This year’s Pitchfork Music Festival descends upon Chicago’s Union Park this weekend, and I’ll be there to see, hear, photograph and write about as much music as I can. Ideally I’ll be posting some daily coverage, so be sure to check back throughout the weekend. …
The ever-prolific John Darnielle announced today that The Mountain Goats’ new record, Transcendental Youth, would be released October 2nd on Merge Records. John discusses the origins of and inspiration behind the record here, and Consequence of Sound has the tracklist and the astoundingly great artwork. …
Amidst Saturday’s sweltering heat, New York’s inaugural CBGB Festival brought the reunited ‘classic’ Guided By Voices lineup to Central Park Summerstage for a free show with Cloud Nothings, The War On Drugs and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart.
I reviewed and photographed last Sunday’s show with Moonface (Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade/Sunset Rubdown fame) and Siinai for Allston Pudding. Check that out here.
Temporarily reunited purveyors of glacial tempos and introspective sadness, Codeine, played their first Boston show in eighteen years at Brighton Music Hall Saturday night.
I go to bed and wake to find that Girls have broken up. The lesson? Never sleep again, I guess. I should clarify that the San Francisco-based band has not officially ‘broken up,’ but with the departure of frontman/songwriter/vocalist Christopher Owens, that’s essentially all they …
The surviving, reunited original members of one of the most enduring American rock and roll bands of all time made a stop in Boston during the course of their 50th anniversary world tour Tuesday night.
I reviewed last Wednesday’s show with Canadian indie rockers Sandro Perri and Destroyer for Allston Pudding. Check that out here. Lovely photos by Grace Donnelly included in the AP post, some of my own shots after the break.
Noise-rock gods Swans will be releasing a gargantuan double CD/triple LP album entitled The Seer on August 28th. In support of it they will be touring Europe and the US from August through December, with a stop at Boston’s Paradise Rock Club on October 11th. …
Boise, Idaho’s own indie rock legends Built to Spill hit the Paradise Friday night for a sold out show with Caveman and Junebug Spade.