alt-J and Bishop Briggs played in Sprint Pavilion Nov. 1 on a crisp Autumn evening under a bright moon shadowed by a sparse few clouds.
“Sleep Well Beast” retains The National’s winning — albeit somewhat sleepy — recipe for indie rock.
“Heartworms” retains all the necessary elements for a good Shins album — wordy lyrics, emotional disenfranchisement, creative uses of backup vocals and a colorful mixture of synthetic and acoustic textures.
The faces at Miranda Lambert’s show at John Paul Jones Arena were not the usual ones seen at a Charlottesville music venue.
Alexander tours extensively, discussing both his own work and the ways in which poetry can revitalize education. He will be coming to the Virginia Festival of the Book March 22.
Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl halftime show was surprisingly palatable, especially given the rumors that she would deliver a “definitive” statement on politics.
Leonard Cohen’s latest album “You Want It Darker” is as dark as the title implies, but it has a terrific backstory.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about a conversation with John Paul White is how much his public persona differs from his private one.
Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” opens around a fire. Around the fire sits a group of slaves cloaked in a thick blue light and spectral dust. The elder of the circle exhorts the slaves to follow young Nat Turner, who carried a birthmark deemed auspicious by ancient African tradition.
Unobtrusively set at the end of the Downtown Mall, six photographs comprise an exhibit titled “Landscapes of Slavery and Segregation.”
