Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The cover of Pearl Jam’s …
NEW YORK — Yes, the coronavirus pandemic has canceled concert tours, shut down movie theaters and closed down some bookstores, but there’s still plenty to listen to, watch and read while self-distancing. Included here is Zwigoff’s 1995 indelible documentary portrait of comic-book artist Robert Crumb, “Crumb,” and “Ghost World,” the deadpan 2001 teenage comedy that was an early breakout for …
Pearl Jam, “Gigaton” Trust Pearl Jam to still surprise us in 2020. “Gigaton” is a fascinating and ambitious 12-track collection with a cleaner, crisper sound that is studded with interesting textures, topped by Eddie Vedder’s still-indignant voice. He’s helped pull out more experimentation, certainly from the messy last studio offering, “Lightning Bolt.” The first single, “Dance of the Clairvoyants,” is …
