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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 »Live Music: Yeasayer @ Bowery Ballroom, 2/8/10, and Music Hall of Williamsburg, 2/9/10
Alternately titled: How I got in to Two Sold Out Yeasayer Shows in New York City, A Tale of Happiness & Triumph One of the biggest challenges a music writer can face is writing
Read More »Live Music: U2, Foxborough, Mass., 9/20/09
We’ve got old songs We’ve got new songs We’ve got songs we can’t play We’ve got a spaceship But we won’t leave without you With those words, Bono and his friends in U2 launched
Read More »Live Music: The Black Crowes at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, 9/5/09
Asbury Park’s storied Stone Pony isn’t the same since Live Nation took over. That cuts both ways. On the plus side, an enormous new stage has beenRead More »Live Music: Folk Festival 50, Newport, R.I. (Day Two)
To be honest, I had my doubts about Day Two of Folk Festival 50. First of all, I was still tired from the day one. Next, it appeared that the lineup wasn’t quite as
Read More »Live Music: Folk Festival 50, Newport, R.I. (Day One)
The Newport Folk Festival turned 50 over the weekend, and Popdose's Ken Shane was there. Read his recap of the festival's first day here
Read More »Live Music: XPoNential Music Festival, Camden, N.J.
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Read More »Live Music: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, East Rutherford, N.J., 5/21/09
I admit it. I’m jaded. After seeing more than 50 Bruce Springsteen shows over the years, with and without the E Street Band, it’s gotten to theRead More »Live Music: David Byrne @ Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn, 6/8/09
An overwhelming 27,000 people showed up to see David Byrne play a free show at the Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn on Monday night. The show was the opening of the 2009 Celebrate Brooklyn
Read More »Live Music: GAS @ Miller Theatre, 5/29/09
Save the massive excitement surrounding what was claimed to be his first and only show in the U.S. (though it seems he played Chicago three nights prior), everything about Wolfgang Voigt’s show at Columbia
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