Incubus and Albert Hammond Jr.
January 30 at Avalon
Photos (c) Carina Mastrocola

Sez our lovely ace photographer Carina: "There were so many kids there looking to buy tickets who didn't end up making it inside because it was sold out. I've seen incubus a bunch of times in arenas so it was absolutely awesome to see them at Avalon in a much more intimate setting.

Norah Jones with M. Ward
Orpheum Theatre
Saturday, April 14, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Tickets are $49.50, $55.00 and $59.50
On sale Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 10:00 am

The Decemberists with My Brightest Diamond
Avalon
Friday, March 23 & Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Tickets are $25.00
On sale Friday, February 2, 2007 at 10:00 am

Temporary detour: tonight's "THROWED" has been moved from Harpers Ferry down the block to Great Scott. It'll be back at Harpers' next month, supposedly with Andrew WK headlining. We'll say it again: "Throwed" next month with AWK at Harpers. Now back to this month. Back to tonight. Back to E-Marce, Redd Foxx and our dude David Day.

We’re tired already of those vapid hacks on MTV’s I’m From Rolling Stone — y’know, the rockwrite kids who’ve never heard of Roskilde, who don’t know who George Clinton is, and who pepper their prose with phrases like “cherub-faced scenester.” Joe Levy and that double-stuffed suit Jann Wenner can have ‘em.

Long before he was catching 8.5s on P4K, Grizzly Bear's Edward Droste was skulking around Cambridge, keeping an amazingly low profile given that his ancestors are pretty damn Harvarded-up. His Bear family broke out of Brooklyn, but he brought the clan back to Mass to record Yellow House at his mom's house (guess what color?) in Watertown, and he'll be back in Boston to play the Museum of Fine Arts's indie-rock series this Friday, February 2.

Atlantic Records tries a new strategy to get Bjork to deliver her next record.

Perhaps you've heard of Matthew Barney: art star, director of the insane Cremaster series, and creator of, most recently, another strikingly odd and beautiful film called Drawing Restraint 9. In the new documentary Matthew Barney: No Restraint, director Alison Chernick tries to unpack the methods and madness behind Barney's project, which involved a Japanese whaling ship, solidified whale puke, a crew of skeptical Japanese in jump suits, and 45,000 pounds of petroleum jelly.

IF YOU GO:

• Capillary Action, Ho-Ag, Animal Hospital, Abraham Lincoln Brigade
  Thursday, January 25 at Great Scott
  18-plus, 9 pm, $9

Judging by the respect of his peers, Kevin Micka just might be the best producer in Boston -- and he's certainly one of the most beloved. He wasn't around much last fall -- he spent big chunks of time in Europe, hopping on shows while doing tour sound for Beirut (yes, that Beirut) and touring with Neptune.