US – Friday, November 20

Photo: CALI MILES
Music
It's a sisters thing
Anna Christie first appeared in the these pages back in 2006, when she was among the frequent street performers in Suburban Station.
 
Music
Measuring success in Metric units
When Metric first went to record “Help I’m Alive,” one of the more inescapable alterna-hits of the past few months, they were off the mark.
Music
Lookin’ at, lookin’ at, lookin’ at Wale
A lot of MCs would be patting themselves on the back if they were in Wale’s Dunks. It seems like someone sent him the “Hot Rapper Kit” in the mail — he is one of the 10 MCs that XXL magazine says we need to watch; he has the big label deal with Interscope via star DJ Mark Ronson’s Allido Records; he counts Fabolous, Kanye and Lily Allen as friends and collaborators; and he’s inked a management deal with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation imprint.
 

Philly Music
Amanda Blank is ‘Philly to the bone’
When it comes to other dirty-lyric-writing, genre-bending, female-driven musicians, most tend to compare Amanda Blank’s rapid fire raunch-rap with Canadian electronic dance floor queen Peaches.
 

Music
Out of this world
REVIEW. The Force is strong with “Star Wars in Concert.” A full symphony orchestra and choir perform live in front of an enormous screen that shows a summary of all six George Lucas films in episodic order.
 
Music
Changes every day, in every possible way
Call her contrary. No sooner had Dolores O’Riordan announced a September tour for her summer-released second solo album “No Baggage,” than she declared that her solo dates were canceled.  Or rather, swapped for a tour with her band, The Cranberries.  
Philly Music
Short and sweet, but deserving of exclamation point
Forget what you think you know about the perfect pop song. The one thing that holds true across the board is that no song should exceed four minutes. At least according to Pants Yell! lead singer, Andrew Churchman.
 
 
 

Boston Music
MuteMath forges sonic ‘Armistice’
MuteMath, who began their national tour last week, almost called it quits while writing and recording the recently released “Armistice.”

 
Music
Still riding the lightning
A rockin’ ode to poet-hero Kerouac
Superstar in name only? Not for long
Simian Mobile Disco find their voice
Is this it?
OMG! CMJ!
‘Excited about getting back to full-on rock’
These ones go up to ‘11:11’
Old man ‘Winter’s’
‘The human spirit is still alive!’
Music
Your one-stop media band
From Arrows to zZz
Unearthing Bones in unlikely places
Film soundtracks take a starring role in new flicks
Let live rock rule
Al Green on how to really ‘Lay it Down’
You don’t know Jack
Rave on and on
Acting duo digs up Dead Man’s Bones
The way of The Dodos