The two words most frequently employed to describe The Sea and Cake are pleasant and consistent, and Tuesday night's show did nothing to dispel these adjectives. The tenured Chicago quartet's most recent album, Everybody, is "dreamlike, hot-buttered pop music" (says the press release) and "sort of a Yo La Cocktease" (says the Dig), but on stage at the Paradise they put out: breezy songs that implied a sunny but solitary stroll by the ocean became,......

Paris is in jail, the Red Sox are on their way to California, Mitt is still running for president, but we're bringing it back to the clubs. Well, the clubs and urban outfitters. Some folks that seem like they've been around forever (dinosaur jr.) and those who legitimately have been around forever (Lee "scratch" Perry) come and visit the nontraditional and traditional venues, respectively, as part of this weeks music picks. Tuesday 6/5 The......