It’s sort of perilous to review The Knife’s stage show like any other quote unquote rock show because in many ways it comes off more as performance art than live music. Clad in head-to-toe face-obscuring costumes and standing in front and behind projection screens, there’s plenty to watch but not a lot being played live. That being said, the projections are brilliant and singer Karen Dreijer’s vocals come off pristine. While she hesitantly dances around the mic, her brother Olof...
Buzz darlings the Cold War Kids have taken it upon themselves to gain ridiculous amounts of frequent flyer miles in the month of January by booking themselves at weekly residencies on both coasts. Wednesday nights are in NYC, and Fridays in LA. Thursdays are for mainlining Nyquil and watching The Office. Go Team Karen! Dates are as follows: 1/05 (FRI) – Open Bookstore, LA 1/10 (WED) – Pianos, NYC 1/12 ( FRI) – Silverlake Lounge, LA 1/17 (WED) – Union...
GoldenVoice announced today that the 2007 version of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival will be expanded to three days–Friday April 27th through Sunday April 29th. Then, if that wasn’t enough live music, the Empire Polo Grounds will play host to an as-yet-unnamed two day country music festival the following week. Geez, three days? I think that if you camp in the parking lot the whole time, that constitutes a spirit walk. Then the Indian casinos have to give...
Tour Dates: 11/16 – Dallas, TX – Gypsy Theater 11/17 – Dallas, TX – Gypsy Theater 11/18 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s 11/20 – St. Louis, MO – Pagaent 11/21 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater 11/22 – Louisville, KY – Louisville Gardens 11/24 – Chicago, IL – Riviera 11/25 – Indianapolis, IN – Clowes Hall 11/27 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club 11/28 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club 11/30 – New York, NY – Roseland 12/1...
How White Flight is a solo project is beyond any sort of musical comprehension. The “project†rivals any Beck or Arcade Fire record for its imagination and pure listenability. White Flight is Justin Roelofs of Lawrence, Kansas, where he says “is a place where the conditioning is put on an individual in a very heavy way.†After taking a few rides on the White Flight, perhaps rural Kansas isn’t such a bad place to be conditioned. The album is a...
UK’s own Stanton Warriors—Dominic Butler & Mark Yardley—got the invite from the Fabric folks to not only play the club, but to record the 30th installment of FabricLive for the series. You can say that’s quite an honor, but you can also say that the duo deserves the hell out of it. For the past 8 years, Stanton Warriors have been twisting and crafting beats to get people to dance hard and have a blast doing it. This mix might...
26-Jan   Culture Room – Ft Lauderdale 27-Jan   HOB – Orlando 28-Jan   Jannus Landing – St. Petersburg 30-Jan   Beta Bar - Tallahassee 31-Jan   40 Watt Club – Athens, GA 1-Feb   Blue Cat’s – Knoxville 2-Feb   Rocketown – Nashville 3-Feb   Pop’s – St Louis 5-Feb   First Ave – Minneapolis 7-Feb   The Orbit Room – Grand Rapids 8-Feb   Newport Music Hall – Columbus...
They’re back! The Faint are hitting the road for a few weeks worth of shows. They will be testing out some new songs and playing some old favorites. The band is currently hard at work in their studio, crafting the followup to 2004’s Wet From Birth. The Faint – US Winter 2006 Tue-Nov-28 Denver, CO, Ogden Theatre Thu-Nov-30 Bellingham, WA, Viking Union Fri-Dec-01 Vancouver, BC, Richards on Richards Sat-Dec-02 Seattle, WA, Showbox Sun-Dec-03 Portland, OR, Roseland Theatre Tue-Dec-05 San Francisco,...
Wed-Nov-15, Asheville, NC, The Orange Peel Thu-Nov-16 Charlottesville, VA, Satellite Ballroom Fri-Nov-17 Charlotte, NC, Tremont Music Hall Sat-Nov-18 Carrboro, NC, Cats Cradle Mon-Nov-20 Tallahassee, FL, Florida State University – The Moon Tue-Nov-21 Gainesville, FL, University of Florida – Reitz Union Ballroom Wed-Nov-22 Orlando, FL, The Club @ Firestone Fri-Nov-24 Houston, TX, Warehouse Live Sat-Nov-25 Austin, TX, Emo’s Sun-Nov-26 Dallas, TX, Gypsy Ballroom Mon-Nov-27 Tulsa, OK, Caine’s Ballroom Jeremy Enigk supports...
SEEMLESS ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR WITH IN FLAMES, THE SWORD Hard-hitting Massachusetts quartet SEEMLESS have announced North American tour dates alongside Swedish metal titans IN FLAMES. SEEMLESS has been added as special guests on the IN FLAMES tour, which will kick off on December 5 in Norfolk, VA. THE SWORD and Lacuna Coil will also appear as support on the much-talked about package tour. SEEMLESS, who continue to tour in support of their critically acclaimed new album “What Have We...