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The Belle Brigade: The Satellite, Los Angeles, CA 6/10/11

Kathrine Bryan June 17, 2011 No Comments

It has been an awesome ride since The Belle Brigade's Monday night residencies at the venue formally known as Spaceland. Regardless of venue name change, the folks in the hipster neighborhood of Silverlake and the greater Los Angeles area filled the room with an appreciation that was twofold. Surrounded by old friends and new fans, being at this Belle Brigade show was like being part of a very large and delightful family.

Tea Leaf Green: Radio Tragedy!

Bryan Rodgers June 17, 2011 No Comments

Countless bands, upon releasing a new album, say that they’ve finally made the album they knew they were capable of making. The guys in Tea Leaf Green have invoked this phrase in regards to their latest, Radio Tragedy, and they may actually be right.

SASQUATCH! Music Festival: Sunday Recap: The Gorge, George, Washington 5/30/11

Peter Zimmerman June 16, 2011 No Comments

By all accounts, Sunday was the softest of the SASQUATCH! lineups when matched with Saturday and Monday; however, it contained the most surprises and exuberant sets of the weekend. Campers began to fall into the rhythm and routine of partying, wandering the campgrounds and taking in the concerts, but Sunday also brought a large contingent of day visitors, who tended towards the younger, budding hipster adolescent variety.

Elisapie Isaac: Living Room, NY NY 6.8.11

William Ruben Helms June 16, 2011 No Comments

Born from an Inuk mother, a Newfoundland, French Canadian father, and adopted at birth by an Inuit family and raised in the isolated, Arctic, indigenous community of Salliuit, Nunavik, Canada – the Great North– singer, composer and filmmaker Elisapie Isaac has one of the most unique backgrounds I think most music fans will ever encounter.

Sunday at Bonnaroo 2011

Bryan Rodgers June 14, 2011 No Comments

If Thursday night at Bonnaroo has moved past its former status as a festival prelude, Sunday has certainly maintained its rightful place as the event’s mellow epilogue. The music certainly isn’t mellow, but the atmosphere tends to be just that. Sunday night’s headliner usually draws a smaller crowd, and campers begin leaving in droves. This mass exodus makes for a full, pleasurable day for the dedicated fans, and Sunday at Bonnaroo 2011 was one of the finest yet.

Pat Metheny: What’s It All About

Nick Gunther June 14, 2011 No Comments

In his exploration of the limits of solo production, Pat Metheny’s last album, Orchestrion, succeeded at bringing together his own musical thoughts and combining them with technology to create an orchestra driven off of a singular input. His latest project, What’s It All About, is a collection of acoustic covers of songs that have meant something to him, particularly in the early time period of his life where music was playing a more profound role.

Booker T. Jones: The Road From Memphis

Nathan Rodriguez June 14, 2011 No Comments

Following Booker T Jones' 2009 Anti- release Potato Hole which won the Grammy for “Best Pop Instrumental Album,” the B-3 legend returns with The Road From Memphis. Produced by Jones with The Roots' ?uestlove and Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliot Smith), Memphis was recorded by Daptone Records mastermind Gabriel Roth with backing by The Roots.

Saturday at Bonnaroo 2011

Bryan Rodgers June 12, 2011 No Comments

Crowds at Bonnaroo swelled to capacity on a typically over-the-top Saturday that saw some of the music world’s most popular live acts perform. The teeming horde that filled the What stage field for Eminem’s headlining set rivals any assemblage of humanity in the event’s history, and the masses made for tight quarters at many of the shows.

SASQUATCH! Music Festival: Friday/Saturday Recap: The Gorge, George, Washington 5/28, 5/29/11

Peter Zimmerman June 11, 2011 No Comments

2011 marked the 10th anniversary of the Sasquatch! Music Festival, one of the most beloved and well-attended of its kind in America. Held at the breathtaking Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington, Sasquatch mixed indie rock, folk, punk, hip-hop and experimental music over the course of four full days. Selling out all 25,000 daily tickets in a mere couple of days, the popularity of the festival is only eclipsed by the consistent strength of its annual lineups. This year, headliners the Foo Fighters, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse and Wilco in no way embody the flashy, the opulent or the minimal; however, their solid rock-based performances were heartfelt, powerful and undeniably compelling.

Friday at Bonnaroo 2011

Bryan Rodgers June 11, 2011 No Comments

As Bonnaroo built to a head on Friday, the day turned out to be a hectic and overwhelming one. More than a few attendees were roundly confused by an evening stunt that featured parachuters dropping several thousand fluttering LED lights, and that can be attributed to the monumental amount of activity at the festival. They could hardly be expected to comprehend the stunt or the cryptic messages borne by the cargo’s QR code after such a day. Plus, many of them had seen Ron Jeremy in the flesh, or perhaps been berated by Lewis Black.

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