The winters can be particularly harsh in Maine’s northern logging towns.

Gang of Four returned to relevance in 2010 with Content, and now they’ve followed it up with What Happens Next, an album that sets out to answer its own titular question.

A light romantic comedy handled with aplomb.

Rock ‘n’ roll never changes. There will always be four super skinny guys who favor form fitting black clothes, who have cool haircuts, and who look like they were born to thrash guitars about on stage. And The Troubadour, one of the most iconic rock venues on the planet, has hosted them all.

Florida-based rock band Torche has always confounded expectations. They usually are lumped in with the metal crowd, despite having many pop- and mainstream rock-influenced elements. One is the commitment to soaring, melodic vocals, courtesy of frontman Stephen Brooks.

The Ramones’ first European television performance shows that the band was still at the height of its powers as the ’70s were coming to a close.

When a chance encounter with some ex-convicts leaves his family dead, Jon finds himself targeted by a vicious land baron and heads down the dark path of revenge.

Dan Deacon doesn’t do things by halves. The Baltimore-based electro producer has spent a career throwing himself into grey-matter clattering sonic spectrums that sound like they’ve been rewired by some madcap genius inventor. A half-assed Dan Deacon record simply doesn’t exist. Neither does a dull one.

A difficult movie by Fellini’s own design.