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Other Lives: Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, AZ 11/5/12

Jack Cavanaugh November 19, 2012 No Comments

It was a quiet election day eve and Other Lives made their return to the Valley of the Sun. They've come to Phoenix before as the opener for Radiohead back in March and opening for rock royalty has definitely taken their public awareness to new heights. They returned this time as the headliner at Crescent Ballroom, a much more intimate venue than the giant Jobing.com arena they played last time.

Guns N Roses Appetite For Democracy Las Vegas Residency: Interview with Dj Ashba

Leslie Michele Derrough November 15, 2012 No Comments

Building his reputation playing guitar – he now plays alongside Axl Rose and Nikki Sixx in two of the most popular bands in rock & roll – Ashba is now making his name on the other side of plucking chords: as a businessman. I sat down this past weekend with Ashba during GNR’s current Vegas residency and talked to him about this part of his life … after I asked him about those crows that decorate his chest.

Ben Gibbard: Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA 11/13/2012

Peter Zimmerman November 14, 2012 No Comments

While this concert revealed the inconsistent quality of his recent solo work, and also exposed just how central Death Cab For Cutie’s instrumentation is to the power of their songs, Ben Gibbard put on a thoroughly enjoyable and downright exquisite performance.

Alex Vans: DJ Booth

Hunter Moore November 14, 2012 No Comments

Alex Vans’ first full-length project is ambitious and impressive, skewering contemporary consumer culture while providing memorable melodies, creative arrangements, and sparkling production. 1960s and 70s-era rock and pop echo throughout the project, but this is no tribute album. Vans’ lyrics, often ironic, are a stand-out feature. Vans also proves himself to be as capable an arranger and co-producer as he is a songwriter.

Victor Wooten Band/Jimmy Herring Band: Carolina Theatre, Durham NC 11/4.12

Bryan Rodgers November 14, 2012 No Comments

It’s a safe bet that very few of the folks who attended the Jimmy Herring Band/Victor Wooten Band double bill at Durham’s beloved Carolina Theater thought they would leave the building with any other performer’s name on their lips. As much as everyone marveled at the blatant and inspiring display of musicianship put on by Herring, Wooten, and their bands, no one could seem to stop talking about vocalist Krystal Peterson.

Voodoo Music Experience: New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 10/26 – 10/28/12

Leslie Michele Derrough November 12, 2012 No Comments

Jack White closed out the festival with an enormously simple set of tantalizingly spirited music with minimal frills. At almost twenty songs, White, in pinstripe suit and fedora, smoldered and chased the rock & roll dragon, proving once and for all that he is one of the maestros for all others to emulate and aspire to.

The Infamous Stringdusters: Silver Sky

Bryan Rodgers November 12, 2012 No Comments

The Infamous Stringdusters traffic in a particularly gripping style of bluegrass, and listening to their new album, Silver Sky, is like sitting on the edge of your seat at the end of a great suspense flick.

The Lighthouse and The Whaler: This Is An Adventure

David Hoffman November 12, 2012 No Comments

Authenticity, among other things, drives this album, and this band, to bridge the gulf between west-coast sunshine-pop and mid-west folksy rock. With the energy of youth and the buoyancy of hope and possibility, The Lighthouse and The Whaler deliver here with an engaging sound that shows room to grow and mature and will hopefully carry forward and be enhanced by their solid production, passionate lyrics and innovative instrumentation.

Circa Survive: Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ 10/5/12

Kharli Mandeville November 8, 2012 No Comments

With their widely-acclaimed fourth album, Violent Waves, self- released on August 28th, one might have expected silence from a crowd where, while half the crowd looked like they’d turn their noses up, “Ugh, I liked ‘em better in 2005,” and the other half looked like they were hardly old enough to drink, let alone vividly remember Green’s transition from Saosin to Circa Survive. Despite these differences, everyone seemed satisfied with the set list, which varied in a good range of the band’s discography.

Bonnaroo 365 Tour -White Denim, Maps and Atlases, Tiny Victories: Lincoln Theater, Raleigh, NC, 11/1/12

Bryan Rodgers November 7, 2012 No Comments

Raleigh's Lincoln Theater felt just a little like Manchester, Tennessee when the Bonnaroo 365 tour stopped there on the first day of November. It wasn't because of heat or odors, but high-quality music. White Denim, who proved to be one of the real festival's biggest hits this past summer, anchored the show along with fast-rising Chicago quartet Maps and Atlases and brand-new Brooklyn duo Tiny Victories.

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