CoS Year-End Report: The Top 100 Albums of ‘09: 75-51

By Michael Roffman on December 15th, 2009

75. Florence Valentin – Spring Ricco

Spring means run in Swedish. Ricco is an allusion to the wealthy 16-year-old Riccardo Campogiani who didn’t survive the injuries caused by kicks to his head from his equally wealthy peers after a party in central Stockholm. If economic independence doesn’t prevent violent and extreme social behavior, then what [...]

On Sale: November 13, 2009

By Will Hines on November 12th, 2009

The following tickets are on sale beginning November 13, 2009…

Pete Yorn manages to find time for more tour dates

By Alex Young on September 28th, 2009

U.S. tour set for this fall.

On Sale: Friday, September 25, 2009

By Alex Young on September 24th, 2009

The following tickets are on sale beginning September 25, 2009…

Album Review: Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson – Break Up

By Gillian Rosheuvel on September 13th, 2009

Pete Yorn’s got Scarlett fever. Ba-zing!

Pete Yorn wails and whispers at Park West (8/4)

By Dan Caffrey on August 6th, 2009

Mellow acts tend to put on even mellower live shows. As pretty as bare bones acoustic sets are, they often get swallowed by venues larger than the average coffee house, prompting the more than occasional yawn from concert goers. The most successful live shows from calmer musicians occur when they’re smart enough to mix up or beef up the arrangements, adding that extra kick needed to bring down the house with an acoustic jam. Tuesday night’s Pete Yorn show at Park West featured two singer-songwriters who represented both ends of this spectrum.

Album Review: Pete Yorn – Back & Fourth

By Dan Caffrey on June 22nd, 2009

At a sparse ten songs, Back & Fourth is Yorn’s leanest album and his most sonically cohesive, two traits that end up both bolstering and hobbling the sound.

Pete Yorn goes Back and Forth on the road

By Alex Young on June 2nd, 2009

Despite the upcoming, high-profile Break Up with one Scarlett Johansson, Pete Yorn is still very much Pete Yorn, the solo artist, and on June 23rd, this solo artist will celebrate his latest solo release, Back and Forth. In support of the album, Yorn, along with his brand new band, featuring the likes of guitarists Jonny [...]

Scarlett Johansson & Pete Yorn Break Up

By Alex Young on May 25th, 2009

And the experiment better known as Scarlett Johansson’s music career continues.

Pete Yorn mixes things up on new album

By Alex Young on March 11th, 2009

Based on the successes experienced by Pete Yorn since the release of his debut studio album, musicforthemorningafter, in 2001, you wouldn’t think the New Jersey born singer/songwriter hit the restart button and start from scratch. But following the release of 2006’s Nightcrawler and the resulting completion of what he considers a trilogy, Yorn did just [...]