A member of Cirque du Soleil performs on stage during "KURIOS - Cabinet of Curiosities" at LA's Dodger Stadium in 2015. (Rich Fury/Invision/AP) Circuses are visual extravaganzas, often featuring ...

I started listening to Architecture in Helsinki recently (which Kerry Miller recently and brilliantly reviewed for our site), and they’re one of the most innovative bands I’ve heard in a while. I had ...

The lights go out and UniverSoul Circus plunges into darkness. When they come back on, four clowns are standing around the stage under the big top, and the kids in the audience are screaming with joy.

Nostalgia sells. Just ask the countless musicians tapping into the warm familiarity of early-’00s pop-punk. Berkeley, California’s Mom Jeans, known as one of the more prominent bands carrying on emo’s ...