Chicago – While others are ushering in the Fall with pumpkin spice lattes and already working at piecing together Halloween costumes, Chicagoans are refusing to let go of summer. At least for one more weekend, anyway. Beginning this Friday, September 12, Chicago’s Humboldt Park will host Riot Fest and three days of music, carnivals rides,
New York – Sunday evening in Greenwich Village was a bustle of activity, the streets alive with eternal optimists hoping to keep the work week at bay, if briefly. But the weekend warriors were in luck, because the intrepid Doe Paoro was on deck to perform as a supporting act for S. Carey at Le
New York – Northampton, Mass.’ Speedy Ortiz brought its unique brand of indie rock to Irving Plaza this past Saturday night. The show was part of the Oh My Rockness Turns 10 Fest, which continues next Saturday. For opening night, the band was joined by D.C.’s Give and Ontario’s Fucked Up. Speedy Ortiz opened with
Chicago – Over the past month, Jesse Marchant has been surfing U.S. highways in his Audi station wagon, drifting from one city to the next, putting on a one-man show, with songs new and old. Thursday night Jesse Marchant found his way to Schubas, where an admiring Chicago audience took in his bewitching performance. The
San Francisco – Experimental Brooklyn-based trio Bear in Heaven hit the stage for a thoroughly enthralled audience this week at The Independent in San Francisco. This brainchild of vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/composer Jon Philpot is on the road in support of the band’s fourth album, Time is Over One Day Old, released last month via Dead Oceans, and
Seattle – Last week, Los Angeles psychedelic rockers The Entrance Band played to an enthusiastic crowd at Seattle’s all-ages venue, The Vera Project. The trio’s groovy distortion, hypnotizing bass, and overall energy kept bodies swaying and heads bobbing all night. Though the musicians of The Entrance Band have been on the scene for quite some
Washington, DC – The punk, fuzz rock band Potty Mouth played H Street’s Rock & Roll Hotel this past Saturday to a crowded house. The all-female quartet left little room for banter, jumping right into a mix of Sun Damage and 2013’s Hell Bent (Old Flame Records) as soon as they took the stage. Audience
Los Angeles — FYF Fest has officially blown up. The LA music festival that has been known as a calmer version of Coachella was not only overcrowded, but it was jam-packed with obstacles at every corner of downtown’s Exposition Park. Thank goodness the music was blasting to soothe festivalgoers’ frustration and broken spirits. Overall, the
Milwaukee – The Windy City is often void of live music in the weeks surrounding Pitchfork, Lollapalooza, and Riot Fest. Tours often skip over Chicago and much of the Midwest thanks to those wonderful radius clauses. However, this past weekend 2014 Lollapalooza performers Grouplove and Portugal. The Man managed to book a show in Milwaukee,
Seattle – In the annals of rock ‘n’ roll history are the fabled stories of artists getting a little too, shall we say, loosened up backstage before a performance. Alcohol seems to be the norm for a road tour, with the late nights, long days, bar gigs, festivals, what have you. After all, the phrase