Stage Buzz
We’re getting the band back together
Those words might seem cringe-worthy for, say, Loverboy or someone. But coming from Archers Of Loaf, one of the true progenitors of indie rock, they’re welcome words – fightin’ words. They play Friday, as do Yob and The Wooden Birds.
Your holiday schedule
You’ve proven incapable of handling the most meager tasks when left to your own devices. Independent study? FAIL! This weekend, you will see Ronnie Montrose, Jeff The Brotherhood, hit FitzGerald’s American Music Festival, and then drive to Iowa for the 80/35 Festival, too. Get going!
Pinned down
Banging around for several years, both Times New Viking and White Denim have resisted convention in the rapidly conforming world of indie rock. Both are in town this week. Also this week: The Singleman Affair and Small Sur.
Mobfest returns to 3 nights!
Chicago’s annual artist-centric music fesvial, Mobfest, returns to its three-night format for 2011, but ends the barhopping schedule for a non-stop haul at the Hard Rock Hotel. And it begins Thursday the 23rd!
Infectious grooves
By some kink in the “way things are supposed to be” schedule, members of Suicidal Tendencies ended up in a funk band called Infectious Grooves. We assure you there are no aging skaters in Junior Boys, Givers, 1,2,3, Pepper Rabbit, or Radical Dads.
Prefere vous le cinema verite, ou musique variety!
The word “hodgepodge” sounds like something that keeps a toddler from hitting the bathroom regularly. But for the lead-in to this weekend’s musical acts, it’s the best way to describe their a-rockin’. Read on for Bedouin Soundclash, Tim Easton, and Lloyd Cole.
Facing out
The gesture has become almost customary, so much so that it’s almost empty, but self-titling an album late in an artist’s career is supposed to mark a new beginning. In Sondre Lerche‘s case, it’s belated.
Come around
Though six weeks away from playing Lollapalooza, My Morning Jacket traipse into town with Circuital (ATO), and the broken record criticism comes with it. The Globes and Postelles also play Friday.
Aye Yi-yi!
Charlyne Yi‘s name didn’t register until we saw the accompanying photo on the Hideout calendar. Only then did we realize that this woman is one of the most underutilized actors ever in a Judd Apatow movie. Probably because those flicks are about boys with their heads up their asses.
Signed, sealed, delivered: The Go-Go’s & Lenka previews
Beauty And The Beat arrived at a time when new wave was viewed as a refreshing alternative to mainstream rock, and the idea of an all-woman band writing and playing its own music was a novelty. Its success was sealed with an irresistible first single and a video that depicted a party on wheels. Like […]
Ready Art Brut?
The negative reaction to Art Brut‘s new album — that there is a new album — is, to paraphrase Kanye West, a pretty strange way to start a conversation.
The weekender
Can’t stand dodging strollers and lollygaggers at streetfests? Head indoors this fine June weekend with Jeremy Messersmith and Gardens & Villa. It’s gonna rain anyway.
Drinking In L.A.
Without being so daft as to suggest it has fallen off the map, Los Angeles doesn’t seem so central to rock ‘n’ roll these days. So to hear that superbuzz band Foster The People hail from sunny SoCal, it’s kind of like, Oh, really?
Temperance movement
The title of Panic At The Disco‘s new album, Vices & Virtues (Fueled By Ramen/Decaydence), puts you in a section of the ballpark where most casual fans sit.
Holy and unholy
Alela Diane‘s gift for conveying traditional folk songs has led some people to believe she’s some divine vessel, a cipher drawing together influences from British and American sources. David Bazan made his name because of his literal holiness.
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