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YES! Weekly does the Big Easynew
Party bands blare out of the Bourbon Street tourist traps practically around the clock.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
07-28-2011 |
Reviews
Second Time Around: A Forgotten Odysseynew
Odyssey 5 has these things, and one of the Winston-Salem’ great forgotten singing groups is about to experience a revival.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
07-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Taylor Swift Show is Worthy Spectaclenew
Scrawled down her left arm in thick, black felt pen during a June 30 performance at the Greensboro Coliseum, Swift brandished a lyric from the Ingrid Michaelson tune “Breakable,” itself released only a few months before Swift’s debut album.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
07-08-2011 |
Reviews
The Bronzed Chorus Find a Spark in Old Technew
The entire affair is astoundingly rhythmic and controlled, with bursts of languorous low-end fuzz complimenting Allen’s breakneck tempos, but it’s not the cold, oblique listening experience that has come to signify chip music.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
07-07-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Switchblade 85 Rides the Swell at CFBGnew
The show they played was the release party for the latest issue of Shuffle magazine, but in a lot of ways, it was also like a home game for Switchblade 85.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
06-23-2011 |
Reviews
New Primus Sucks Just as Much as Old Primusnew
If there are people who deny the moon landing simply because they can’t fully comprehend such an occurrence, they might as well say the same about Les Claypool’s bass playing.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
06-08-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Les Claypool, Primus
A Long-Buried Release, Possible Beach Boys Reunion Give Reasons to Smilenew
The Beach Boys are on the verge of two historic milestones: a potential 50th anniversary reunion and the definitive release of the Smile recordings, the creative work said to be the tipping point for the band’s creative differences.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
06-01-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Global Sounds and Tastes Converge in Downtown Greensboronew
The Mosaic Festival in downtown Greensboro celebrated the multiculturalism of the city in music, art and cuisine.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
05-26-2011 |
Concerts
The Funk-Tacular Guide to the 10th Annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festivalnew
Ill-advised MTV jokes aside, it should come as no surprise to anyone that the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has returned to its sold-out ways for the 10th year.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
05-18-2011 |
Concerts
MerleFest 24 in Reviewnew
The 88-year-old living legend made his usual rounds, though it still felt like his sets were fewer and farther between than in years past.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
05-04-2011 |
Reviews
Still the Same Bob Segernew
There’s little doubt that Seger’s dogged entrenchment in rock radio rotations has worn out a sizable portion of his catalog in the ears of many, but the impassioned treatment they’re given live by Seger and his 13-piece backing band restores some of the authenticity stripped away by thousands of plays per day.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
04-28-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Bob Seger
California Streaming: The Best of Coachella via YouTubenew
Not that it did any good, it's easy to rationalize missing out on the Coachella Music and Arts Festival this past weekend. It was something like 98 degrees out in Indio, Calif., all the people were probably on drugs and Kings of Leon suck.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
04-21-2011 |
Music
The Greatest? If You Don't Say Weezy Then Just Don't Say It at Allnew
5,000-plus hip-hop purists, cool dads and their preteen chaperonage, scantily-clad party girls and stone-faced Gs in the Coliseum crowd.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
04-14-2011 |
Reviews
Rush Delivers in Return to Greensboronew
You could easily argue that there's better music out there, that there are better performers than the three guys on stage Saturday night. Just don't say it with a Rush fan in earshot.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
04-06-2011 |
Concerts
Tags: classic rock, Rush
Prince's Divine Right: The Artist Reigns Purple Across the Carolinasnew
How is it possible to carry on with normal concert viewing after getting through this thing called Prince?
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
03-31-2011 |
Reviews
