Sometimes you have a week with a lotta shows. Sometimes you have a week with no shows. Sometimes you have a week with a lotta shows, but they all cost, like, a million dollars. This is one of those weeks. Lil Wayne on Wednesday (oh…), Ralph Stanley on Thursday (whoa…), and Beyonce on Saturday (WA…
GONE AGAIN
As summer draws on, we find ourselves getting closer to another Gonerfest. We’ve got a lotta love for Memphis (especially the dudes at Goner), and each year they put on one of the best weekend festivals around. Celebrating the festival’s tenth anniversary, you can be sure this year will be no different. Zach, Eric, and…
LIKE WIND IN SAILS
You might have heard that DEVO drummer Alan Meyers passed away last week. There’s no denying DEVO are total heroes of not only rock and roll but American music in general, and Meyers was a huge part of the band’s sound. In an odd bit of timing, last week also saw the first reissue of…
HAPPY FOURTH IF YOU WANT IT
A lil rain ain’t no thang. The Forefathers fought for our right to party. WE MUST OBLIGE THEM.
THE RUNDOWN – 4.1.2013 – 4.7.2013
Freedom Week is here, and as Americans, it is our responsibility to celebrate properly by getting sloshed, blowing shit up, and going to shows. While things are a little slow on the show front this week, we’ve still got a couple things to look forward to. There are a slew of house shows on the…
WHAT ARE THESE DREAMS
It seems like we haven’t heard much out of Philadelphia’s Lantern since their show at the Stone Fox last year, but we just caught wind that after an overwhelming number of limited cassettes and singles, their debut LP is finally out. Rock ‘N’ Roll Rorschach [available courtesy of the fine folks at Sophomore Lounge Records]…
THE RUNDOWN – 6.24.2013 – 6.30.2013
Alright, alright. Last week was slow, but this is more like it. Tonight we’ve got a double header with Mikal Cronin and Shannon and the Clams at the Stone Fox, tomorrow there’s a rare appearance from Breast Massage, then a house show with Slammers and more on Friday, and on Saturday we’ve got muthafuckin’ ICE…
WE’RE STILL HERE
The year wouldn’t be complete without a new record from Sonny and the Sunsets, and we just got this year’s installment with Antenna to the Afterworld. The songwriting is distinctly Sonny, but this record finds the Sunsets coming at you from a different angle. We’re talking polyrhythms, chorus on the bass, and that’s right, even…