FFF: Kick-Off & After Party
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
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
‘I’m Sufjan Stevens and I’ll be your entertainment this evening.’ Those were the first spoken words of Sufjan‘s set and they came around 8:45pm, after opening with the title track
There was a time…a time before the Internet, a time before I moved to a city with live shows and real record stores and before I discovered Tom Waits…there was
So, what is there to do in Des Moines, Iowa on a Tuesday night? Well, you could sit in your hotel room at the Sheraton and reflect on your exciting
It’s not often I will spend more than $100 to see a show. It’s not often I pay more than $40 for that matter. But when I saw Gorillaz were
There have always been similarities between Crystal Castles and Sleigh Bells. Both bands make extreme electronic music that leave your ears ringing for hours. Both mix elements of electronica and
I witnessed something pretty special last night. Local indie-folkster Nathaniel Rateliff, straight off his tour of Europe, played the second night of his month-long residency at Lost Lake Lounge. Every
Traveling thousands of miles to perform in front of a couple hundred people would put a lot of artists off. Especially when you spend all that time putting on your
What can I say about The National show on Monday that I haven’t said a million times before? They raise the bar on what a live show should be. They
The first time I saw Social Distortion was back in ’95. I was 18 years old and these guys were already punk rock godfathers. Mike Ness was 33 years old
With so many shows happening in late October, it was hard to get real excited about seeing Menomena at The Bluebird last night. My mind was elsewhere, looking forward to
It seems like just yesterday the initial line-up for the 2010 Red Rocks season started trickling out and now it’s already over. Alice in Chains, along with Deftones and Mastodon
In 2008 I was lucky enough to attend 3 of Tom Waits‘ Glitter and Doom Tour dates…opening night in Phoenix, AZ, a few days later in El Paso, TX and
In 2008 I was lucky enough to attend 3 of Tom Waits‘ Glitter and Doom Tour dates. This was the e-mail I sent to my friends after El Paso…it’s mostly
In 2008 I was lucky enough to attend 3 of Tom Waits‘ Glitter and Doom Tour dates. This was the e-mail I sent to my friends after the opening night