The Pinker Tones Get Geeky and Fun at the Awarehouse February 19

Despite its girly name, the Pinker Tones is a 100-percent male band formed in 2001 by two dapper dudes from Barcelona, Salvador “Mister Furia” Rey and Alex “Professor Manso” Llovet. Also, if you’re expecting some kind of sonic cutesiness befitting pink, you’re off the mark again. There’s nothing especially twee…

Yann Tiersen at Grand Central, February 9

See the full Yann Tiersen slideshow. With S. Casey Presented by the Rhythm Foundation Grand Central Wednesday, February 9, 2011 Better than: Just a Wednesday night soundtrack. With his first three albums — 1995’s La Valse Des Monstres (The Monster’s Waltz), 1996’s Rue des Cascades (Road of Waterfalls), 1998’s Le…

Dreaming in Stereo Releases New Album at the Stage February 20

“This is not bar band music,” Fernando Perdomo says emphatically of Dreaming in Stereo 2, the follow-up to the band’s remarkable 2009 self-titled debut. Like its predecessor, the new album takes its cue from a distinctly ’70s sound, one that melds the orchestral style of the Moody Blues with the…

Broken Social Scene at Revolution Live February 12

Though its name conjures up thoughts of isolation, the reality of Canadian indie-rock juggernaut Broken Social Scene is quite the opposite. The Scene’s earliest incarnation began at the turn of the millennium and it has featured 25 different members. As hard as it is to pin down a head count,…

International Noise Conference 2011 at Churchill’s Pub February 10

Hey noiseniks, it’s time again to subject your auditory system to those 72 hours of awesome sonic abuse known as International Noise Conference. As always, Rat Bastard and Laundry Room Squelchers will be helming the whole thing with backup from a sprawling roster of 100-plus gear freaks and brutal geeks,…

Salt-N-Pepa at James L. Knight Center February 11

If you can believe it, there was a time, i.e. back in the day, when a female with a microphone could be cute, dirty, sexy, funny, and smart. This was before Lil Kim and the boom of the MC slut. And back then, the undisputed rap scene queens were the…

Bob Sinclar at SET February 11

Does Bob Sinclar really need an introduction? The French DJ-producer is practically the Jesus of dance music. But if you lived under a rock throughout the late 2000s and missed out on globe-spanning anthems such as “Love Generation” and “World Hold On,” our heart goes out to you. After a…

Flogging Molly the Fillmore February 12

It’s ironic that the Dropkick Murphys have become practically synonymous with the words Irish and insurgency, especially since that particular outfit hails from Boston, a city that’s separated from the Emerald Isles by several thousand miles. Now while Los Angeles’s Flogging Molly purveys a similar sound, the band actually maintains…

Prince Royce at BankUnited Center February 12

For a certain kind of music snob, there’s nothing more annoying than all that saccharine radio-pop stuff called bachata. At best, it’s elevator muzak. At worst, it sounds like a sad baby wailing over a karaoke tape full of stuttering guitar, bongo, and maracas. But there are millions of people…

Enrique Iglesias Gonna $#*% You at Hard Rock Live Tomorrow Night

No offense to Perez Hilton, a dyed-in-the-wool Miami boy who’s done very well for himself … But the word hot should be spelled H-O-T, without exception. Almost. We’ll give the internet coinage a hall pass just this once, because the video for Enrique Iglesias’ controversial latest hit single “Tonight I’m…

DJ Mix By Cadenza Label’s Mendo, Playing the Electric Pickle This Thursday

Electronic music junkies should be more than familiar with Luciano’s esteemed Cadenza imprint. It’s the home to such international luminaries as Ricardo Villalobos, Loco Dice, and Guy Gerber. Another name on the label’s roster: Budding tech-house sensation David Mendo, a prolific Spanish DJ-producer who’s been on the rise since the…

Jimmy Edgar Headlines the Debut of LSD/DSL at Eve February 20

The key to making a sexy album about sex? Stop doing it. Celibacy was Jimmy Edgar’s formula for success when creating XXX, his last full-length release on !K7. It includes raunchy tracks like “Hot Raw Sex” and “Vibration.” Edgar’s formative years in Detroit, the electronic heart of America, gave him…

Bob Sinclar Talks French Touch, Reggae, and Good Vibes

Last week we previewed the upcoming February 11 performance by French superstar DJ-producer Bob Sinclar at SET.And if you thought we were kidding about this guy being the Jesus of dance music, just wait until you get a load of this interview, where he waxes mystical about spreading the gospel…

Make a Baby With Gyptian at the FMU Homecoming Concert February 11

Whoa, have you heard Nicki Minaj’s remix of “Hold You,” the sexy hit single by smooth reggae dude Gyptian? If the answer is no, then you are way, way, way behind the game (and potentially celibate) ’cause this lusty little tag-team track totally dominated the Summer 2010 baby-making season. Oozing…