Live Music »
Live Music: Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers — Making Peace in Indiana
Before the utterly gobsmacked throngs started filing out of the bar to mob him, and before he had a chance to absorb what just happened onstage, Brian David Blush sat on the hood of
Read More »Live Music: 2010 Non-CommVention in Philadelphia
Non-Comm is the annual Triple A radio conference hosted by WXPN in Philadelphia, and held at that city’s wonderful venue, World Cafe Live. The conference draws radio programmers from all over the country for
Read More »Live Music: Blue Rodeo @ Martyrs’ in Chicago, 6/12/10
Closing out the first leg of their latest U.S. tour, criminally underappreciated Canadian favorites Blue Rodeo spent Saturday night in Chicago with a surprisingly deep (and, at times, obscure) set list, digging out tracks
Read More »Jesus of Cool: “Glee Live” Defies Gravity, and Channels … the Brady Kids?
The kids from Glee take their show off the air and onto the road. It's not for the uninitiated -- but for Gleeks it's a pleasure they needn't feel guilty about. Yet
Read More »Live Music: Wilco at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, N.J., 4/2/10
The venerable Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, New Jersey, began life as a legitimate theatre in 1922 before being converted to a movie theatre in 1929. The venue fell on hard times in recent years,
Read More »Live Music: St. Vincent @ MusicNOW Festival in Cincinnati, 3/31/10
Night two of the 2010 MusicNOW festival was the night I was most looking forward to. I am a huge fan of St. Vincent, the name under which young guitar virtuoso Annie Clark performs,
Read More »Live Music: Joanna Newsom @ MusicNOW Festival in Cincinnati, 3/30/10
Frequent Popdose punchline Joanna Newsom hauls her harp onto the front page for Kelly Stitzel's live review. Will we have one on her
Read More »Live Music: Dennis DeYoung at the Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I., 2/25/10
Ah, the wonders of Facebook. I never attended any of my high school reunions (that means I’m 0 for 5), so when I connected with a few of my girls from the past, one
Read More »Live Music: Wild Beasts @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, 2/28/10
When Wild Beasts came to New York City last fall, they found themselves in the pressured position of having a lot to prove. They’d made only one US trek beforehand, to SXSW. Members of
Read More »Live Music: Murder City Devils @ Nokia Theater, 2/13/10
Murder City Devils are no longer the kind of band that sets their drums on fire, or plays dive bars. For quite some time they were technically no longer even a band. But for
Read More »