Lo-Fi on the Totem Pole: Times New Viking make noise, avoid backlash. (Playing Monday, 1st at The Basement.)
Have Spirit, Will Travel: Nomadic Nick Oliveri continues to reinvent himself post-Queens of the Stone Age. (Playing Friday, 29th at The End.)
How Good He Is: With Metamorphosen, Brandford Marsalis continues to cement his legacy. (Playing Friday, 29th at Schermerhorn Symphony Center.)
'Bluegrass Music From Satan': How Split Lip Rayfield's aggressive accoustic music survived their guitarist's passing. (Playing Wednesday, 3rd at Loveless Barn.)
In The Spin: MEEMAW reunion show, Glossary, Vulture Whale and more.
Plus Critics' Picks about everything.