Young Hearts Spark Fire (Part III)
Entries logged on Saturday, January 30, 2010 6:36 PM PST – Seattle, Washington ——— Friday, January 29, 2010 We left for Seattle late Friday morning in hopes of pretty much having
The Eternal Mixtape Project
This is a project that I have been working on intermittently for years. Now, it’s something I want to put in action. It’s called The Eternal Mixtape Project. From
The Boys are Leaving Town (or Part II)
Monday, January 25, 2010 10:26 AM PT – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada This is easily the most gorgeous place I’ve ever seen in my life. Nothing can beat it. The
Rockers East Vancouver...and a bunch of other places
I recently returned from a two week, four city trip out west. I spent time primarily in Vancouver, British Columbia, Seattle, Portland and Minneapolis. In order to get there, I took an Amtrak
St. Vincent at Metro, 2/18/10
St. Vincent is for lovers. Or, that’s what it seemed like Thursday night Metro, a post-Valentine’s smattering of pairs, tall and short, black and white, fat and skinny. To
The End of the Beginning
This is a brand new decade. It can’t be any newer. The one that ended yesterday seemed to go at a traumatically brisk pace. The 1990s seemed to exist way longer
2009
I felt like Lewis and Clark traveling in a sedan caravan. I suppose what I remember most about my first excursion this year was that endless stretch of Ohio that bleeds into Pennsylvania
Higher and Higher
I’ve been to shows, but not THAT show. Sure, I could expound forever on the trope of a Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band show being likened to a religious
These Projectors Need Cleaning
Dirty Projectors at Bottom Lounge, Friday, November 13, 2009 Dirty Projectors’s Friday night show at Bottom Lounge was a definite contrast to the other two bands we’ve seen in
A Tale of Two Rock Shows
The Mountain Goats, Thursday, November 5, 2009 at Metro The Mountain Goats played to a mostly packed crowd at Metro last Thursday. John Darnielle and the lineup consisting of bassist Peter Hughes and
Tad Kubler: The obviate media Interview
Interview by Brendan Hilliard Editorial Assistance by John Nagle obviate spoke to The Hold Steady’s Tad Kubler last week just as the band was about to play their first-ever Alaskan tour
The Gaslight Anthem @ Double Door 8/8/09
Out in a sea of Gaslight Anthem fans – especially those at the Double Door Saturday evening – there’s a meshing of two very distinct types of music fans. In one