Superstar Sting wows fans at The Sage Gateshead

IT'S thirty years since Sting as singer and bass player with the world's biggest band, The Police, rocked Gateshead Stadium to its foundations.

Pop/Rock Listings for Feb. 3-9

A selected guide to pop, rock, soul, dance, country, folk, world and alternative music in New York and the area.

Review: Michael Tomlinson, 'Monstrum'

Mamie Silver reviews Michael Tomlinson's recently released EP, 'Monstrum.' by Mamie Silver Michael Tomlinson handed me his EP, Monstrum, in a brown paper bag. The CD itself was decorated just with Tomlinson's name scribbled in Sharpie.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Live review: M. Ward magnetic at Masonic Lodge

M. Ward, the exceptional singer-songwriter with nearly a dozen albums to his shared or solo credit - yet who has only recently come to...

Music reviews: Howler, the Little Willies, Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Snow Patrol, "Fallen Empires" (Island) ***

Tycho combines design and electronic music into heady mix

San Francisco artist/musician Scott Hansen, aka Tycho, is bringing his serene and stunning live show to Cafe Eleven on Monday, Jan. 23. Drift caught up with Hansen to talk about late musical starts, how art informs music and growing up in California.