The image of a dismembered teddy bear, exposed entrails looking like scarlet spaghetti noodles, is a fitting visual representation of MGMT: The psych pop subverts can make even the most whimsical things seem disquieting — and vice versa.
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For a while there, Wavves frontman Nathan Williams had turned not trying into a kind of aesthetic with disaffected, lo-fi jams befitting of a stoned stoner getting more stoned.
Buoyant French alt-rockers Phoenix headline the Boulevard Pool at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Oct. 8.
Ever seen “Waking Life,” Richard Linklater’s animated, metaphysical meditation on the bounds of reality?
B.B. King will be in his own backyard for a change when “Frampton’s Guitar Circus” rolls into town.
Skorchamenza, Slave Labor Union, Lights Down Low, Leopold & His Fiction, “Soul Shakedown Party”
Most reporters hate teleconferences. But most teleconferences don’t come with a Lee Strasberg/“Godfather II” riff as they do with Steely Dan.
He beat cancer. Now, Clay Heximer’s conquering his second cocktail.
A look at some of the DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores this week:
From the Strip to the street, downtown’s Life Is Beautiful Festival will feature a wide array of arts presentations as part of the Oct. 26-27 event.
The iHeartRadio Music Festival has added some royalty to its lineup, as Sir Paul McCartney has come aboard the star-studded event.
She’s a rock ’n’ roll Whack-A-Mole, something to bash for sport.
Guitar great Mark Knopfler headlines The Pearl at the Palms on Oct. 25. Tickets start at $59 and go on sale at noon Monday at The Pearl box office, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, and Ticketmaster outlets.
At times, the members of Atlanta’s Deerhunter seem almost embarrassed by their pop smarts.