Drifting, pausing, distance, trailing, gaps, spaces. Class President’s new EP Ellipses captures the restless vibes that many of us feel these days—spaced out from people, places, and ourselves, but, you know, kind of feeling like dancing if the mood strikes. A carefree desperation, if you will. Class President is a new project from Evan Kelley, Eddie O’Sullivan, and Cullen Ryan, a self-described fun indie rock band from MA, (and it’s true, they’re fun and they’re from Massachusetts).

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Actor Timothy Spall talks to Caitlin Malcuit about his performance as Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley in “The Journey.”. This film is an investigation of how that intransigence, intractability, that passion, and that loathing...all of that energy can be turned into something else. Learn more about “The Journey” by watching the trailer below or reading Danny DeGennaro’s review of the film.

That’s the advice Agent Dale Cooper gives to Sheriff Harry S. Truman, the original “Treat Yo Self” for those who never deny themselves the chance to indulge. And if you’re planning to sate your “Twin Peaks” craving before the welcome return to Showtime on May 21, it’s worth revisiting one of the gifts left behind from the series’ original run.

Lately, I’m convinced that DIY is the future of music. From Boston to New York to Chicago to San Francisco, it’s artists like Palehound and Kal Marks and Speedy Ortiz and Twin Peaks who make going to shows fun again. This sounds like the intro to a feature, but it’s not. We’re just gonna talk about Palehound’s latest, “Healthier Folk”.

Jonah Parzen-Johnson has an innate ability to make the baritone sax sound like bagpipes, and maybe that’s why I cried. Mostly I cried because Jonah tells radiant stories with his saxophone and analog synth, working the brass and pedals to recreate the framework which surrounds his album Remember When Things Were Better Tomorrow: Parzen-Johnson wanted to make “something of myself that’s for everybody else.”.

LA’s WASI have the best creation story. The band came together in a way that seems like it’d be straight out of a high school movie–vocalists ₵osmo and Jess joined forces when “₵osmo booked a show with a non-existent band. In that 3-week notice, they picked up their instruments for the first time and performed under the moniker The Midol Poppers.”.

“Bach Cello Suites,” Jorma Elo’s work, sustained the minimalist imagery with artistic director Mikko Nissienen’s lattice overhang, lit by John Cuff. But the set wasn’t only structural; cellist Sergey Antonov occupied stage left with his instrument, opening with the prelude to Cello Suite No. 1. As Antonov played, two dancers walked out in a romantic stroll before falling—literally—into a fluid pas de deux.

The Sinclair was a packed house Wednesday night for the Speedy Ortiz CD release party; as a hometown gig for the Northampton, MA-based band, kinetic warmth buzzed through friends and fans alike as Sadie Dupuis and crew played their freshly-release Foil Deer track-by-track. What’s a party without some guests, though?

Suno Deko, Mitski, and Hundred Waters wove a tapestry of atmosphere Saturday night–eclectic, punky, and entrancing, it was all a dream that you didn’t want to wake up from. The Sinclair was not short on ambience in any capacity. One-man outfit Suno Deko, hailing from Atlanta, captured his loops one by one, patiently re-recording when something was off by a hair.

The Big Family Quiz Thing stopped by for the first time at Cambridge’s OBERON, hosting an afternoon of live trivia fun—plus snacks! for folks of all ages. Noah Tarnow and Wes Hazard played host and sidekick for the event, which evoked the multimedia-filled and goofy fun of the best kids’ game show Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?