At the age of 75, poet and now Ivy League Professor Mark Strand still manages to travel for readings across the country and muster through unexpected questions from fans and critics. However, after 50...

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell Once upon a time, Karen O had raw, grinding vocal power. Yeah Yeah Yeah’s 2003 album Fever to Tell is one of the last standing examples of gritty, modern indie punk....

The members of the Black Dahlia Murder — producers of blindingly fast metal music and dark lyrics — are nerds at heart, lead vocalist Trevor Strnad said. “World of Warcraft has kind of taken over...

Today • Take advantage of the week’s warmer temperatures and falling leaves — make a leaf pile. Grab a rake and some friends, and gather all of the foliage you can find. Then, release your inner...

Everyone has a different, stress-relieving outlet. For some, it may be reading a novel. For others, it may be working out. For Misty Boyce, the outlet is music. “I think as a kid [music] is always...

Count Jabula loves Dale Earnhardt. The lead vocalist for Iowa City-born band Human Aftertaste harbors an absolute devotion to the late stock-car driver not in a romantic or fatherly way, but in the most...

One sip of Hot Buttered Rum can leave listeners addicted. The mouth-watering mixture is made up of San Francisco band members Aaron Redner (fiddle, electric and acoustic mandolins), Bryan Horne (double...

Nothing like some good ol’ rock ’n’ roll to plug in your CD player as you cruise down I-80 on your next trip home. • Wilco, “I Must Be High” Jeff Tweedy’s voice does something others just...

Lindsay Mac has gracefully turned her classical orchestral training sideways. “I’ve seen cellists do some wild stuff,” she said. “But no strumming and singing.” In essence, Mac plays her cello...

Next spring, Jerry Bruckheimer will release Prince of Persia: Sands of Time starring Jake Gyllenhaal as the title character (and Ben “Gandhi” Kingsley as the ethnically ambiguous villain). The movie...

Last weekend’s weather had me dreaming. Sunday’s sunny, cool breeze made me dread the impending winter and thirsting for one last camping trip. Camping always makes me think of two kinds of food —...

The Avett Brothers can’t be classified into a single musical genre. The three-member ensemble is a rock band, but not really. The group sports a banjo, but its members definitely do not sing folk. The...