Best of 2011

Space City Rock: 2011 Retroccelerometer

The Black Keys, El Camino

Boston Globe: CD review

The trouble with Improv Everywhere

NPR Monkey See: Improv Everywhere Has Done It Again! Can Anyone Do Anything About That?

Tegan And Sara, Get Along

Boston Globe: Live reflections from Tegan and Sara

Guns N’ Roses, with the Pretty Reckless (at the DCU Center)

Boston Globe: Guns N’ Roses goes the distance

Jay-Z and Kanye West (at the TD Garden)

Boston Globe: Jay-Z, Kanye powerful as duo performers

M83, with Active Child (at the House Of Blues)

Boston Globe: M83 blasts off at House of Blues

Nickelback, Here and Now and Daughtry, Break the Spell

Boston Globe: More of same from Nickelback, Daughtry

Rihanna, Talk That Talk

Boston Globe: Rihanna’s ‘Talk’ is hot and cold

Anaïs Mitchell and Hadestown, with Dollar General (at the Somerville Theatre)

Boston Globe: Anaïs Mitchell’s folk opera worthy of the night

Foo Fighters, with the Joy Formidable and Social Distortion (at the TD Garden)

Boston Globe: A show of strength from the Foo Fighters

Caveman, CoCo Beware

Boston Globe: CD review

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, with the Hours (at the Wang Theatre)

Boston Globe: Noel Gallagher takes wing on post-Oasis tour

Meshell Ndegeocello, Weather

Boston Globe: CD review

Homeland's Morena Baccarin

NPR Monkey See: The Third Wire-Walker Of 'Homeland': You Win, Morena Baccarin

Brandi Carlile, with the Secret Sisters (at the Berklee Performance Center)

Boston Globe: Carlile takes the stage alone

At Last! Your John Lennon/David Lee Roth Dream Collaboration Has Arrived

NPR Monkey See: At Last! Your John Lennon/David Lee Roth Dream Collaboration Has Arrived

The Curious Celebrity of David Hasselhoff

NPR Monkey See: David Hasselhoff Knows He's David Hasselhoff, But Does He Pull It (H)off?

Revenge and Ringer

NPR Monkey See: 'Revenge' Vs. 'Ringer': Two Sides Of A Coin, But Only One's A Good Bet

Breaking up with the new television season

NPR Monkey See: Giving Up On The Shows Of The New TV Season: What Time Is Right For You?