They can't all be winners: Neon Reverb, Sept. 15
Posted: 8 months 1 week ago Comments PermalinkSaturday night was a little disappointing, especially if you chose to patronize Tequila Azul and Bunkhouse instead of Beauty Bar or The Joint, and especially especially if you don’t like teen pop...
The force of charm: Fiona Apple, Neon Reverb, Sept. 15
Posted: 8 months 1 week ago Comments PermalinkDespite the exhaustion of Neon Reverb week further settling in — anyone know a good masseur? — last night's marathon of music may have been one of the best live-performance nights of the year,...
Rock marathon: Silversun Pickups and Neon Reverb, Sept. 14
Posted: 8 months 1 week ago Comments PermalinkCan there be such a thing as too much rock 'n' roll? Maybe if you peak out too early.
Last night, the ongoing Neon Reverb music fest had the initial misfortune of competing with L.A. guitar...
No wave: Neon Reverb, Sept. 13, Artifice and Beauty Bar
Posted: 8 months 1 week ago Comments PermalinkAfter pondering my Neon Reverb assignments for last night, I realized I signed up for the last thing I currently want to hear: facsimiled New Wave. I'm over it, finally, and I now relate to those...
The new normal: Neon Reverb, Sept. 13, The Bunkhouse
Posted: 8 months 1 week ago Comments PermalinkI spent a good chunk of last night watching headliner AgesandAges trying to figure out what they sounded like. And after polling most people around me, I had no luck. New Pornographers? Not for...
Local band upstages headliner: Neon Reverb, Sept. 12, Beauty Bar
Posted: 8 months 1 week ago Comments PermalinkAnd on the second night of Neon Reverb, Beauty Bar gave to us its headliner second. At least, that’s what you might’ve thought right after Crazy Chief played its debut gig (we’ll get to that),...
Wily kickoff: Neon Reverb, Sept. 11, The Bunkhouse
Posted: 8 months 2 weeks ago Comments PermalinkPeople getting trashed on a Tuesday. Falling over on other attendees. Fighting. Pissing in the corner. Getting kicked out (girls, too). Tossing beer cans. Losing their shoes. Punching show...
Concert announcements: Black Keys, Green Day, Perfect Circle, Dylan
Posted: 8 months 2 weeks ago Comments PermalinkLots of concert news this Monday morning, as a handful of noteworthy shows go on sale this weekend.
Ohio blues-rock duo The Black Keys, who once played the diminutive Cooler Lounge a decade-...
Concert review: D'Angelo, Sept. 7, The Pearl
Posted: 8 months 2 weeks ago Comments PermalinkTo watch Michael "D'Angelo" Archer live is to understand why his hiatus devastated an entire musical movement. The purveyors of that neo-soul movement, they sit here in The Pearl at The Palms,...
Sand Dollar Blues Lounge to return
Posted: 8 months 2 weeks ago Comments PermalinkBlues-headed hep cats rejoice: The Sand Dollar Blues Lounge is returning, according to a manager of The Bikini Bar, the short-lived, decidedly-non-blues-themed replacement joint for the longtime...
