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By Chris Coplan on September 1st, 2009
San Diego is home to the Padres, Shamu, California burritos, and the surfer culture. But for one magical weekend in late August, the town’s concrete jungle that is downtown comes alive beyond the laid back surfer caricature that dominates its culture and it stands on a pillar as a musical beacon. Sure, the [...]
By Michael Roffman on August 10th, 2009
Sunday’s are designed for one thing: being lazy. For the greater Chicago population, this past Sunday was anything but that. Instead, it was all about sweating off those Lobster Corn Dogs, wearing down those already worn out Chucks, and irritating those well-established sunburns from Saturday’s “fun in the sun.” But that summarizes every closing day at Lollapalooza — it’s what gives each festivalgoer that merit badge by sundown. And if we’ve learned anything from Cub (or Girl) Scouts, those badges don’t come easy.
By Drew Litowitz on July 9th, 2009
With the ingredients for a really cool diversion of a side project, the outcome is nothing short of a disappointment.
By Alex Young on June 19th, 2009
Think your summer plans are cool? They probably got nothing on those of Ra Ra Riot. In addition to hanging with Death Cab for Cutie, Andrew Bird and The New Pornographers and stopping at more festivals than Angelina Jolie has children, the Syracuse outfit (Go ‘CusE!) has announced plans for another slew of tour dates [...]
By Alex Young on May 21st, 2009
It’s like Christmas morning, only with a serious touch of indie and no clean up!
By Bruce Matlock on April 13th, 2009
Memphis, Tennessee’s own Beale Street is a constantly buzzing musical haven. At any given time during the week, a drive through can reveal a great local musician applying their trade. On Saturday night, the sounds of feedback, angst, and clear displeasure came from the sold-out Orpheum Theatre.
On any normal night, those sounds would lead you [...]
By Alex Young on February 26th, 2009
It probably goes without saying that we highly recommend you stop by our official events during South by Southwest next month – in addition to our Listen! showcase, we’ll be hosting a couple parties as well (TBA in the coming days.) But last I checked, we don’t have anything going down on Saturday, March 21st, [...]
By Alex Young on January 26th, 2009
Turns out not even an engagement to Zooey Deschanel can slow down Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard. Between his band’s appearance on an upcoming Starbucks compilation, copyright issues with the label, and slew of new tour dates, the Seattle native will barely have enough time to work on a new Postal Service album, let [...]
By Alex Young on December 22nd, 2008
It literally seems like the six-piece Syracuse outfit better known as Ra Ra Riot is always on the road. So it came as more of a surprise to learn this weekend that the group isn’t currently on tour rather than the fact that Wes Miles and Co. will be embarking on another round of North [...]
By Alex Young on August 20th, 2008
Some time ago, I was captured by the punchy orchestral pop sounds of Ra Ra Riot. It was your classic example of an unanticipated discovery of treasure. Going into the day, I neither knew of, nor expected much from the five-piece outfit when I walked in Washington, D.C.’s Rock ‘n Roll hotel on a hot [...]
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