September 14, 2012

Purity Ring: Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, AZ 8/31/12

Though many, possibly all, may have overestimated Purity Ring’s “undergroundedness,” that belief was nearly instantly shattered when the duo not only sold out the venue, but led fans to scrounge for entrance days prior and pack themselves inside the day of. Ultimately this type of adulation labeled the Crescent show deservingly as, “Oh, you weren’t there? You should have been,” kind of performance in downtown Phoenix.

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Alvin Lee: Still on the Road to Freedom

When it comes to Woodstock-era English blues guitar, there isn't a more underrated axe than Alvin Lee.  Yet his blistering fret work as the frontman for Ten Years After continues to resonate through the steel strings of such modern-day mavericks as Jack White, Dan Auerbach and Guy Davis Jr. as adroitly as fellow Brits Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton, whom the guitarist should be placed alongside more regularly in terms of his influence on the art of those who came after him.

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Chamberlin: Look What I’ve Become

The folk-indie group Chamberlin received praise for their debut album Bitter Blood and after a cover disk to benefit Vermont flood victims, the group has returned with their next offering, the Look What I’ve Become EP. 

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AC/DC Releasing New Live Album

AC/DC have announced that they will be releasing their first live album in 20 years in November. The album, which is titled ‘AC/DC Live At River Plate’, was recorded in

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