Concert Reviews

The Joy Formidable (03/14/2012)

Up-and-coming rockers The Joy Formidable appear to be growing more and more confident with time, as they delivered a great set in LA.

The Devil Makes Three (02/18/2012)

When opening for a band that has more fun on stage than just about any other, what can you do but have that much fun yourselves? And that is what The Devil Makes Three brought to Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom this past weekend opening for Flogging Molly with Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears. Flogging Molly …

Bryn Rich (01/11/2012)

Bryn Rich continues to develop his identity as a songwriter, as staffer Paul Bulow can attest to after attending Rich’s hometown gig last week.

Pterodactyl (12/09/2011)

This is a new Pterodactyl, more brooding and pensive than insane and destructive, but they’re still just as entrancing.

Morrissey (11/25/2011)

Staff writer Jason Lent caught Moz’s Las Vegas gig last week at The Cosmopolitan’s Chelsea Ballroom and it was worth the price of admission.

The Best of Fun Fun Fun Fest and 5 Names To Watch

Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest proved to be one of the best of the year. See who the top performers were and who to keep an eye on in the future.

Nikki Lane w/Noah and the Whale (11/11/2011)

Nikki Lane and Noah and the Whale played a gig in Chi-town this past Friday and guest writer Bryn Rich has all the details.

A.A. Bondy (11/08/2011)

A.A. Bondy delivered a wrenching and riveting performance which included material from this year’s Believers as well as new songs.

Holy Sons w/ Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Composing songs insulated in one’s own bedroom is a harrowing, but formative process, and for Emil Amos it has been an isolated endeavor, recording over one thousand songs since 1992 spanning nine mostly unheralded albums and never once seeming to mind that they remain sequestered in that private space. Until now, when the Grails and …