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Crown the Empire at House of Blues in Houston, TX
Since the departure of former unclean vocalist, Dave Escamilla, in 2017, Crown the Empire have been performing a long string of live shows around the ... -
Christopher Cross and the Pacific Symphony Orchestra at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa ...
Not all artists and orchestra go together, but Christopher Cross and the Pacific Symphony Orchestra were a perfect pairing at Segerstrom Center for the Arts ... -
7.8
New Music Critique: GOOD WTHR
Catchy, inventive and consistently clever, the Vermont-based duo GOOD WTHR delivers a brand of hip-hop that’ll appeal more to the college listener than to hard-core ... -
6.4
New Music Critique: Divided Countries
Montreal duo Divided Countries are fronted by Johnny Frank, whose vocals pack plenty of attitude and are mixed with lots of overmodulation. This makes a ... -
7
New Music Critique: Charly&Faust
Vocal duo Charly&Faust and their stalwart backup players show a combination of pluses and minuses. Most promising is “Her,” a calming, soothing, ‘60s psychedelic-folk-influenced tune ... -
7
New Music Critique: MK Virgo
Oakland, CA hip-hop artist MK Virgo is a thinker, an artist whose lyrics are not the same ‘ol same ‘ol rap themes. Often, his interior ... -
7.4
New Music Critique: Jangling Sparrows
Uneven production values do not derail this seasoned North Carolina outfit fronted by Paul Edelman, a performer who goes for a live, everybody’s-in-the-room ethos that ... -
7.4
New Music Critique: Raine
Christina Raine has a chesty, Melissa Etheridge quality capable of reaching down deep into her gut to deliver a soulful, sometimes twangy gust of emotion. ... -
7.4
New Music Critique: Eva Misle
Eva Misle is blessed with a strong, husky voice whose tone is well-suited to pop music. And she can really lean into a song’s message, ... -
7.4
New Music Critique: Rooftop
With solid musicianship and an able- voiced frontman in James Morgan, the only thing holding back this well-produced Bahrain-based triad is their material, which generates ...