Show Reviews

Australian psychedelic outfit Pond is no stranger to the stage, but as their music has morphed and shifted over the years so too has their presence as a live band.

On Saturday, November 26th, Modest Mouse celebrated the 25th anniversary of ‘The Lonesome Crowded West’ with the second of two sold-out shows at the Crystal Ballroom in their home base of Portland, Oregon.

Supporting the release of their new album ‘Rapscallion’, The Murlocs played sold-out show at Portland, Oregon’s Star Theater on Friday, November 25th.

In its fifth year, the Reading Blues Fest seems to have cemented its place as an annual event where fans can look forward to seeing the leading contemporary blues artists. Multiple BMA winners and nominees as well as Grammy nominees The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Eric Gales graced an impressive lineup of national headliners on November 17-20, […]

Nicholas Payton has frequently stated that his favorite musician is Miles Davis. So, here on Couch Sessions he taps a couple of veterans with similar shared histories – with each other and with Miles, bassist Buster Williams and drummer Lenny White.

“This city is a very special place for us. It’s the first city where we ever sold out a venue on tour, and it feels like you bring that same energy every time we come back,” Lucy Dacus said mid-way through her dynamic show at the Fox Theater in Oakland on November 17th.

In April 1999, Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh shocked the jam band world when he invited Phish members Trey Anastasio and Page McConnell to join his mercurial ensemble Phil and Friends for a brief run of shows at San Fransisco’s Warfield Theater. Prior to that fortuitous occasion, the idea of any sort of formal collaboration […]

Mac Sabbath followed the stylish persuasions of ’80s and ’90s McDonaldland. A mash-up that no one expected or even knew they wanted. Those in search of innovation will walk away with one impression — “I’m Lovin It”  

Hot on the heels of the release of their fifth studio album, this month’s Love Songs For Losers, Americana outfit The Lone Bellow rolled through their old stomping grounds Sunday night for a powerful show at New York’s Webster Hall on November 13th.

As members of The Smile, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood came through Boston for a performance at Roadrunner on November 16th that dares longtime fans to wonder if the Oxford-based quintet is best left on the back burner. The Smile’s approximately 90-minute set consisted primarily of music from their sole release, 2022’s A Light […]

The Flaming Lips came through Portland, Oregon to play a show at the Crystal Ballroom on November 15th. Particle Kid opened.

Keller Williams celebrated the 20th anniversary of ‘Laugh’ at Portland, Oregon’s Wonder Ballroom on Saturday, November 12.

Guitar icon Steve Vai returned to Boston’s Wilbur Theater on November 3 with his Inviolate Tour, supporting his most recent album by the same name. The virtuoso guitarist, composer, and producer who has impressed listeners and audiences for over forty years with his incomparable fretwork and musical genius, while recording and performing with the likes […]

Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp are on tour promoting the newly released songs as well as Beck’s deep catalog of music and that U.S. jaunt visited Los Angeles’ Orpheum Theatre on November 6, 2022.

The Mother Hips are using the time leading up to the January 27, 2023 release of their new record, When We Disappear, to hit the road and deliver live music directly to fans. It’s something co-founders Tim Bluhm and Greg Loiacono have done, and done well, over the course of their decades long career. That […]

The Pacific Northwest experienced something of a heat wave late last week when TK & the Holy Know-Nothings blew through the region on their short “Go North” swing. After a Wednesday night at Seattle’s Tractor Tavern, Taylor Kingman (TK) and his fellow Heatsmen found their way Thursday evening to Olympia, Washington’s Capitol Theater, and completed […]

“Good things come to those who wait.” That old adage came to fruition this past Sunday evening (10/30) in Baltimore, MD as the highly esteemed psych/jazz rock pioneers Zero returned to Charm City for the first time since 1996 to deliver a pair of memorable sets rife with their usual brand of top-shelf musicianship and […]

Indeed, between the critically-acclaimed indie-rock of Snail Nail, along with hard-hitting experimental hip-hop courtesy of JPEGMAFIA, and of course crossover alternative hardcore heroes Turnstile heading up the top of the bill, Sunday night promised to be nothing short of epic for the thousands in attendance to witness the virtual smorgasbord of dopeness on display.  

Continuing to tour the U.S. on the back of this month’s The Organic Album, the group’s fifth studio record, they brought their traveling party to New York City’s Bowery Ballroom on Thursday for a loose night of catchy tunes and more than a little boogieing. 

On October 19th, Metric brought their road-tested live show to the Fillmore in Detroit, playing to a well-packed crowd.