Arts
Boston Calling; Top Acts Answer
The festival's lineup was curated in part with the help of The National's Aaron Dessner, whose band will headline on Sunday night. The National has slowly but surely become one of the best American rock bands of the last decade: buoyed by pretty piano melodies, dark and vivid lyrics, and Matt Berninger's sorrowful baritone, in recent years they've released several critically successful albums. They're also set to release a new album in May, so expect some new songs and a whole lot of fervent enthusiasm from the band's devotees, who have been waiting for three years for new material.
Wincing with the Stars: Oscars 2013
The majority of the content of the 2013 Oscars left us mostly wondering what any of it had to do with the 2013 Oscars. A musical revue featuring "Dreamgirls" and "Chicago," frequent pictures of John Travolta in "Hairspray," and weird, patronizing clips about why technical work is important were only some of the wonders to which the audience was subjected last night.
