The Occurrence - Category: Music

It's not the kind of news you'd want to - or expect to - hear at 9 p.m. on a Friday. But there it was: the announcement that emo favorites turned area rockers My Chemical...

Image by Harrison Hudson Country music's going through a makeover. You'll now find more fiddles and steel pedal guitars on alternative rock stations than you will on traditional Country Western frequencies. And these former...

Photo courtesy Sadie Dupuis With a musical foundation lain by Pavement and Slint, Speedy Ortiz is heating up the New England corridor with its thick instrumentation and biting lyrics from Sadie Dupuis. We chatted...

This Sunday, thespians and auteurs will get blinded with cinematic science at the Dolby Theatre for the 85th Annual Academy Awards. It's an all-out affair for Hollywood, but musicians do get some love in two...

Hilariously awful graphic by Melissa Bobbitt Music education has come a long way. What was once relegated to stodgy chamber music study and strict theory courses has expanded into fun niche offerings even the...

Thao & the Get Down Stay DownWe the CommonRibbon Music There's nothing "common" about Thao Nguyen's talent and vibe. A delicious unease grasps these 12 tracks, a sort of folksy Williamsburg (Kentucky AND...

Photo by Myriam Santos Alas, the title of this article does not hint that the Refused are extending their reunion tour in 2013 nor are recording a new classic. BUT all signs do point...

With news of a Destiny's Child reunion and the possibility the trio will pad Beyonce's Super Bowl performance, it got us reminiscing on the golden era of females voices in R&B. The 1990s were rife...