The oldest band on a three-act nostalgia tour, the New Kids may be pushing the lexical boundaries of their 30-year-old name. But the same things that make it easy to poke

In another testament to how deep the well of '90s nostalgia runs, the O.G. boy band New Kids of the Block have staged a massively successful comeback in recent years, playing arenas on a series of very profitable tours. For their latest stint on the road, they're joined by fellow man-boy bands 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men for a traveling bill they've winkingly dubbed "The Package Tour." And as a Val...

Thursday, Oct. 16, Minus the Bear w/ Annuals and Themes @ Turner Hall Ballroom, 7 p.m. With their twisty, tangled guitars and number-crunching chord changes, Minus the Bear sound increasingly disconnected from a greater indie-rock scene that now prefers manic, cute-overload pop or tranquilized...