Concerts

Jonathan Richman

A Jonathan Richman concert is likely to give you a warm and fuzzy feeling. At last Tuesday’s show in Pittsburgh,...

Concerts

Baths / Braids / Gobble Gobble

Let it be known: the Holocene is a great place to see electro-pop. Which is pretty much all Portlanders want...

Concerts

Joan of Arc

What makes Tim Kinsella and his rotating stable of collaborators interesting is that they’ve spent over a decade “experimenting” dissonantly...

Concerts

Deerhoof / Chain & the Gang

The moment before Chain & the Gang took the stage at the 9:30 Club, the curtains parted briefly and I...

Concerts

Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo’s “Spin the Wheel” tour is a great idea: take a band with years of material under their...

Concerts

Dismemberment Plan

(Photo courtesy of Mehan Jayasuriya and Stereogum)

The only thing better than a great memory is waking up the next...

Concerts

Dark Dark Dark / Pillars and Tongues / Cross Record

It is a dim, dim, dim cloud that hangs over those last dates-slash-locations on a band’s tour line-up: every-day wear...

Concerts

Dewars / Surfer Blood / The Drums

From the dreamy, customizable, baked mac ‘n cheese to the screensaver that plays in sync with the overhead music while...

Concerts

Wild Flag w/ Royal Baths & Kelli Schaefer

Kelli Schaefer’s drummer said what we were all quietly thinking amongst ourselves as her set at the beginning of the...