Music

Simon BoccanegraPeople who don't like opera just don't understand. Opera is not so much an art as a sport. As evidenced by Saturday's perf at LA Opera, Domingo is the world's greatest opera athlete.

TuneyardsThinking outside the box has long been a touchstone of the bookings for the Allen Room's New American Songbook Series, but seldom has "outside" been taken more literally than at this perf – which actually ended across the street in Central Park, via a Mardi Gras styled parade led by Tuneyards' leader Merrill Garbus.

GotyeInternet phenoms can normally be divided into one of a few categories - spectacularly sexy, kookily cutting-edge or so of-the-moment that they fade into obsolescence by the time they've trickled down to the mainstream listener.

Glen CampbellWatching Glen Campbell perform at this stage of his career is a bittersweet affair. The 75-year-old country crooner is in the midst of a series of farewell shows following his Alzheimer's diagnosis last year. But Campbell seemed so joyful and spry during his intimate performance at the Grammy Museum that it suggested a new lease on life, with Campbell finding the humor in difficult situations.

SkrillexSaturday night at the packed Palladium, the 24-year-old (real name: Sonny Moore) held court over his largest area headlining show to date, blasting a 90-minute continuous set of bass-heavy, short-attention-span theater that was consistently thick on spectacle but often thin on substance.