Recap: Sasquatch Music Festival
In the final weekend of May, West coast WGTB warrior Scott Lensing took extensive notes on his experience at the Sasquatch! Music Festival in order to relate to loyal blog readers the performances, the...
View ArticleConcert Review: The New Pornographers, The Dodos, Imaad Wasif @ The Fox Theater
The New Pornographers w/ The Dodos and Imaad Wasif The Fox Theater (Oakland, CA) July 18, 2010 Everything was going perfectly according to plan— until they started singing. From the moment Dodos...
View ArticleReview: Band of Horses, Infinite Arms
by Scott Lensing 4.0 out of 10 disappointed fans There it was, on display at the Whole Foods register, double-teamed by Jack Johnson and Michael Bublé: Infinite Arms, the latest release from Band of...
View ArticleReview: Maps and Atlases, Perch Patchwork
Maps & Atlases Perch Patchwork 4 out of 5 smilies “I don’t think there is a sound that I hate more, than the sound of your voice.” Yikes. No, these are not the words of a recently burned high...
View ArticleReview: Wild Nothing, Gemini
by Scott Lensing Hailing from Blacksburg, VA, Jack Tatum of Wild Nothing does not shy away from the dream association; instead, he welcomes it from the very first track, “Live in Dreams.” With Gemini,...
View ArticleReview: Jenny and Johnny, I’m Having Fun Now
Even before opening up the CD case for I’m Having Fun Now, I had strong reservations about playing over half an hour of potentially PDA-saturated tunes. It doesn’t help that the promotional photos...
View ArticleReview: Bad Books, Bad Books
On paper, collaborations between established musicians inherently pose an element of intrigue and anticipation. The pervading expectation is that two artists, respectively, will be making something...
View ArticleReview: Carl Hauck, Windjammer
While perusing the music blogosphere, I find it difficult to conceptualize just how much music exists. Countless artists churn out thousands of songs a day, most of which struggle to find a pair of...
View ArticleReview: Destroyer, Kaputt
Dan Bejar, the lead man behind the Destroyer moniker, frequently seems an enigmatic figure within the indie rock community. Despite his noteworthy contributions to the New Pornographers and Swan Lake,...
View ArticleVideo: Beast Make Bomb
When Beast Make Bomb settled into a cozy corner on the top floor of Georgetown’s pristine business school building, they were itching to finally play a song free of interruption. Their first attempt...
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