There was no band this time around. Sage was not wearing a suit. This was not the highly produced show called Li(f)e. Last Friday night, on a small stage in the Goodwill Parking Lot off Broadway, it was just Sage Francis, his mixer dubbed ‘DJ No Spin Zone‘ and a Strange Famous cape. For well
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It was 11:00pm on the dot when Willie walked off the stage at Red Rocks as he had countless times before. This time he wrapped the show with a little help from his friends, giving the second stage and Bluebird Cafe artists a chance to experience something only a select few have ever experienced…looking out
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Last year’s Westword Music Showcase was a highlight in a year of great music. It was a full day of fun in the sun. Local bands on cramped stages in the corners of bars, DJs on rooftops, national acts on the main stage and 11,000 of your friends and neighbors. This event really does a
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This guest post comes from Genji from Los Angeles. Look for more metal/punk posts from our California correspondent… For the past few years Scion has done a wonderful job pandering to the young metal community with their free show series. Have they actually sold more cars because of it? Who knows, but certainly no metalheads are complaining.
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Fun Fun Fun fest is the best festival in the country. It’s relatively small. It’s in Austin. It has everything. It’s so nice to see the metalheads playing nice with the punks at the Black Stage. It’s great that you can walk right up to the Orange Stage for front-row viewing or chose to kick
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Right before it got dark yesterday I was thinking back on the bands I had seen and realized I couldn’t pinpoint any one that stood out. Aimlessly wandering all day long, seeing a ton of bands but not really seeing any of them. Nothing could hold my interest for very long. This is my own
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OK, so last night’s Fun Fun Fun Kick-Off Party catered to a certain demographic…geeks! But really, what would you expect from a night that started out with a local Queen tribute band (led by a 6′ 5″, bearded, skin-tight purple jumpsuit sporting lead singer) and ended with an inspired set by “Weird Al” Yankovic? It
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This was our first year at the Pitchfork Music Festival and there is no doubt we had a great time in Chicago for the weekend, but the jury is still out if this is an event that we can recommend or will attend again. I think I was expecting something more like the Fun Fun
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Last year I got a group of people to go down to the Golden Triangle for the Westword Music Showcase because I wanted to see Built To Spill. When we got down there the rain was so bad we went into the first bar we saw and never left. We didn’t see any live music
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A Week on The Rocks…MGMT, Janelle Monáe, Tame Impala, Sting, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Hangover
