Rita Dove unveils new symphony
Sonata Mulattica is a mixed child of sorts: half epic-like poem, half poetic series.
"No Mirrors"
Rarely do you go to an art show and not know how the image in front of you was made. Paintings, ceramics, drawing—these things we can understand. But “smoke on paper”? It takes a good search of Les Yeux du Monde to find a list of the media involved in Rob Tarbell’s latest show. Tarbell’s […]
Gary Jules, with A.M. and Mando Saenz
To start off, let’s leave “Mad World” out of this. It’s one of those wildly symbiotic soundtrack situations where the song moves through the scene like a vine along brick. It’s that inextricable, but Gary Jules has moved on from his version of the Tears for Fears tune used in the film Donnie Darko. Tonight, […]
The History of Anonymity
For one thing, the cover is nice. I know this should be an impertinent aside, but I still maintain that if you’re going to have a cover, you may as well make it passable, if not actively good. Here, you get the ocean and an overcast sky, with the title lined up perfectly on the […]
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down
Thao’s songs are refreshingly not all about angsty break-ups. Instead, she writes about family and presents the everyday with new significance as she says, “You can’t build cathedrals out of finger steeples,” and “We don’t dive, we cannonball.” A year and a half ago, Thao was in the Satellite Ballroom, opening for Laura Veirs. The […]