Blog: End Hits

BEN HOWARD, BAHAMAS ( Wonder Ballroom , 128 NE Russell) While he's signed to Mumford and Sons' label, English singer/songwriter Ben Howard's winsome folk is something less bombastic and altogether frailer than those kings of sing-along. Howard's lovely debut, Every Kingdom , has tinges of Nick Drake- and Elliott Smith-style melancholy in its delicate corners. NED LANNAMANN XIU XIU, YAMANTAKA//SONIC TITAN, FATHER MURPHY ( Doug Fir , 830 E Burnside) I'll be honest: I haven't checked in with Xiu Xiu since [...]