Saturday, June 29, 2013
In these interviews, David Ensminger goes beyond questions of biography and discography to explore some of these artists’ more unlikely influences and their philosophies on not just punk, …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:51AMFriday, June 28, 2013
"The Heat" plays with clichés from a long line of mismatched buddy cop comedies, and it’s as good as any in the genre’s pantheon.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:04AM"Sunbather"'s vibrant pink cover art serves as an effective stab at the heart of black metal's nihilistic heart.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:00AMThursday, June 27, 2013
[Updated] Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, and film that's coming up this week. A new feature!
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:10PM"Say Goodnight Gracie" revels in familiarity and age. It travels on creaky wheels of recognition rather than on rockets of revelation.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AMTuesday, June 25, 2013
Part of the nostalgia of seeing Joan Baez and Sting was the opportunity to relive the experiences of attending their concerts at a more youthful time in our lives.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:24PMPoet José Ángel Valente deeply considered what kind of lyricism remains legitimate; that is, truthful, not deceptive; a song that moves us to truth, not a Siren’s song.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:07PMMonday, June 24, 2013
In terms of composition, the songs on "Kveikur" are structured more straightforwardly than the those on "Valtari," but Sigur Rós remains determined to deny the listener the grand post-rock …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:10PMThe crowd emptied into the humid Boston night having bridged the past and the present, thanks to the incredible talent of the city’s local music scene, reunited in tribute to a club that h…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:44AMSunday, June 23, 2013
There’s no denying the excitement the López-Nussa brothers can create.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:37PMFriday, June 21, 2013
Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, and film that's coming up this week. A new feature!
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:01PMDespite all the irritating behavior exhibited by both spouses in "Journey to Italy," the film is ultimately a work of great compassion.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:19AMThursday, June 20, 2013
"The Iran Job" is an engrossing documentary that cannily integrates basketball and a look at Iranian street life in the months leading up to and including the Green Movement protests.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:36AMTuesday, June 18, 2013
em>Every aspect of "Yeezus" has been shaped to alienate Kanye West’s fanbase – from the lack of cover art to the undernourished track list of ten songs.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:33PMWell, maybe this isn’t the last time. Maybe this isn’t the last tour. Maybe they’ll be around for a few more years at least. And why the hell not? The Stones have still got it, and …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:32AMFriday, June 14, 2013
Google the favorite Star Trek episodes of all time and "The Inner Light" is on just about every top ten list.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:40AMUpdated with new theater and classical music recommendations. Arts Fuse critics select some of the most promising in music, theater, and film for the coming week. A new feature!
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:37AMThursday, June 13, 2013
Live, the band crackled. But it was the front line of the grey-maned Rava and trombonist Gianluca Petrella who ultimately defined the band’s sound. .
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:45AMInflating The Hobbit: Goodbye to the Boys-Only Club
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:51AMWednesday, June 12, 2013
For the band of survivors in "This Is The End," the consideration of how to divide (or not) their only Milky Way bar becomes equal to the raging battle between Good and Evil.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:17AMTuesday, June 11, 2013
The band's personal conflict and artistic turmoil proved to be fruitful because "…Like Clockwork" is Queens of the Stone Age’s most concise and mature disc to date.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:23PMMonday, June 10, 2013
"No Hurry" is a book about aging: the conscious pang of the loss of past intensities, the treasuring of the quieter now, the achingly slow death of sex.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:51PMJust every week this summer boasts at least one show of note at venues large and small in and around Boston. Here are ten that are worthy of a special mention.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:50AMSunday, June 9, 2013
This exhibit dedicated to Diaghilev and The Ballets Russes is well worth a trip to Washington D.C. because of the amazing objects on display.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:43AMSaturday, June 8, 2013
Though its central events are in the past, conveyed by characters by means of often ambiguous shreds of memory and musing, "In Times of Fading Light" is a work of quiet power and beauty, den…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:36AMFriday, June 7, 2013
With "The Redeemer," Dean Blunt has yet again managed to mystify his listeners – this time with gorgeous compositions, a vague yet compelling narrative, and unprecedented honesty.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:07AMWe’ve reached a sad situation in America where even sophisticated art house audiences balk at foreign-language films except those made in a handful of favored countries.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:24AMThursday, June 6, 2013
Boston’s free festival season is beginning to seem like a musical arms race.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:54PMArts Fuse critics select some of the most promising in music, theater, and film for the coming week. A new feature!
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:06AMWednesday, June 5, 2013
In the end, William Kamkwamba’s story in "William and the Windmill" is deeply inspirational. As the saying goes, talent is universal, opportunity is not.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:00AM"Fifty Shades of Grey"'s infamous “red room of pain,” where Christian Grey keeps his S&M tools neat and clean, is never displayed, while none of the novel's dominant-submissive sexu…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:29AM 
