Items from the notebook of a guy who still carries one around: ‣ Light a candle for local garage-rockers Moses Campbell [pictured], who announced last week they were calling it quits. From Facebook: “I can’t believe how far we came and how much we learned. It was a life-changing experience.” ‣ Three years after they […]
By Gabriel Jones There was no shortage of sensory assault at the show headlined by the Postal Service at the Greek Theatre on Tuesday night. Baths, local musician Will Wiesenfeld’s solo project, opened the show with a set that sounded like he’d grown up listening to the Postal Service’s “Give Up” and put it through […]
A sweet Wednesday night of shows: ‣ The Happy Hollows celebrate the release of their sophomore album “Amethyst” with a show at the Satellite, supported by Nightmare Air and Son of Stan. ‣ Manchester rockers the 1975, whose self-titled debut is on the way Sept. 10, headline the Troubadour, supported by Bad Suns. That’s the […]
Your Tuesday show lineup: ‣ The Postal Service’s tour celebrating the 10-year anniversary (and deluxe reissue) of “Give Up” comes to the Greek Theatre for two nights. Big Freedia and Baths open. ‣ U.K. post-punk quartet Savages [see their video for “Shut Up”] play the first of two nights at the El Rey Theatre behind […]
Incoming: Wolfmother, the Postal Service, Savages, Bastille, Davis Fetter, Futurebirds, PAPA, the Happy Hollows, NO, Candlebox, the 1975, Big Freedia, Hockey, Saint Motel, the Belle Brigade, Modest Mouse, Skylar Grey, No Age, Night Terrors of 1927, Glassjaw, Dan Wilson, Twin Shadow, Bauhaus, Rancid, Viva Pomona, International Pop Overthrow, the Cult, Courtney Love, Frightened Rabbit, Fitz […]
On the final day, the rains came. The Sasquatch! Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre squished to a soggy finish on Monday, with the skies spitting drizzle and the occasional downpour until early evening. There were complications – Gold Fields and Azelia Banks both didn’t make it to the festival, causing set times to be […]
Incoming: OMD, Ghost B.C., the Faint, the Postal Service, Rodriguez, Foals, Franz Ferdinand, Smith Westerns, James McCartney, Gary Clark Jr., Polica, Aesop Rock, Modest Mouse, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dropkick Murphys, Youth Lagoon, A Day to Remember, Palma Violets, Public Enemy, Alt-J, Jello Biafra, Green Day, Purity Ring, La Roux, Bad Religion, Action Bronson, Dinosaur Jr., […]