AltWeeklies Wire
Spicing Up RiverCity Bluegrass Festivalnew
Now in its fourth year, the Portland bluegrass fest is headlined this year by national names such as hitmaker and hair legend Marty Stuart and longtime Jerry Garcia collaborator David Grisman. But there's more: gypsy-jazz from TAARKA and fiddler Darol Anger.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
01-02-2008 |
Concerts
Beyond the Beatles and Black Sabbathnew
A teacher at School of Rock, Ben Barnett incorporates the music of Northwestern bands to expand his students' curriculum.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
12-27-2007 |
Concerts
Big Billsnew
In North Carolina's growing Triangle and a financially shrinking music industry, can mid-size rock clubs survive?
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The Last Pogonew
Portland's old New-Wave champions Theatre of Sheep tend the flock.
Willamette Week |
Jay Horton |
12-19-2007 |
Concerts
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Karina Nistal and Rebel Crew Rap for the Troopsnew
The Houston rapper and singerand her band Rebel Crew are about to embark on a three-week Armed Forces Entertainment-sponsored tour of U.S. military installations in six countries: Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Djibouti.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
12-11-2007 |
Concerts
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Yes, Something Can Shine Brighter Than M.I.A.new
In Baltimore, a low-energy M.I.A. struggled to wow the crowd.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
12-11-2007 |
Concerts
Remembering Alt.country's Big 1996 Showcasenew
Please forgive this recollection, as it comes through the haze formed by many draft beers, a cloud of music-club cigarette smoke and near whiteout snow conditions that swept through North Carolina on Saturday, Feb. 3, 1996, the second day of the first Honky-Tonk-arama.
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YACHT and the Thermals Prove Goofiness and Age Know No Boundsnew
This must be a joke, right? A fire code-taunting publicity stunt, some hacker's Make-A-Wish or a trenchant satire of music industry 2.0? Homegrown pop-punk sensation the Thermals caps its annus mirabilis with a free concert at cafe/gamer haven Backspace?
Willamette Week |
Jay Horton |
12-05-2007 |
Concerts
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Neil Young's Finest Momentsnew
How do you pick just a handful of songs from the 40-year career of rock’s most esteemed, chameleon-like, oft-copied (never duplicated), guitar-thrashing icon?
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The Spice Girls: Feminist Saviorsnew
Compared to the starlets of today -- bitch-slapping each other over Good Charlotte's Joel Madden, fighting with coke addiction, flashing their pubeless cooters to generate press -- the Spice Girls seem positively radical.
The Georgia Straight |
Elaine Corden |
11-30-2007 |
Concerts
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Rock the Bellsnew
Doom, funk and (mistle) toe jam sound the holiday tune.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rodney Carmichael and Mosi Reeves |
11-29-2007 |
Concerts
Police Statenew
The legendary trio mucks things up at San Antonio show, but also offers hints of old greatness.
San Antonio Current |
John DeFore |
11-28-2007 |
Concerts
Bob Dylan's Legendary Grinnew
There's a reason he's pegged his concerts as the "Never Ending Tour": The only way he's been able to stay out in front has been to convince us -- and himself -- that he's still an active, modern artist, whose career is far from ending. It's hard, though, because the past keeps getting reinforcements.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
11-27-2007 |
Concerts
Girl Talk's Taser Shownew
Washington University officials promise a top-to-bottom review of the rowdy Nov. 9 concert at the campus' Gargoyle club that ended with police blasting an intoxicated, nude student in the rear end with a Taser gun.
Riverfront Times |
Kathleen McLaughlin |
11-26-2007 |
Concerts
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The Holy City Cold Heart Revivalnew
Organized by South Carolina songwriters and music enthusiasts Jamie Resch and Lindsay Holler, this year's Cold Heart Revival is an all-night event featuring seven of the region's most original alt-country, folk-pop, and Americana acts.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesseman |
11-07-2007 |
Concerts
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