Idiopathic) Han Bennink + Derek Bailey – Post Improvisation 1: When We're Smilin (Incus) Derek Bailey + Han Bennink – Post Improvisation 2: Air Mail Special (Incus) Ryoko Akama – acceptance (Suppedaneum)> a proposal – one – Stefan Thut; a proposal – two – lo wie; a proposal…
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Quilt, by Daniel Dorsa The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, June 23, 2016 DEERHOOF Hot on the heels of “Balter/Saunier,” an arrestingly gorgeous collaboration with Chicago new-music ensemble Dal Niente, this inimitable quartet comes to town heralding “The Magic,” its newest collection of tunefully itchy art-pop gems, which arrives the same day. June 24, 8…
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Paul Simon – Stranger to Stranger (Concord) Grateful Dead – Dave's Picks, Vol. 18: Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, CA 7/17/76 (Grateful Dead/Rhino) Various artists – I Am the Center: Private Issue New Age Music in America 1950-1990 (Light in the Attic) dalmatian tapes by guenter schlienz Guenter Schlienz – Dalmatian Tapes (self-released) BILL BRUFORD'S EARTHWORKS…
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Brian Wilson, by Ben Stas for the Boston Globe The ticket: Pop musicSunday, June 19, 2016 BRIAN WILSON WITH THE BOSTON POPS The Beach Boys maestro, joined by Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his art-pop milestone “Pet Sounds” by playing the album start-to-finish, reportedly for the last time. Two…
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Cedric Bixler-Zavala of At the Drive-In, by Matt Roberts/Getty Images The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, June 16, 2016 JAM’N 94.5 SUMMER JAM + KISS 108 CONCERT These popular smorgasbords offer a range of current hitmakers catering to diverse tastes. Fetty Wap, Ty Dolla Sign, and Kevin Gates are among the big names at Summer…
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Dixie Chicks, by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images The ticket: Pop musicSunday, June 12, 2016 DIXIE CHICKS It’s been 13 years since this chart-topping country-crossover trio landed in hot water for giving President Bush the stink eye on stage, and to judge by reports of a defaced Donald Trump banner in use during the group’s first North…
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Mason Bates – Anthology of Fantastic Zoology – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Riccardo Muti (CSO Resound) Stories for Ocean Shells by Kate Moore & Ashley Bathgate Kate Moore – Stories for Ocean Shells – Ashley Bathgate (Cantaloupe Music)> Whoever You Are Come Forth; Stories for Ocean Shells; Velvet; Dolorosa; Homage to My Boots; Broken Rosary the national…
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Mashrou'Leila The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, June 9, 2016 MASHROU’LEILA Having established itself as an art-rock septet, this popular, controversial Lebanese band took a sharp turn on its fourth LP, “Ibn el Leil,” fashioning an artful strain of dance pop as engrossing as it is propulsive. June 9, 7 p.m. $40, advance $30. Middle…
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AMM – Église Saint-Merri, Paris, France, April 7, 2016 (YouTube) AMM – Laminal (Matchless) AMM III – It Had Been an Ordinary Enough Day in Pueblo, Colorado (JAPO) AMM – The Inexhaustible Document (Matchless) AMM – The Nameless Uncarved Block (Matchless) Parker Millsap – The Very Last Day (Okrahoma) Elvis Presley – For LP Fans…
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Alban Berg – Violin Concerto – Louis Krasner, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/Fritz Busch; Arnold Schoenberg – Concerto for Violin – West German Radio Orchestra/Dmitri Mitropoulos (GM Recordings) Robert Fripp – The Music Box, Paris, France, May 25, 1979 (DGMLive) Peter Baumann – Machines of Desire (Bureau B) Adam and the Ants – Kings of the Wild…
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King Woman, by M.J. Bernier The ticket: Pop musicSunday, June 5, 2016 WAX IDOLS + KING WOMAN Two of the most consistently fascinating acts operating at the cusp of shoegaze, metal, industrial, and goth, each fronted by an intense, darkly magnetic vocalist: Hether Fortune (formerly of White Lung) with Wax Idols, Kristina Esfandiari with King…
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Venom Inc. The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, June 2, 2016 BEYONCÉ We’d barely stopped vibrating from Queen Bey’s stark, enigmatic “Formation” when she rocked the world with her new video album. When life gives you “Lemonade,” you jump in the car and make tracks for the stadium. June 3, 7:30 p.m. $50-$310. Gillette Stadium,…
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