The Twitterary Life
Those who pre-ordered the new Pernice Brothers LP, Goodbye, Killer , received a slender paperback called Pernice to Me , authored and signed by Joe Pernice and Joyce Linehan. It consists of Linehan — Pernice's Dorchester-based manager, publicist, and co-owner of his label, Ashmont Records — documenting conversations the pair had on tour and while the band was recording the album.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | June 18, 2010

Master stroke

Caribou’s Swim rules the pool
Stranding travelers across the continent as it forged surreal panoramas in the sky, the ash spewed forth by Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull might rank among 21st-century Europe’s most impressive natural disasters, but it didn’t quite register with Dan Snaith.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | April 27, 2010

Harlem | Hippies

Matador (2010)
There’s a Flying V–shaped hole in my heart left by the death of Jay Reatard.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | April 07, 2010

Make yourself uncomfortable

Xiu Xiu bloom on Dear God
In the past month, Sandra Bullock’s husband betrayed her by screwing a white supremacist with a face tattoo, a Georgia teenager was granted the right to take his boyfriend to prom, and Ricky Martin declared himself a “fortunate homosexual man.”

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | April 06, 2010

Sunderland smoothies

Field Music are ready to soft-rock
"We're two brothers trying to entertain ourselves and have a laugh in the studio," says Peter Bowens. "We have to pretend to be rock musicians."

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | March 17, 2010

Sunderland Rock City

Field Music's fertile home turf
Whatever it is about post-industrial English cities that lends itself to credible rock music, Sunderland's got it in spades.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | March 17, 2010

Review: El Perro Del Mar at the Brattle

El Perro Del Mar and Taken by Trees, live at the Brattle Theatre, February 19, 2010
Sharing a bill, a backing band, and the cramped stage of the Brattle Theatre last Friday, two Swedish singer-songwriters turned it up to the world-music equivalent of 11 for an audience that, for the most part, refused to dance.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | February 24, 2010

Swede heart

El Perro del Mar cheers up — a little
Few contemporary singers achieve as perfect a confluence of sound and image as Sarah Assbring. It's deeply reassuring to hear mournful, stylized '60s pop coming out of a melancholic beanpole who resembles a recently bereaved Edie Sedgwick.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | February 16, 2010