Dropkick Murphys Club Nokia April 17 4.5 paws There is a moment before every punk show, right before the headliner goes on, when stillness takes hold. Read more...

Photo: Irish street-punk group Dropkick Murphys rocked the Club Nokia Wednesday night. The band played tribute to their hometown Boston, days after the tragic bombing of the Boston Marathon.

The vehicle of frontman Sam Beam’s hushed, honeyed vocals and magnificently preposterous facial hair, Iron and Wine has risen to become one of the great, albeit lesser-known indie bands. Read more...

Filled with chatter among friends, Bruin Café, a hub of activity on a normal school day, hosts another sound familiar to many café-goers: the thumping beats of hip-hop from Camden Anderson. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year psychology student Camden Anderson raps under the moniker Internal Definition. Anderson recently released his mixtape “Talk Now.”

For many, garish, displeasing and downright obnoxious may be the only words that come to mind when describing the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ latest album cover for “Mosquito.” Simultaneously, however, those may also be the absolute last words that come to mind in describing the sounds of “Mosquito.” Over the past decade or so, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have succeeded in establishing a sound completely its own. Read more...

A 13-minute love ballad, titled “You Lust,” that stretches back and forth from captivating melody to synthetic breakdown, separated repeatedly by an ominous whisper and finally ending with a woman’s spoken psychological confession – there’s just nothing like The Flaming Lips, for better or for worse. Read more...

In 2009, Los Angeles-based band Local Natives burst onto the indie music scene with its breakout debut album “Gorilla Manor.” Read more...