'LITTLE HONEY’ GETS HAPPY

By BILLY HELLER
October 12, 2008 - THERE'S something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue on Lucinda Williams' latest album, "Little Honey," out Tuesday. There's even a song called "Plan to Marry" on the record. Still, the Louisiana-born singer- songwriter says she and her boyfriend-manager Tom Overby are "too busy with our...

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• 'SCIENCE’ EXPERIMENT

  TV ON THE RADIO LOVES HI-TECH

  By LARRY GETLEN

  The title of TV on the Radio's newest CD, "Dear Science," represents a true (and rare) moment of actual irony in rock music...more >

• CLASSICS FOR KIDS, VIA BERNSTEIN

  By BARBARA HOFFMAN

  October 11, 2008 -

  LEONARD Bernstein did so many things so wonderfully - conducting, composing, playing the piano - it's hard to believe he was lousy at anything. But did you ever hear him sing? That, says the late...more >

• SHE-JAYS

  THESE LADIES MIX THE MUSIC

  By BRIAN NIEMIETZ

  October 11, 2008 -

  MODEL Eve Salvail has been a fixture in high-end glossies such as Elle, Glamour and Marie Claire since 1989. Calvin Klein, Gianni Versace and Valentino have hired her to hock their wares. But...more >

• D'OH BRO DOUGLAS A MASTER

  By DAN AQUILANTE

  October 11, 2008 -

  THE distance between Nashville and the Blue Note just got a lot shorter, thanks to a dobro player named Jerry Douglas. At the opening of his eight-show residency at the famed Village club on...more >

• OH NO, NOT A LOSER, BABY

  By DAN AQUILANTE

  October 10, 2008 -

  BECK is a stylistic chameleon whose musical colors can change from the blues to country to folk, to funk or hip-hop as easily as flipping a switch. At the United Palace Theatre on Wednesday, at the...more >

• CAB GETS GOOD MILEAGE

  By DAN AQUILANTE

  October 8, 2008 -

  IF you've ever hailed Death Cab for Cutie, you know the Seattle quartet usually gives a smooth albeit melancholy cruise in concert. But at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, they hit the gas to...more >

• FEWER FRETS

  By ZACK GREENSPON

  October 7, 2008 -

  JON McLaughlin worries. A lot. The 26-year-old Hoosier worries about his music. He worries about touring. He worries about record sales. And then he worries about the little things, too. So how...more >

• MPFREES

  By MAXINE SHEN

  October 7, 2008 -

  Jon McLaughlin, "Beating My Heart" Charmingly poppy and heartfelt, it's a reminder to embrace what inspires you. Buy the album here. Velvet Code, "Say You Love Me"...more >

• AN OASIS FOR BEATLES FANS

  By DAN AQUILANTE

  October 7, 2008 -

  ANY Beatles lover who finds it remarkable how one band crafted so many songs that attached to the soul will appreciate Oasis' skill at making new music that smartly salutes them. It's easy...more >

• HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD ON HIS MIND

  By MARY HUHN

  October 7, 2008 -

  'I love Lou Reed so much. He's one of my best friends." You don't often hear those words referring to the curmudgeonly rock star, but for Antony Hegarty, the lead singer of Antony...more >

• BEN GIBBARD

  DEATH CAB SINGER ALL WET, BUT HITS NO. 1

  By JOSEPH BARRACATO

  October 5, 2008 -

  DEATH Cab for Cutie marked its 10th anniversary as a band with a career milestone: the group's sixth studio album, "Narrow Stairs," which became its first to top the Billboard 200 album...more >