Live: Fleet Foxes beautiful—yes, beautiful—at the Echo
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.Read...
June 2nd
Is that Jadakiss or is that Tim Fite?
Well, this time, at least, it's Tim Fite, a rapper, folkster, and DJ from Brooklyn who has just released Fair ain't Fair on Anti-, following his hip-hop oriented Over the Counterculture. I listened to both those records and then check him out at Los Angeles' Troubadour. by John Vining.Read...
April 9th
Portugal the Show: Possessed Alaskans engulf the night in sound
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.Read...
February 27th
Cornelius' Sensuous Synchronized Show
"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.Read...
Wilco, let's go home via Chicago
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.Read...
February 9th
The Niro
The tone-deaf and lazy traveler will only encounter American music and techno in Perugia, Italy--however, with a little research it is possible to uncover some rather worthwhile Italian music. The Loop café in Perugia is the hub of the local music scene. by Danielle Austin.Read...
January 10th
Don't tell anyone funk is dead: The New Mastersounds live
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.Read...
Party! Party! Gogol Bordello's live party
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.Read...
March 31st, 2007
Sea Wolf, Earlimart, and Clinic live at The Troubadour
It started out like a very interesting game of Clue. Or some court room drama, or something... by John Vining.Read...
March 18th, 2007
Pacha Massive live at The Canal Room
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.Read...
March 9th, 2007
Moving Units' Great Awakening
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.Read...
October 30th, 2006
Ladytron live at The Glass House
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.Read...
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. Read...
Well, this time, at least, it's Tim Fite, a rapper, folkster, and DJ from Brooklyn who has just released Fair ain't Fair on Anti-, following his hip-hop oriented Over the Counterculture. I listened to both those records and then check him out at Los Angeles' Troubadour. by John Vining. Read...
The tone-deaf and lazy traveler will only encounter American music and techno in Perugia, Italy--however, with a little research it is possible to uncover some rather worthwhile Italian music. The Loop café in Perugia is the hub of the local music scene. by Danielle Austin. Read...
