section: Live
Getting your fake past the bouncer, dealing with Ticketmaster, finding by accident the tallest guy in the room. The romance of the show!
posted August 2008
Live: Fleet Foxes beautiful—yes, beautiful—at the Echo
August 4 – Fleet Foxes' debut album, Fleet Foxes, is going to be the best album of the year. It's only August, but just wait. You will look back on 2008 and remember Fleet Foxes. by Taylor Stacey
April 2008
Portugal the Show: Possessed Alaskans engulf the night in sound
April 9 – Portugal the Man, a band started by Alaskan natives, plays Los Angeles' Troubadour with openers Flobots, Wild Orchid Children, and Foxy Shazam. by Kimberly Haddad
February 2008
Cornelius' Sensuous Synchronized Show
February 27 – “Sensuous Synchronized Show” is a play off the album title Sensuous. The use of sibilance aside, however, The Cornelius Group Show was anything but insidious. I can also say that I will now forever associate the color combination of white, red, yellow, black and blue with The Cornelius Group by Taylor Hofmann
Wilco, let's go home via Chicago
February 27 – As a California native, I’ve often heard that the East Coast is more uptight than the West. Perhaps in turn this makes Easterners seek a totally cathartic, unrestrained, devil-horns concert experience, which would explain the unexpected stadium-rock vibe of Wilco’s show at the Schubert on Sunday night. by Laura Bliss
January 2008
Don't tell anyone funk is dead: The New Mastersounds live
January 10 – Damn, it got funky at the Fais Do Do. Sets by the New Mastersounds, Big Organ Trio and Check in the Dark were all funky in their own way. by John Vining
Party! Party! Gogol Bordello's live party
January 10 – Gogol Bordello gave it their all to bring the authenticity and complete anarchy that characterizes one of their typical performances to Terminal 5. The show was less of a performance than it was a party. by Angela Gandini
March 2007
Sea Wolf, Earlimart, and Clinic live at The Troubadour
March 31, 2007 – It started out like a very interesting game of Clue. Or some court room drama, or something... by John Vining
Pacha Massive live at The Canal Room
March 18, 2007 – Pacha Massive performed their songs with ease and accuracy at their record release party this week in NYC. Unfortunately, accuracy is only half the battle of a live performance. by Angela Gandini
Moving Units' Great Awakening
March 9, 2007 – The energy changed as the unabashedly hip, black-clad members of Moving Units took the stage. Within a song or two, lead singer Blake Miller was being dragged into the audience by ravenous fans. by John Vining
October 2006
Ladytron live at The Glass House
October 30, 2006 – Having seen Ladytron once before at a much larger venue and with a much more inebriated audience, seeing them at Pomona's Glass House seemed almost too tranquil an experience. by Taylor Stacey
September 2006
Ensemble and Junior Boys live at The Troubadour – September 29, 2006 – by John Vining
Ima Robot live at Safari Sam's – September 20, 2006 – by Nick Giancola
The Polyphonic Spree live at The Henry Fonda Theater – September 15, 2006 – by John Vining
June 2006
The Futureheads and French Kicks live at The Henry Fonda Theater – June 29, 2006 – by John Vining
February 2006
Supergrass live at The Avalon – February 28, 2006 – by John Vining
November 2005
Animal Collective live at The El Ray – November 28, 2005 – by John Vining
Space Mtn live at The Knitting Factory
November 24, 2005 – Space Mtn (pronounced “Mountain”) is a rocking band based around singer/bassist Dina Waxman. by John Vining
September 2005
Goldspot live at The Troubadour – September 18, 2005 – by Kevin Jaffe
