CONCERT REVIEW: BACHELORETTE AT THE VIC THEATRE (CHICAGO, IL)
Bachelorette (New Zealand)March 29thThe Vic Theatre, in Chicago, IL Annabel Alpers, also known as Bachelorette, is a solo performer who found herself far away from her native homeland of New Zealand Monday night. Chicago was treated to this pint-sized, red-haired darling in an early show at The Vic
REVIEW: MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER – IV (2011)
Listen to Dallas Taylor growl on an old Underoath record and you might not be able to believe where he is today. Last fall, southern rock influenced hardcore group Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, released their simply titled IV, which if you haven’t guessed is the fourt
CONCERT REVIEW: HE’S MY BROTHER SHE’S MY SISTER AT OLD ROCK HOUSE (ST. LOUIS)
Scarlet Tanager (St. Louis, MO) and He’s My Brother She’s My Sister (Los Angeles, CA)January 29th, 2012Old Rock House in St. Louis, Missouri 8:00 PM; St. Louis, MO; Old Rock House; Basil Hayden, neat. After some illegal turns down the labyrinthine one-ways of downtown St. Lou
PHOTOGRAPHY + VIDEO: ASTRONAUTALIS AT L’INTERNATIONAL (PARIS)
Astronautalis (Minneapolis, MN) and Bleubird (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)January 18th, 2012L’International in Paris, France The past few years it’s always a thrill to hear that Astronautalis is coming to town, kinda what you would imagine it’d be like back in the 1880s when the cir
REVIEW: MARIJUANA DEATHSQUADS – CRAZY MASTER (2011)
You’ve probably run across at a concert one time or another that either stuns or disappoints. Odds are it’s their recordings that drew you in; an addictive rhythm, heart-tugging lyric or simply sheer curiosity if he or she could pull it off. Mine were The Blood Brothers, Manchester Orchestra and
CONCERT REVIEW: THRICE AT THE NEWPORT MUSIC HALL (COLUMBUS)
This review originally appeared in Ryan’s personal blog TUNED UP!, which also follows business trends in music in addition to the usual reviews and news. Thrice (Irvine, CA), La Dispute (Grand Rapids, MI), and O’Brother (Atlanta, GA)October 23rd, 2011Newport Mu
Concert Review: Danzig Legacy at the Congress Theater (Chicago)
Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest contributor coming at us from Frontier Psychiatrist, a site devoted to “urban life, music, food, drink, and culture.” Peter Lillis is on their staff, covering music. Peter and I go back to days debating and talking indie and punk music in Marquett
CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOGRAPHY: DESSA AND HINDI ZAHRA AT LINCOLN HALL (CHICAGO)
Dessa (Minneapolis, MN) and Hindi Zahra (France/Morocco)October 11th, 2011Lincoln Hall in Chicago, Illinois Sometime during the late summer, not so far away from now actually and in a midst of that still growing curiosity of all that’s going on across the Atlantic, I happened upon the most vib
Concert Review: Beirut at The Pageant (University City, MO)
Beirut (Sante Fe, NM), Lætitia Sadier (London, UK)October 9th, 2011The Pageant in University City, Missouri 8:00 PM As the glossy autumn night descends on Del Mar Blvd, Beirut fans straggle past my patio table at Blue Ocean Sushi, the venue only two blocks away.&n