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...tone of alienation and danger—more than one reviewer has found the word “unwell” an apt term for their feel—touched a nerve in America, which speaks volumes about how quickly things changed. The band’s frontman, Thom Yorke, admits puzzlement at why they continue to catch on, telling a reporter he’s “never been able to understand why so many people get it.” But given the temperature of the times, it should surprise no one that their dyspeptic experimentation...
Former Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando mounts his first solo tour since disbanding the Lemonheads more than seven years ago. He shares the stage with Vic Chestnutt, an Athens, Ga. based songwriter touring to support his first album, /Silver// //Lake/. 9 p.m., $16, 18+. Paradise Rock Club, 967 Comm. Ave., Boston...
...band Love and it’s legendary frontman, Arthur Lee, blazed a path through ’60s L.A. that produced Forever Changes, one of the undisputed masterpieces of the era. 8 p.m. $25; 21+. Paradise Rock Club, 969 Commonwealth Ave., Boston...
...soon as the abrasive “Something Wicked” starts, British Sea Power sound like a different band entirely. The yelping, admittedly affected wildman vocal style introduced by frontman Yan on “Apologies” is replaced by a suave, silky voice that brings to mind Galaxie 500’s Dean Wareham in texture and Robert Smith in inflection. The instrumentation is lush, and the pace slow. The lyrics are ponderous, referencing international literature and history in the same breath as Ray Bradbury—probably pandering to their Ivy League fanbase...
...hard to pinpoint exactly where this gleam comes from. Frontman Halstead’s vocals are as whisperingly fragile as on his recent solo album, Sleeping on Roads. The instrumentation is a sort of chamber country affair, with pedal steel and keyboards filling out the central piano and guitar. The key may be the inspired use of space—the music never builds to more than a jaunty bounce (as on “Billy Oddity”). A plangent line like “It’s hard to miss you,” sung repeatedly over...