Dream Tiger (Oakland, CA), Astronautalis (Seattle, WA), WHY? (Cincinnati, OH) March 7th, 2013 The Glass House in Pomona, CA The first time I saw WHY? was at Fun Fun Fun Fest last year and it was by total chance. I hadn’t heard of WHY? at the time but a photographer friend I made out in(…)
Dream Tiger (Cincinnati, OH), Astronautalis (Minneapolis, MN), and WHY? (Cincinnati, OH) March 6rd, 2013 Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, CA After releasing my favorite album of 2012, I have really been looking forward to finally seeing WHY? live. I’ve only been a fan for about a year now, but they have quickly become one of my all-time favorite(…)
Fun Fun Fun Fest NITES Astronautalis (Seattle, WA) November 1, 2012 The Belmont in Austin, Texas So right after the Run-DMC performance at Fun Fun Fun Fest I biked down to The Belmont to see one of the Fun Fun Fun Fest NITES shows going on. You see, the festival not only had music all(…)
Fun Fun Fun Fest Day 1 FIDLAR (Los Angeles, CA), Torche (Miami/Gainesville, FL and Atlanta, GA), Cursive (Omaha, NE), Dwarves (Highland Park, IL), Napalm Death (Birmingham, UK), Astronautalis (Seattle, WA), Minus the Bear (Seattle, WA), Against Me! (Gainesville, FL), Superchunk (Chapel Hill, NC), Run-D.M.C. (Hollis Queens, NY) November 2, 2012 Auditorium Shores in Austin, Texas(…)
In 2011, the Midwest took over Mohawk for one night at SXSW. It’s tough competition down there, but when you have Gayngs spearheaded by Justin Vernon and Ryan Olson doing a (at the time) rare performance outside of the Twin Cities, there was no excuse not to be there. Stefon Alexander was part of the(…)
Flobots (Denver, CO), Astronautalis (Minneapolis, MN), Forrest Day (Oakland, CA) September 21st, 2012 The Roxy in West Hollywood, CA Gallery: Forrest Day Gallery: Astronautalis Gallery: Flobots The Flobots hit The Roxy last Saturday in support of their latest release, Circle In The Square, bringing along Forrest Day and Astronautalis. Forrest Day and his band did a hell of a job starting(…)
Astronautalis (Minneapolis, MN) and Bleubird (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) January 18th, 2012 L’International in Paris, France Gallery: Astronautalis at L’International The past few years it’s always a thrill to hear that Astronautalis is coming to town, kinda what you would imagine it’d be like back in the 1880s when the circus would come into town with(…)
No way will this review ever do linguistic justice. It’s as futile as saving the life in the opening scene of Cliffhanger. Dare I compare Bothwell to Sylvester Stallone? Nah, well…yes. Unlike Rocky, Astronautalis improves with age and each iteration. The Jacksonville wordsmith had the arena-sized expectations to live up to, especially after Eyeball Records(…)