Music

W. C. Fields’ maxim, "never work with animals or children" was roundly rejected by the Southern Consort of Voices in their delightful concert at the Hutton Theatre.

Toronto group Alvvays’ follow-up to its 2014 debut album builds on that early promise, its sparkling yet dark indie guitar pop a little more focused, a little more polished.

Chatter. Amy Rempel (piano). Jeremy Allen (bass), Jason Tremann (drums). Rattle CD.

‘‘Good gracious/ I sound like my mom’’ is hardly the sort of pronouncement you’d expect from New York’s hippest dance-punk crew, yet this self-effacement has been the bedrock of LCD Soundsystem’s...

Jimmy Iovine, a man who knows a bit about success (he has produced albums by Bruce Springsteen and U2, co-founded Interscope Records and, more recently, set up Apple Music) once stated The War On...

Sosa and Lisk: Invenium Viam. Inbal Megiddo (cello), Jorge Sosa and Dave Lisik (electronics). Rattle CD

Adding further shades of blue to the depths of New Zealand's pool of current folky types, Wellington act Grawlixes' debut album Set Free might roam through melancholic minor keys, yet it also...

The four-year gap between Trouble Will Find Me and latest album Sleep Well Beast finds The National in typical form - i.e. vocalist Matt Berninger's brooding baritone is fixed to a molten, ever...

In a recent interview, Grizzly Bear singer Ed Droste mentioned he gives an album at least five listens before forming an opinion on it, his key point being that he often prefers sifting through the...

When I saw that Green MP Chloe Swarbrick was in the line-up for a gig I got excited because I thought she might be a secret DJ, a la Jacinda Ardern, but apparently she’s just here to speak.

A sellout crowd gave rapturous applause for Michael Houstoun and Bella Hristova’s brilliant performance of three of Beethoven’s sonatas for piano and violin at the Glenroy Auditorium on Tuesday...

Five people who claimed to be half-siblings of Prince did not deserve to share in the late pop superstar's estate, a US court has ruled.