Concerts

Bear in Heaven

Ithaca is a small town, upstate, populated mostly by elderly hippies and sheltered college students. It’s not really the best...

Concerts

Villagers

Interesting how much harm a little polish can do.

Conor O’Brien’s debut as Villagers, Becoming a Jackal, is a lovely record,...

Articles

Go Fuck Yourself, Guster('s Publicity Guy)

First, I do understand that Guster doesn’t write their own press packets. However, I personally would make it a priority...

Articles

An Open Letter to all Concert Photographers

Dear All Concert Photographers,

Hi! My name is Clayton Purdom, a Chicago-based writer and semi-regular attendee of live musical performances. I...

Concerts

Grass Widow

It’s sometimes easy, when listening to notes and beats and voices disembodied on a record, to take for granted the...

Concerts

Women

The first time I saw Women the most remarkable thing was how many women there were in attendance. Like, seriously:...

Articles

The Walkmen's Peter Bauer, re: our Lisbon review

A note from Andre:

As a reviewer it sometimes feels a little bit odd talking about a band’s work without ever...

Festivals

Musicfest Northwest 2010

In most cases, Musicfest Northwest is as it’s always been: four-plus days of acts, of acts big and acts small,...

Articles

Crave the Gunk

I’ve named it Gaunt the Typewriter. The family is furious with me.