Matthew Sweet

It was a Valentine's Day show, so of course Syd Straw began her performance at City Winery Thursday with a pair of songs about death. "Unraveling," written for her father while he was dying of lung cancer, found Straw calling out to heaven as she strummed...

Last July, during a busy stretch of gigging, New London’s Suicide Dolls received some promising news. Joseph Spadaro, founder of the Mystic-based indie label American Laundromat Records, wanted a working Connecticut band to appear on his musical...

Top 5 concerts of the Coming Week: 1. JUSTIN BIEBER From the start, Justin Bieber showed signs he was more than a teen idol – though he certainly was that. He had an element of R&B to his radio pop......

City Winery Chicago, a 300-capacity concert hall in the West Loop, will open Aug. 1 and announced a full slate of performers Tuesday for the 2012 season, including singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash, gospel great Mavis Staples and jazz vocalist Kurt Elling....

The dB's -- one of the greatest, most-overlooked rock bands of the 1980s -- is back together with its original lineup and a new album of fresh material. For me, this is more exciting than the Beach Boys mending fences with Brian Wilson. The new dB's...

Matthew Sweet Appearing: Tonight 8:00 p.m. Bottom Lounge 1375 W. Lake Street Chicago bottomlounge.com To purchase a copy of the cd: Modern Art

Matthew Sweet Girlfriend Tour June 16, 8 p.m., $40, $60, Infinity Music Hall & Bistro, 20 Greenwoods Road, Norfolk, (866) 666-6306, infinityhall.com.   Remember music at the beginning of the '90s? The retro movement ramped up. Beatles references...

The 30A Songwriters Festival, along Scenic Highway 30A in South Walton, has announced headlineers for the event, set for Jan. 13-15. On the list: Indigo Girls, Rodney Crowell, The Bangles, Shawn Mullins, Sam Bush Band and Matthew Sweet. Those stars will...

The should-be-weekly Pop & Hiss rundown of the weekend's top concerts. Friday • Matthew Sweet @ the Echoplex. Long an unashamed devotee of pure power pop buoyed by winning harmonies and gluey hooks, Sweet celebrates the 20th anniversary of his......

No reason to stay indoors. Here's a look on what's going on this week MOVIES OPENING (Friday; subject to change) Anonymous In Time Puss in Boots The Rum Diary Take Shelter NOTABLE TV MONDAY Hoarders (mid-season premiere; 9 p.m.; A&E) Possessing Piper...

Les Waters, associate artistic director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre, will be the next artistic director of Actors Theatre of Louisville. The appointment reverses the Kentucky to California route taken by Marc Masterson, who left Actors Theatre in May...