Courtney Love, Juliette Lewis
Attending a Courtney Love concert these days is like being a NASCAR fan at the speedway, secretly hoping for a flaming crash... read more
Morrissey
I made it through my mid-’80s teens and 20s without ever embracing The Smiths. Even as I expanded my tastes from the mainstream... read more
Mindy Smith
Americana rookie of the year Mindy Smith took to the stage at Pittsburgh club The World with a self-proclaimed “Julie Miller-like song” that brought the chattering crowd... read more
Vote For Change Tour
Of all the musicians participating in the Vote for Change tour, Bruce Springsteen had the most to lose. As outspoken as he’s been over the years... read more
Brian Wilson
So much has been written over the years about SmiLE that it seemed nigh impossible for the album to live up to the hype... read more
Joseph Arthur
Joseph Arthur has had a rough year. After releasing three critically acclaimed albums on Peter Gabriel’s Real World... read more
Minus the Bear
There has always been something lacking from Minus the Bear albums. And this coming from a devout fan of the Seattle-based quintet... read more
Sebadoh
Sebadoh’s return to the spotlight after five years of inactivity has been nothing, if not comforting... read more
Snow Patrol
Maybe it was the crackling, electric atmosphere and the thunderous applause that rained down on them as they took the stage... read more
The Acoustic Planet Tour
Jam/fusion afficionados Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, Keller Williams and Yonder Mountain String Band rock it live in Nash Vegas... read more
The Raveonettes
A mixture of soft yellow and red light illuminates women in flapper dresses and feather boas as they lean over the bar tipping back drinks... read more
The Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue
Quality Belgian ale, good cheese, the woman I love and the music of Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, Patty Griffin, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings... read more
Prince
Prince is sitting on a tall metal stool, strumming his acoustic guitar and slowly turning in circles to face every corner of the arena... read more
Jay Farrar, Canyon, Mark Spencer
Jay Farrar seems to have accepted his role as alt.country royalty, weaving his three-phased career into a show of purified country-rock bliss... read more
Ben Folds, Rufus Wainwright, Guster
It’s impossible to escape politics in Washington, D.C., even miles outside the city limits—even in a leafy national park, even during a rock ’n’ roll show... read more
Harry Connick, Jr.
Off in the distance, a speck I took on faith to be Harry Connick, Jr. hunched reverently over a grand piano, bobbing his head like a pious man praying... read more
The Mountain Goats
John Darnielle, with his awkward, spastic physical performance style, isn’t exactly the easiest guy in the world to watch in concert. But his smartly descriptive lyrics are certainly poetry to the ears... read more
Fire Theft, Mellowdrone, Secret Machines
If you threw the writing ability of Rivers Cuomo into a pot with the technical genius of The Edge and mixed it together with a little bit of noise-rock... read more
Doheny Heritage Music Festival
Featuring Los Lobos, Lucinda Williams, Robert Randolph, James Brown, Etta james, Olu Dara, Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Robert Cray... read more
Wilco
Scanning the trimmed crowd at tiny club Otto’s in DeKalb, Ill., Jeff Tweedy spots his wife and solemnly tells the audience... read more
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