AltWeeklies Wire
The Faint Put on the Best Live Show for the Moneynew
There are a few things you need to know about the Faint live show: 1) It’s equal parts fascinating and dumb. 2) It’s become the best bang for your live-show buck. 3) Fans of the Faint don’t recognize the latter part of No. 1.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brian McManus |
08-25-2008 |
Concerts
Philadelphia Folk Fest Tests Its Traditionally Traditional Audiencenew
Two sides are struggling: One wants traditional folk. The other wants to dilute the tradition percentage with something maybe sorta, kinda ... hip?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Mary Armstrong |
08-19-2008 |
Concerts
An Old Punk's Guide to the 2008 Vans Warped Tournew
The Warped Tour is back for its 14th year, and with it comes the annual query, "What's so punk about the Warped Tour anyway?" It's a loaded question.
San Diego CityBeat |
Jim Ruland |
08-13-2008 |
Concerts
Rules for Surviving All Points Westnew
After years of hauling to California, the U.K., Austin, Tex., and everyplace in between, a music festival with real teeth is finally coming to New York.
New York Press |
Crispin Kott |
08-07-2008 |
Concerts
Motley Crue Stages a Motley Crue Broadway Musicalnew
The band's new album, Saints of Los Angeles, is a song-by-song chronicling of the members' days of debauchery, from coming up on the Sunset Strip to their various failed centerfold romances.
How Does Wham City Get Away with Whartscape?new
Now in its third year, the anti-festival turned oddball indie magnet covers four nights, two full days, and four venues, is backed by a list of sponsors, and brings in headliners whose individual payment guarantees could probably cover a month's rent for everyone involved in organizing the fest combined.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
07-29-2008 |
Concerts
A Handful of PDX Pop Now!'s Founders Reminisce, Persevere and Conquer Genrenew
The annual PDX Pop Now! festival, which celebrates its fifth birthday this Friday through Sunday at Rotture, shows no signs of aging--even if it has caused a few gray hairs among the heads of four of its founders.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
07-23-2008 |
Concerts
Polvo Taps the Nostalgia on Reunion Tournew
I saw them perform their first show back at Washington, D.C.'s venerable Black Cat in mid-May. The band took the stage to hoots and hollers from a packed house of exactly what you'd expect -- aging white guys whose glory days had long passed.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brian McManus |
07-07-2008 |
Concerts
Navigating Stages at the Eno Festivalnew
As a festival consumer, you need some sort of plan. Or, in the spirit of the festival's fields, several plans, cutting across all three days of the fest. But keep in mind there are more than 100 performers, and we can't mention them all. In other words, yeah, we probably left out your favorite.
Whack Rider: Travelin' 800 Miles for Tomnew
Seeing Tom at the hardware store or coffee shop is ordinary in our town. Flying 800 miles to see him in Phoenix is another trip entirely.
North Bay Bohemian |
Gabe Meline |
06-27-2008 |
Concerts
Putting the Pemberton Festival on the Mapnew
The B.C. summer-concert season's much-hyped mega event, Pemberton Festival, didn't come together by accident. Still, the three-day showcase, which will see 100 acts descend on the town of Pemberton, B.C., from July 25 to 27, could just as easily have ended up elsewhere.
The Georgia Straight |
Mike Usinger |
06-23-2008 |
Concerts
The Telluride Bluegrass Festival Celebrates 35 Years of Pickin' and Swingin'new
The granddaddy of summertime festivals has continued to be one of the most remarkable celebrations of uniquely American music. There are few places where pop stars such as Barenaked Ladies share the same bill as Bela Fleck and Jerry Douglas.
Boulder Weekly |
Andy Stonehouse |
06-16-2008 |
Concerts
Is Metallica's Bonnaroo Appearance a Sign of the Apocalypse?new
You naysayers can go down with a whimper, but we are offering what we feel is the last, best hope for the survival of mankind: a guide for hippie-metalhead diplomacy.
Nashville Scene |
Jack Silverman |
06-13-2008 |
Concerts
Has Robert Smith Brought the Cure Back to Life?new
If you believe the reports, the Cure is putting on a half-decent live show for the first time in 20 years. On their current tour, the perennial goth-rockers are playing three-hour sets featuring some of their best tunes and are actually putting a little effort into it.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
06-13-2008 |
Concerts
Will Johnson and Centro-matic Finally Graduate to Bowery Ballroomnew
From one-man sets at the Knitting Factory Tap Bar to full-band, what-American-rock-should-sound-like engagements with Centro-matic at Mercury Lounge and Union Pool, Will Johnson has headlined at New York's smaller stages in an almost Sisyphean effort to return to the city.
New York Press |
Greg Burgett |
06-12-2008 |
Concerts
