The Microsoft Band packs more sensors than most smartwatches.
Up-and-coming Yorkshire thrashers Evile were Saturday's buzz band, packing out the main tent for their midday set.
His big band, packed with first-rate soloists, including the saxophonist Steve Wilson, takes the first week of a two-week stint at the Village Vanguard; his sleek trio follows.
Mink Lungs, a Brooklyn band, packs its low-fi recordings with skewed echoes of folk-rock, psychedelia and 1960's proto-punk.
The band packed it in just after hiring a new and monstrous drummer, Kyle Spence, and just before a band could get international traction by putting a demo on myspace.
On Friday nights, the dance floor heats up at Calico Jack's (Ports of Call Plaza, second floor; 649-946-5129), a nautical-themed bandand restaurant in Grace Bay, where a live reggae band packs the outdoor deck.
After the midnight set on June 23, Mr. Dell, a fixture at the Triangle for a quarter-century, and his band packed up and waltzed out the side door, perhaps having played their last obscene rendition of "New York, New York".
And this past summer he released "Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project," conceived and performed with the poet Mike Ladd, and including a backing band packed with great names, from the cellist Okkyung Lee to the vocalist-composer Pamela Z.
Then, as the crowd dispersed and the band packed up, he spoke for 28 minutes more with the few dozen who had made their way to the front rows.
