Live Music

Chip Taylor: Still Chasing the Chills

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Train Wreck Records, Music News, Church of the Train Wreck, Chip Taylor, Norway, Live Music, Chip Taylor and the New Ukranians, Jon Voight, Singer-Songwriter, Scandinavia, Barry Voight, Merilee Rush, Entertainment News, Hill Country Live, Evie Sands, Chet Atkins, Carrie Rodriguez, Chip Taylor Music, Entertainment News
Holly Cara Price

It is difficult -- well nigh impossible really -- to cover a career like that of Chip Taylor's in just a few hundred words.

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Live & Dangerous: Sasquatch! 2012

Jeff Pollack | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Sasquatch, The Gorge Theatre, Jack White, Pretty Lights, Washington, Bon Iver, Music, Metric, Live Music, Explosions in the Sky, Beck, Arts News
Jeff Pollack

On the last weekend in May, the 11th annual Sasquatch Music Festival (also known as simple "Sasquatch!") will be held in George, Washington. Let's sta...

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1-2-3-4 Go! Records -- Why Record Stores Should Still Matter

Melissa Webster | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Oakland, 1234 Go Records, Green Day, Punk Rock, Prima Donna, Kepi Ghoulie, Live Music, Alternative, Music, Record Stores, Punk, Records, The Phenomenauts, Emily's Army, The Dollyrots, California Bands, Video, Entertainment News
Melissa Webster

I refuse to buy an iPod, a Kindle, or download any movies that go straight to my computer or television. Face to face social interaction and good times, that was the true value of these businesses.

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Live & Dangerous: The Two Coachellas

Jeff Pollack | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Kendrick Lamar, Indio, Avicii, Coachella, Goldenvoice, Music, Live Music, Radiohead, Arts News
Jeff Pollack

Today is the first day of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, better known as simply Coachella. Previously only one weekend per year, Goldenvo...

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Live Music As A Spiritual Experience

Howard Fishman | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Sacred Sounds, Howard Fishman, Spiritual Music, Music, Live Music, Music and Religion, Video, Religion News
Howard Fishman

So many of the things that make our lives faster, easier, more convenient, also distance us from ourselves and from one another. At my concerts, I make a point of calling everyone's attention -- mine too -- to the present moment.

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Social Observations From the Fader Fort at SXSW

Mark R. Collins | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Budweiser, Fader Fort, Austin, Bushmills Whiskey, Live Music, Sxsw, SXSW 2012, Sxsw Showcases, Sxsw Free Alcohol, Sxsw Performers, Fader Magazine, Marketing, Converse, South by Southwest, Sxsw Beer, Entertainment News
Mark R. Collins

Free booze matters because then even people who don't enjoy live music congregate at Fader Fort every year. Inevitably the drunks will be drawn to the stage and exposed to some band or artist they never would have heard on the radio.

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SXSW Music Study Guide

Mark R. Collins | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Austin, Live Music, Sxsw, Lone Star, SXSW 2012, Sxsw Shows, Sxsw Venues, Sxsw Austin, Sxsw Restaurants, Culture News
Mark R. Collins

South by Southwest is more than just a festival. It's a choose your own adventure with live music as the central theme. The plot takes you from show t...

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Live & Dangerous: SXSW 2012

Jeff Pollack | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Fader Fort, Mtv, Steve Aoki, Austin, Mtvu, Live Music, Santigold, Of Monsters and Men, Stubb's, Sxsw, Arts News
Jeff Pollack

It seems like every year the SXSW film, digital, and music conference in Austin, TX gets bigger and bigger. 2012 is possibly the biggest year yet, esp...

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Figg Get Da Money: Schoolboy Q Brings the West to Santos Party House

Jerell Tongson | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Hip Hop, Top Dawg Entertainment, Kirs Kasanova, Mickey Factz, Flatbush Zombies, NY Around Town, Smoke DZA, Live Music, Schoolboy Q, Slidepollajax, Ab-Soul, Nakim, New York News
Jerell Tongson

The unbridled passion and excitement the entire night, from the opening performers to the crowd, was special, something that doesn't come very often at hip hop shows.

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The Highballers Hit Their Prime

Sean Carman | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Live Music, Music, Rockabilly, Drinking, D.C., Almost Famous, Dc Around Town, Club Iota, Highballers, DC News
Sean Carman

It makes sense that the members of a band that plays songs about hard liquor and crime would, when asked a direct question, point their fingers at each other. It's also true that the Highballers are an exceptionally strong band.

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Concert Whereabouts (Jan. 30 - Feb. 5)

Ben E. Kessler | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Red Palace, Black Cat, Concerts, Kathleen Edwards, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Samantha Crain, 9:30 Club, The Kills, Smith Westerns, Rock and Roll Hotel, Dc Concerts, Dc Around Town, Live Music, DC News
Ben E. Kessler

Taking a few nights off this week, and unless I'm missing something, the alternative is not entirely tempting. The weekend is surprisingly bare, but there's also the Super Bowl with which to contend.

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Noise Pop 2012

Jeff Pollack | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Die Antwoord, Built to Spill, Live Music, Music, Noise Pop, San Francisco, Surfer Blood, Video, Arts News
Jeff Pollack

The Noise Pop festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary next month, February 21st -26th, in San Francisco, CA. Noise Pop is an annual event held at...

