Music

In 2002, the indie experimental band Dirty Projectors released its first album, “The Graceful Fallen Mango.” More »

Contrary to popular belief, Zooey Deschanel is not entirely synonymous with Jessica Day, the goofy and romantically challenged protagonist of her show “New Girl.” In fact, she was first the lead singer of She & Him, a two-person musical group made up of herself and M. Ward, who plays more of a background role in this album. More »

Deerhunter is doomed to pop music. It tried to escape. Every album, its effects acted as a defense mechanism: gauze for “Cryptograms,” glimmer for “Microcastle,” falsetto for “Halycon Digest.” But there’s no escaping the great escapism. With “Monomania,” Deerhunter’s latest,… More »

Move over, 20-something-year-olds trying to recapture the intensity and raucous energy of early ’70s rock, the classics aren’t dead yet. Iggy and the Stooges, the arguable progenitors of punk rock, are back with “Ready to Die,” a new offering of stripped-down, in-your-face rock ’n’ roll. More »

Rapper Common will headline Jam Day for the 27th annual JazzReggae Festival, said the festival’s Facebook page on Monday. He will join artists Santigold, the Grouch and Eligh and Ryan McDermott on May 26. Common first gained commercial success with… More »

After playing in several jazz groups in which the names of the bands were anagrams of the musicians’ names, the members of Los Angeles-based jazz trio Nonagram decided the band’s name would be not another anagram. More »