Boston's Paradise Rock Club filled to capacity with expectant fans, rocking from one foot back to the other while waiting for singer/songwriter Citizen Cope to grace the stage. Girls and boys with Xs on their hands fought for general admission floor space with adults of all ages and from all places. Fans flew in from as far as Texas to see Cope's show. Signs on every door warned that no tickets were left for those unlucky enough not to already have one.

Citizen Cope is coming to the Paradise Rock Club for three sold-out performances on Feb 25, 26, and 27.

Wild Beasts, a British band signed to Domino, has been getting a lot of buzz lately about its recent album Two Dancers, especially for its two singers' distinctive and trained voices: Hayden Thorpe's falsetto and Tom Fleming's tenor. They played a show at the Great Scott in Allston last night, and The MUSE had the chance to ask the drummer, Chris Talbot, a few questions via email.

Brooklyn-based band The Antlers has been supporting its most recent release Hospice internationally for the past year.The MUSE recently caught up with front man Peter Silberman to discuss his success in the last year.

You've got to be kidding me. I am writing an essay on that same
thing for CollegeHumor," said Streeter Seidell, Executive Editor and Writer for CollegeHumor Media, in an email.

Sidewalk, sidewalk, sidewalk," Peter Henly repeated, as he pointed out the origin of his cushions, dining chairs and kitchen table. "I've dumpstered food, clothes and furniture," he said. "People throw a lot of good stuff away. You'd be surprised."

To really, full understand the world of Parliament-Funkadelic, you first have to immerse yourself in the mythology that George Clinton has created.

Tegan and Sara got everybody on their feet from the start, and kept them there for the duration of the concert.

On Monday, February 15th, Norway native Hanne Hukkelberg and her versatile, talented band played a brief set at T.T. the Bear's. The show seemed tacked on to her Boston visit after a Sunday set at the NACA conference, but the few of us who attended were blown away by her powerful performance.

Based in New York City and Monterrey, Mexico is sleep.shy, a group composed of Gabriel Lit, Brian Ferrell, Joseph Isho Levinson, Saeryenne and Ariel Weissberger, produced by Oscar Zambrano (the latter two Berklee grads) and also featuring the Girly Girl Choir.Galapagos Inn, the band's first album, boasts 11 eclectic tracks, each defined by sleep.shy's reluctance to pigeonhole itself into one stifling genre.

Eighty years ago, Boston University students were faced with dilemmas similar to what their contemporary counterparts face now. The Great Depression was at its height, and students had to decide between staying in school and paying the high costs of a private education, or leaving their dreams of a better life for one that was more affordable.

With a line that stretched nearly to Agganis Arena by 6 p.m., it was telling that last Friday's show at the Paradise was someone big &- only it wasn't, because Utada Hikaru is probably not even five feet tall.