September 2007

I grew up with nothing but respect for Rush‘s music. But that’s not to say I ever really opened up to the trio’s material outside of the radio hits that were considered required listening at my high school.

Photo by Chad Johnson

I never got a chance to see them live, so when they announced their North American tour, I knew this might be my last chance to see Geddy, Neil and Alex play Tom Sawyer. While I’m That Guy who came for the hits, Rush impressed me with nearly every tune they played at Madison Square Garden on Monday night.

When Rush took the stage and opened with Limelight I was taken back to the days when rock bands put on shows instead of just concerts. Rush isn’t one of those bands that “focuses on the music” by eschewing the use of an elaborate stage setup; they give their audience a full multimedia presentation, complete with the arena rock staples of a crazy stage, prerecorded skits, lasers and pyro.

Read on after the jump for the rest of Scotty’s review of Rush at MSG…

You may know Dane Cook for his shitty movies and jokes that appeal to the insanely stupid. But now Cook has stepped onto our turf with the release of his

I’ve been trapped in a little bit of a bubble for the past five days, so I really have no clue what’s going on in the music world. As such,

When The Beatles stopped touring in 1966, they entered the studio intent on making an album that couldn’t be reproduced live. Forty years after the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Fab Faux flawlessly recreated the legendary “unrecreateable” album at the Beacon Theater on Saturday.

From the time Del Shannon covered From Me To You in 1963, artists have been trying to re-interpret the work of The Beatles. What made The Fab Faux’s performance standout is that these guys believe in the old adage “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”: They played nearly every song exactly like the originals.

Since there were double-tracked vocals on Getting Better, there were two members of the band singing the same exact melody. Since Within You Without You features two different percussive instruments, so two members of the band played percussive instruments. While some cover bands don’t strive for accuracy, The Fab Faux have built their reputation on playing the songs exactly as The Beatles had recorded them. Read on after the jump for much more…

Alright, now we’re just getting silly. The reunion rush continues, and another aging group of rockers is back for a quick cash grab — how very punk rock. The Sex

“Scholars, fans, artists, performers and members of the extended Grateful Dead family will gather at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in November for the first major university conference on the