Archive: 2017

Gonzo songwriter Johnny Dango’s music is a confluence of country and rock, with a hefty sense of self-satire. His sound ranges all of tornado alley, from the folky roots of Stillwater to the gospel soul of Tulsa. Acoustic social critiques, intellectual southern and psychedelic country have become his trademarks. He’s shared the stage with greats like Wayne Kramer of MC5, Jerry Jeff […]

Monday night marked the return of…something; that x-factor; that undefinable it. On a base, factual level, mewithoutYou played their first show in Austin since 2015, when they opened for pop punk rockers the Menzingers, Monday night at the Mohawk. But Monday’s show was much more of a return than simply mewithoutYou’s first Austin, Texas performance […]

Washington D.C.-based DJ collective and world music wanderers Thievery Corporation, known for their dazzling array of stunning lighting designs and eclectic mash-ups of world cultures and languages from those cultures, returned to Stubb’s in Austin on a beautiful night during the F1 US Grand Prix on Saturday, October 21, 2017. Saturday was the collective’s first […]

When it was announced seven months ago that Superfly Presents (Bonnaroo, Outside Lands) would be launching a festival in Phoenix, Arizona featuring nationally renowned headlining acts- many an eyebrow was raised. Was Phoenix really a big league festival city? Well after witnessing the inaugural Lost Lake Festival October 20-22, 2017: the answer is an emphatic […]

Nada Surf are excited to announce the first dates of their tour celebrating the 15th anniversary of their seminal album Let Go. The record was initially released by EMI/Labels in Europe and Heavenly Records in the UK in September 2002, and was then released by Barsuk in the US in February 2003. Billed as ‘An […]

Nashville-based Judah and the Lion headlined Irving Plaza on October 18th, one of the few times they’ve returned to the New York area since scoring an early time slot at Governor’s Ball in June. After a long intro of distortion, excerpts from historical political speeches, and smoke, as the sold-out crowd waited patiently, they bounded […]

Fans lined up well before the gates opened at the Vina Robles Amphitheater as a beautiful fall sunset painted the sky in myriad colors, Sunday, October 15th in Paso Robles. There isn’t a bad seat in the house with a lawn section in the back, nearly as popular with patrons as front row tickets. In […]

Sandwiched between arena sets in Boston and New York City, Queens of the Stone Age worked in a thrasher of a performance at Portland Maine’s State Theater on October 22nd for a rabid, sold-out crowd of 1,800 that was literally louder than the band. Prior to the Queens taking the stage, their audience was treated […]

Twiddle played to an energetic, packed house at the Star Theater in Portland, Oregon on Friday, October 20th. The Asher Fulero Band opened the show. 10.20.17, Star Theater, Portland, Oregon Set 1: Jamflowman, Syncopated Healing, Lost In The Cold, Atlantic Mocean > Barbeque > Atlantic Mocean Set 2: Dusk til Dawn, White Light, Catapillar, Orlando’s, […]