Musical Chairs in Harvard Yard

Islands

They’d been born The Unicorns; they were reincarnated as Islands. Traces of their past life are scattered throughout their third

Sondre Lerche

With “Heartbeat Radio,” Sondre Lerche delivers an album best characterized by a boyish whim and charm.

POPSCREEN: Miley Cyrus

It’s Miley! That really cute, cool girl who may or may not also be Hannah Montana is treating us to

The Smiths

“Reissue, repackage, repackage.” So sang Morrissey on the greatest-hits-mocking “Paint a Vulgar Picture” from The Smiths’ fourth and final studio

Megapuss

Megapuss is a new band, kind of. Its members are officially (and unofficially) Greg Rogove of New York based band

POPSCREEN: Usher

Usher is back and more woman than ever. Yes, you heard me right. Your favorite piece of male eye-candy has

POPSCREEN: The New Pornographers

Dance parties with people in animal suits cavorting about and rubbing hips can fall into two categories: alarmingly scary or

POPSCREEN: Radiohead

I was never quite sure what to think of this absurd and meaningless world—until I met the “Reckoner.” I’m not

MURS

This truly is an historic election cycle. For the first time in history, there are not one, but two black

TV on the Radio

It’s finally official: TV on the Radio is no longer the hipster’s best-kept secret.

POPSCREEN: Lil' Will

What exactly is a “Dougie,” you ask? Good question. Stay tuned—it might just take you the entirety of Lil’ Wil’s

Playing the Music Electric in Paine Hall

English scientist Michael Faraday and German composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart may seem to be unlikely bedfellows, but their legacies have

The Magnetic Fields

It’s virtually impossible to talk about The Magnetic Fields, the main musical vehicle for crooning NYC songwriter Stephen Merritt, without

POPSCREEN: !!!

The latest video from inscrutably-named indie-dance combo !!! is for the song “Yadnus,” an unearthly blues-funk groove with nonsensical lyrics,