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Spring swirls with some spirited artists this week. On Friday, the indie electronic outfit Neon Indian rocks the Paradise Rock Club while Worcester's sloppy, sunny pop-rockers Dom keep the faith at the Brighton Music Hall... And on Saturday, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros get communal at the Orpheum Theatre while the Feelies bring their layered jangle of guitars and taut, propulsive rhythms to the Paradise.  … More>

Augusten Burroughs swaps memoirs for something even more personal… More>

It’s a crazy Friday this week, for pop and jazz. The Shins are the latest indie-rockers to sell out the Citi Wang Theatre... There's also danceable psychedelia courtesy of Vermont’s horn-laced Rubblebucket at the Paradise or Britain’s trance-happy Shpongle at House of Blues, while School of Seven Bells bring post-shoegaze rock to the Brighton Music Hall... Beyonce's drum sparkplug Kim Thompson joins Donal Fox’s Inventions Quartet at Scullers while the Regattabar hosts hot new trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, a player of impeccable taste and tone… More>

Extremes galore this week. You might start with the reunited ‘90s indie-rockers Archers of Loaf at the Middle East Friday and Saturday... Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau play jazz duets at Berklee Saturday... And on Sunday, BU's Agganis Arena features Ben Folds and groups from NBC's "The Sing-Off" at A Cappella Palooza, electro-pop group Miike Snow plays House of Blues, and industrial-metal band Rammstein blows up the DCU Center.  … More>

When jazz bassist/singer Esperanza Spalding accepted the Grammy Award for Best New Artist over Drake, Justin Bieber, Florence + the Machine and Mumford & Sons last year, she vowed, “I’ll do my damndest to make a whole lot of great music for all of you.” Her inclusive promise makes sense in light of Spalding’s great new album Radio Music Society, which seems the closest thing to pop... The album also offers Spalding the chance to focus on electric bass, which she also showcased before an Orpheum crowd of 2,400 Sunday… More>