CONCERT REVIEW: FATHER JOHN MISTY & THE WALKMEN (MADISON, WI)
Today we welcome our latest contributor to Mezzic, Hillary Sprecher! Hillary is a student based out of Madison, Wisconsin, and she will be assisting with our coverage of the lively Madison music scene and beyond. Also active in the realms of Daytrotter and Jonk Music, Hillary bri
CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOS: DRAGON SMOKE AT THE MINT (LOS ANGELES, CA)
Dragon Smoke (New Orleans, LA) December 12, 2012The Mint in Los Angeles, CAJim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music Full Gallery: Dragon Smoke, The Mint, Los Angeles, 12.12.12 Certain celestial alignments skip decades, if not lifetimes, or at a minimum, involve covering great distanc
REVIEW: INTERPOL – TURN ON THE BRIGHT LIGHTS TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (2012)
At first, I didn’t fully get the hype. It was around the time Turn on the Bright Lightswas showing up on countless Best of 2002 lists that I first picked up the debut album from the New York four-piece. I was 17; it was during Christmas break of my senior year of high school. Best Buy [&helli
CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOS: DARK DARK DARK AT LA MAROQUINERIE (PARIS)
Love Like Birds (Ghent, Belgium) and Dark Dark Dark (Minneapolis, MN)December 2nd, 2012La Maroquinerie in Paris, France The past weekend was beautiful in Paris with the streets and Seine basking in much deserved, all-too-rare sunlight cast on tourists, students, workers and through stained glass
CONCERT REVIEW: RAH RAH AT THE DOUBLE DOOR (CHICAGO, IL)
Rah Rah (Regina, Saskatchewan)November 21th, 2012Double Door in Chicago, IL What day is it? Why did I eat so much? I once had a friend tell me she had to undo the top button of her pants after a plentiful Thanksgiving dinner. At least I’m not there yet. Right? The term “food coma” ge
CONCERT REVIEW: MATT & KIM AND OBERHOFER AT THE RAVE (MILWAUKEE, WI)
Matt & Kim (Brooklyn, NY), Oberhofer (Brooklyn, NY)November 8th, 2012The Rave in Milwaukee, WI Concerts always tend to be more entertaining when you arrive through the backstage entrance. Prior to Thursday night’s Matt & Kim show in Milwaukee, I had the
CONCERT REVIEW: DAVID BAZAN AT FINE LINE MUSIC CAFE (MINNEAPOLIS, MN)
David Bazan (Seattle, WA)November 6th, 2012Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis, MN David Bazan is known for his unique and interactive performances, so it was no surprise when he paused halfway through playing Pedro the Lion’s album Control to ask if the nervous election d
CONCERT REVIEW: MADONNA AT XCEL ENERGY CENTER (ST. PAUL, MN)
Madonna (New York City, NY) and Paul Oakenfold (London)November 3rd, 2012Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN Photos by Ryan Siverson, you can see more here: Madonna at the Xcel Energy Center For a certain demographic, pop stars reign as the ultimate in entertainment. With hig
CONCERT REVIEW: PASSION PIT AT FIRST AVENUE (MINNEAPOLIS, MN)
Passion Pit (Cambridge, MA)October 29th, 2012First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN To the unfamiliar, it’s easy to write off Passion Pit as a trendy dance band best left to the barely legal and aging hipsters of the world to admire. However, those who know better recognize the depth, heaviness and sin