Music has a funny way of surprising us. Sometimes it's not the guitar solo or the vocal runs that stick with you. You know ...

From UFO sounds to Celtic drones, sitar twangs to Tex-Mex accordion, country music occasionally loved to get a little weird. Fiddles and steel guitars may define the genre’s twang, but every so often, ...

As someone in the crowd wisely pointed out at the Jens Lekman show at the Paradise on Monday: “Sweden’s a weird place, man.” True to these words, Lekman has crafted a brand of pop that is uniquely ...