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MUSIC REVIEW: Yelle in Concert

Judah Joseph | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: French Music, Concert Reviews, Live Music, Yelle, High School News
Judah Joseph

Sounding similar to dance-pop groups like CSS and Cut Copy, French pop trio Yelle stands alone in how its music influenced an entire population of Francophone youth.

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"Live ... in the Can" Music Sessions With The Last Royals, J. Aims, and An Horse

Jon Chattman | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Alternative Music, J. Aims, The Last Royals, Nyc, Not Mine, Toilet, Crystal Vases, An Horse, Bathroom Performance, Live Music, Music, In the Can, Lie Lie Lie, Live...in the Can, Performance, Video, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

In this series, artists will perform their tunes in a restroom followed by a brief interview about the song and the experience. The acoustics in a bathroom, as it turns out, are quite remarkable.

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Aaron Sankin

Oakland's Hottest New Musical Transplant On Her Adopted Hometown

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Video, Tune-Yards Oakland, Merril Garbus, Music Video, Oakland, San Francisco Around Town, My Sf, Tune-Yards, Merril Garbus Tune-Yards, Live Music, Interview, Tune-Yards San Francisco, Indie Rock, San Francisco News

tUnE-YarDs' Merrill Garbus is the type of artist whose music somehow manages to retain its edge of inscrutability while being as instantly accessible ...

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Live & Dangerous: Great Shows This Thanksgiving

Jeff Pollack | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Mac Miller, Vince Gill, Thanksgiving, The Ting Tings, Cmt, Sting, Music, Live Music, Arts News
Jeff Pollack

I tend to write these pieces about a single event or festival, but I also tend to break my own rules... For November, I decided to simply write about ...

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Fun Fun Fun Fest In Photos

Mark R. Collins | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Austin Fun Fun Fun Fest, Austin, Fun Fun Fun Fest, Austin Music Festival, Slidefreestyle, Live Music, Music, Culture News
Mark R. Collins

For three days and nights Austin belonged to Fun Fun Fun Fest. The little festival that could outdid itself once again, bringing together a combination of indie up-and-comers with industry giants.

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A-Sides with Jon Chattman: Rachael Yamagata, Madi Diaz, and Music You Can Feel

Jon Chattman | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Madi Diaz, Live Music, Rachael Yamagata, Indie Music, Madi Diaz Video, Rachael Yamagata Video, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

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Live & Dangerous: The Voodoo Experience

Jeff Pollack | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Halloween, Voodoo Experience Music Festival, Givers, Rehage, Live Music, Major Lazer, City and Colour, Arts News
Jeff Pollack

It's hard to think of a better place to be for Halloween than New Orleans. Few places have such a great mix of haunted history combined with an all-da...

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With the Music

Emely Candray | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Live Music, Music, Los Angeles, High School News
Emely Candray

I've spent almost four years now watching my favorite bands spill their passion and emotions on stages all over Southern California and I've learned a lot, but most importantly I've learned that music has a way of bringing people together.

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The Rapture Make a Comeback, Play SPIN Headquarters

Taryn Haight | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Gabriel Andruzzi, Dance Music, In the Grace of Your Love, Luke Jenner, Vito Roccoforte, The Rapture, Concert Review, Dfa, Electronic Music, Spin, Live Music, Spin Magazine, Slidepollajax, Culture News
Taryn Haight

The Rapture are back and sounding exactly as I remember them -- a flawless rock/pop/dance melange, distinguished by their reliable drums, unmistakeable vocals and one hell of a steady cowbell.

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You Can Dance If You Want To

Ben E. Kessler | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Dancing, Dc Around Town, Concerts, Live Music, Moshing, Mosh Pits, DC News
Ben E. Kessler

If you're still complaining about D.C. concert crowds not dancing you either haven't lived here very long or you need to get over it. At this point, there are not other choices.

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Recap: Virgin Mobile FreeFest 2011

Taryn Haight | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Virgin Mobile, Rock Music, Baltimore, Music Festival, Porter Robinson, Taryn Haight, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Big Sean, Live Music, Virgin Mobile Freefest, Virgin Mobile FreeFest 2011, Virgin Freefest, Virginfest 2011, Hip Hop, Merriweather Post Pavillion, Electronic Music, Virgin Freefest 2011, Two Door Cinema Club, Slidepollajax, DC News
Taryn Haight

This year drew big name acts, mostly known for killer live performances, like Deadmau5, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Empire of the Sun and !!!.

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Live & Dangerous: Treasure Island 2011

Jeff Pollack | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Death Cab for Cutie, St. Vincent, Flying Lotus, Treasure Island Music Festival, Live Music, Music, San Francisco-California, Arts News
Jeff Pollack

On the coattails of Outside Lands, San Francisco's big music festival that's fast becoming the Coachella of northern California, comes the bay area's ...

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PHOTOS: North Coast Music Festival Takes Over Union Park

Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Benny Benassi, Music Festivals, North Coast Music Festival, Thievery Corporation, North Coast, Chicago Around Town, Live Music, Music, Outdoor Music Festivals, Fatboy Slim, David Guetta, Chicago News

In just its second year, Chicago's homegrown, hip hop- and electronic music-focused North Coast Music Festival is already proving that it is a worthy ...

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