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Goo Goo Dolls, Actually

I unapologetically am absolutely not an expert music critic, and have never pretended to be anything of the sort, even in the rare album reviews I’ve done — I fear the five-shamrock rating I handed to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s “The Heist” will prevent me from ever being good friends with any self-important, “real” music fans for years to come. My defense to friends, colleagues and haters over the years has always been that I may not know what’s good, but I know what I like and don’t like, and that’s good enough for me.

Jamie Lynn Spears: Country 101

A hot new country music artist comes to Legends on Friday. Jokes. Jamie Lynn Spears comes to Legends on Friday at 10 p.m. She is young though, and she has recorded a country music song, so I was not being entirely facetious.

Doubts About a Doubtfire Sequel

This past week, it was announced that the 1993 slapstick comedy “Mrs. Doubtfire” was getting a sequel. Almost 21 years after the original was released to PG audiences worldwide, Robin Williams has signed on to reprise his role as the gender-bending dad.

Sending Off Senior Standups

Thursday night, the Student Standups will have its last, and most syllabically alliterated, performance of the year. The group boasts a loaded set list with slots from its officers and some of its longest-tenured members, many of whom will be celebrating their final show before graduation.  The comedians will perform in Legends at 10 p.m.  Profiles of the performing senior members follow:

LCD Soundsystem's 'Long Goodbye'

I arrived at Stinkweeds, my favorite record store in my hometown of Phoenix, Ariz., bright and early for Record Store Day, April 19. Despite all the exclusive releases, I had my eye on only one record: “The Long Goodbye,” LCD Soundsystem’s 5xLP box set of their final show. LCD Soundsystem were one of the formative bands of my teen years; frontman James Murphy’s introspective, vulnerable songs remain some of my favorites of the young millennium. While their debut single “Losing My Edge” was released before I was even old enough to have any kind of edge, by the release of their final album in 2010, the group had cemented itself as a mainstay in my record collection.

Rock God: A look back on 'Jesus Christ Superstar'

Though it’s not as simple as “Cats,” one could certainly try to make the case that Andrew Lloyd Webber is, in fact, not a god. We’re talking as mortal, as English and as prone to illness as the next bloke. However, God owes Sir Webber some thanks for giving His Son and His Word an unmatched vibrancy and angst only experienced through the wailing of a rock and roll opera. 

Record Store Day: surprises and celebrations

In the midst of the long weekend was an annual holiday less recognized but still celebrated in full force by a handful of local businesses. Record Store Day (RSD) was celebrated by local record stores, audiophiles and vinyl-heads on its annual day, April 19.

Miley wrecks fans with cancelled Bangerz shows

“And we can’t stop and we won’t stop…”

A solid 3.5

In life, there are a lot of things that are pretty good. Paintings in a museum that you like but won’t really remember, because they’re just pretty good. Meals that you gulp down, not stopping to remark “Mmm” or “Wow, that’s tasty” because their pretty-goodness simply doesn’t warrant it. People that you cheerfully greet at the dining hall but would never think to text because they’re just pretty-good friends.

Beyond the Easter Bunny

'The Both' Embarrassingly Bad

EMA Decidedly Digital with 'The Future's Void'

'Mad Men' Final Season Premiere Recap

Normcore: Less Is More

Lana Del Rey's 'West Coast' Evokes 'Summertime Sadness'

Todd Terje makes dance music fun again

Female duos take the screen

'Blood Wedding' a memorable occasion

DeGraw at Lerner Theatre

Tsui Live At Legends