The Blood News

The latest album from New York natives The Bravery might have been created in the 2000s but feels like it was crafted in a dark basement in the 1980s.

For The Bravery, retro is the new modern. Not only is "Stir the Blood" a return-to-form album after the pop-rock oriented "The Sun And The Moon," it's even more entrenched in the '80s synth-pop style than their first album.

America's premier folkloric troubadour, Tom Russell approaches his 60th birthday as thorny and feisty as ever.

After his opening slots for blues legends B.B. King and Robert Cray, fans might not think that local all-star guitarist Eli Cook would have a pop-rock record up his sleeve.

Coldplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Parlophone/EMI Rating: Three-and-a-half stars MONTREAL - " Welcome to act four, in which the world famous rock band faces its demons - " particularly the nagging feeling that, despite being one of the biggest groups on the planet, its music is rather lightweight fare.

THE BRAVERY The postmodern rockers are touring in advance of their third album, "Stir the Blood,'' out Nov.

Last week Finnish rockers 69 Eyes released their ninth studio album Back In Blood, another goth 'n' roll tribute to the horror genre.

Does anyone else find it interesting that at a time when many music fans use iTunes to cherry-pick songs from albums or simply don't have the attention span to listen to an album in its entirety, so many bands/artists have been touring/performing under the ''Band X Plays Awesome Album X in Its Entirety'' banner? In the past few years, classic ...

Their old group The Blood Lines may have disbanded, but brother-sister duo S.J. and Maygen Kardash are continuing the family theme with their new project, Violent Kin.

See more photos from La Rumba at westword.com/slideshow. Alan Baird Project, 12:00 p.m. It's never easy being the first band to play at an all-day event.