IPO might still elicit thoughts of Initial Public Offering for many around Boston. This week it stands for International Pop Overthrow. About a thousand bands each take stage for a short set at the Paradise Lounge before the next act gets up. Ok, so it's not a thousand, but there are at least 40. The festival kicks off on Wednesday with Bostonist favs Anuska Pop and play all week. Each show is $10 and......

DJ Logic at Ropeadope's "What is Jazz?" Festival at Berklee Bostonist basked in the glow of Berklee's Performance Center last Saturday as a roster of ropeadope stars - Bobby Previte, the Charlie Hunter Trio, DJ Logic, and the Christian McBride Band - asked the musical question "What is Jazz?" The name of label's "mini festival" was not so much a serious definitional challenge as an acknowledgment that much of ropeadope's genre-bending music -- while......

We'll call it hit or miss. Some weeks are totally on and our agenda's are filled to the brim with great stuff. Some weeks we're pulling together a bunch of shows and thinking that the list of "go see" music is surprisingly spare. Just like the weather is wonderful an warm some weeks and gloomy others. This week we've collected a number of selections that will bring some sunshine to your gloomy day - or......