As the 1990s dawned, Dream Theater were on the skids. The Boston band’s highly rated debut album, 1989’s When Dream And Day Unite, had seen them held up by the press as the missing link between Rush ...

This is one of those experimental tracks I have a lot of fun making in my off-time, but I'm always unsure if it will land ...

In 2023, Tom put down the guitar and embarked on a two month walk up the east coast of Australia, ending with a hospital stay and a hard-earned respect for the fragility of life. A year and a half ...

The mysterious Cornish electronic music pioneer has gained an extraordinary second life in the TikTok era. Writers and musicians explain why his glitchy slipperiness is so in tune with life today ...

Any chance we get to send Jess Ripper out to take photos of Avatar, we’ll usually take it. I always say you should try to write about or take photos of a subject you enjoy and she enjoys Avatar. You ...

I love enamel pins. I have some cool ones: A small oval that says “New Wave,” which I purchased from the great Moon Glyph Records label in Portland. The iconic crest of the experimental Massachusetts ...

Critics’ picks for entertainment in the week ahead.

Carbondale on Friday and Saturday hosted its second Carbondalien Festival, a celebration of a tale that began on Nov. 9, 1974, when a group of teenagers told police they saw a red, sparking ball cross ...

Alien Witch or San Francisco Renaissance? Depends on how you look at it Credit: Courtesy Look at the straightforward title The San Francisco Renaissance & Alien Witch and you see a split record ...

Noah Hawley’s new Alien: Earth series delivers a lived-in world that feels weathered, dangerous, and oddly familiar. Featuring a mix of practical creature work, tactile production design, modern CGI ...