Life is short; that insight is passed on to us throughout our lives but we only begin to take it increasingly more seriously as we grow older. How old before the preciousness of our time on Earth begins to sink in? Of course, it varies from person to person, and even in each person, our(…)
Oh Land (Copenhagen, Denmark), Phox (Madison, WI), Delta Spirit (San Diego, CA), Chance the Rapper (Chicago, IL), Toro Y Moi (Columbia, SC), The Mowgli’s (Los Angeles, CA) May 4th, 2013 Revelry Music and Arts Festival at Union South in Madison, Wisconsin Full Gallery: Revelry Fest at University of Wisconsin-Madison In bold font with liberal usage of(…)
Ghost (Sweden) May 4th, 2013 Mill City Nights in Minneapolis, MN Full Photo Gallery: Ghost BC at Mill City Nights First spotted as an unknown opener for Opeth and Mastodon last year at Myth Live, Ghost blew me away. I fell in love with the Blue Oyster Cult, Black Sabbath-like Heavy Metal combined with theatrics and(…)
From April 23rd to April 28th, festival goers and the industry descended in droves to the French department capital of Bourges for Printemps de Bourges. Since 1977, the town of about 100,000 has hosted the festival and industry conference that has become an “incontournable” step in the French and European music. Booking agents, managers, label(…)
Last November, I caught up with Oberhofer’s leading man, Brad Oberhofer, while the band was in Milwaukee touring with fellow Brooklynites, Matt and Kim. It was then that I first got wind of the collection of songs that would become Notalgia. Oberhofer had actually been listening to the masters of the new songs earlier in(…)
It’s a purple-tinted, grimacing baby with spiked hair being held and stung, or about to be stung, by an oversized mosquito. If any other acclaimed rock band went that route for the album art of their fourth album, there may be some initial cause for concern. But with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, it’s nothing out(…)
Birthmarks is a curious title for Born Ruffians’ third LP. What is a birthmark– an inconsistency, a blemish in the skin that forms at or around birth and doesn’t go away, stays with that person for life. They are generally harmless; in different cultures there are a number of myths about what causes the unusual(…)
Alex Hepburn (London, England) April 19th, 2013 Nouveau Casino in Paris, France Overcoming emotion, Alex had to step off stage for a moment at the packed to the gills Nouveau Casino Friday night. She couldn’t see; her make-up running as she tried to hold back emotions. The Scottish Alex Hepburn grew up in London, and(…)