Vans Warped Tour: Minnesota July 8th, 2012 Canterbury Park in Shakopee, MN Photo Gallery 1: Vans Warped Tour: Bands Photo Gallery 2: Vans Warped Tour: Half Pipe Photo Gallery 3: Vans Warped Tour: Tents and Sights The first time I went to Vans Warped Tour was July 11th 2000. I was almost a year out of high(…)
White Wives (Pittsburgh, PA) August 15th, 2011 Beat Kitchen in Chicago, Illinois I’ve said it before and I will say it again, you never know what sort of draw you are going to get when you play an early show. Especially when that early show is on a Tuesday night. Fans of Pittsburgh’s, White Wives showed their love(…)
HAPPENERS: MAKING THE BEST OF AN “INDIAN SUMMER” Minneapolis, MN 7/2/11 5:02 PM A good musician is a master of time-management, filling a chronological continuum with effectively expressive sound (pretentious labels and alliteration are not required). S/he believes: It’s my time: I’m going to do exactly what I want to do with it. As Chris(…)
When two dudes from Anti-Flag partner with some other dudes from (relatively) under-the-radar acts (Dandelion Snow and American Armada) to create a concept album with heavy allusions to 1960’s anarchist movements and Eastern philosophy, it’s safe to say the result will most likely be a pretentious, poorly-written thesis statement for the Berklee School of Music. (…)