Friday, August 19 2011
Comic-Con 2011: Day 4 & 5 - San Diego Convention Center, California
Despite the annual line length and crowding problems, though, geeks of all kinds enjoyed the convention’s huge variety of activities.
Thursday, August 18 2011
Comic-Con 2011: Day 1 - 3 - San Diego Convention Center, California
A down year for movies combined with a huge year for genre television led to massive lines outside Comic-Con’s second biggest room, while the low-profile movie panels in Hall H played to hundreds of empty seats.
Wednesday, August 17 2011
Hexing Hitler: 30 July 2011 - Kansas City, MO
Tara Varney perceptively turns the play into a meditation on fascism.
Tuesday, August 16 2011
Capitol Hill Block Party: 22 - 24 July - Seattle, WA
For three days each year, a few blocks on Capitol Hill in Seattle, Washington are shut down for four stages of live music, one giant beer garden and all the cream cheese hot dogs you can eat.
Monday, August 15 2011
WTF with Marc Maron: 25 July 2011 - Brooklyn, NY
Maron's emotional connectdness ensures his popularity is of formidable strength, no matter how rampant his self-scrutinization runs.
Friday, August 12 2011
Soundgarden: 18 July 2011 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
With supporting act The Mars Volta, Soundgarden were sure to bring the heat.
Thursday, August 11 2011
Other Lives + The Rosebuds: 24 June 2011 - Austin, TX
Other Lives has recently played KCRW's “Morning Becomes Eclectic” show in Los Angeles, which is most fitting as the band may well epitomize the concept of the show.
Wednesday, August 10 2011
Illuminatour feat Underoath: 15 July 2011 - Louisville, KY
Underoath my not be selling out every show on their current trek across the country, but that doesn’t mean that they’re any less relevant. They’re still creating some of the best sounds today.
Tuesday, August 9 2011
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones: 24 July 2011 - Littleton, CO
For a band that could have come on stage and been rusty, having not played all together in so many years, they have hardly a scratch on them.
Monday, August 8 2011
The Kreutzer Sonata: 16 July 2011 - Toronto
The minimalist blocking is meant to create a sense of intimacy, focus the audience’s attention on the story, heighten every hand-gesture and nuanced facial expression.
Friday, August 5 2011
311: 8 July 2011 - Bonner Springs, KS
Believe it or not, 311 is celebrating its twenty-first anniversary this year. Over 11,000 people came out for the first night of the Unity Tour.
Thursday, August 4 2011
Bouncing Souls: 6 July 2011 - New York
Bouncing Souls rock Highline Ballroom for the first two nights of "For All The Unheard", an eight album, four night spectacle in New York City.
Wednesday, August 3 2011
Keeping Score: Electro vs Rock at Pitchfork Music Festival 2011 (Sunday)
After the third and final day of guitars versus synthesizers at Pitchfork, what stood out?
Tuesday, August 2 2011
Keeping Score: Electro vs Rock at Pitchfork Music Festival 2011 (Saturday)
The guitar versus synth competition heats up at Pitchfork with Dismemberment Plan and Fleet Foxes headlining.
Free Press Summerfest: 4-5 July 2011 - Houston, TX
While it may never be mentioned in the same breath as Coachella or Bonnaroo or even the ACL Festival down the road in Austin, Free Press Summerfest has a vibe and energy all its own.
Monday, August 1 2011
Keeping Score: Electro vs Rock at Pitchfork Music Festival 2011 (Friday)
Pitting two narratives against each another. Digitally-minded acts versus guitars-and-‘90s-revivalism at Pitchfork.
Friday, July 29 2011
U2: 20 July 2011 - E. Rutherford, NJ
While Aung San Suu Kyi reminded people that their voices "are louder than any rock band", the captivated audience stayed late to ensure they heard every minute of U2's ageless music.
Buckethead: 23 July 2011 - Boulder, CO
Until you are standing in front of him and watching, you will not understand.
Thursday, July 28 2011
Telluride Bluegrass Festival: 16 - 19 June 2011 (Sunday)
Four days of sun, banjos, snow, Mumfords, fiddles, and rock gods at 10,000 feet.
Comicpalooza 2011: 27-29 May 2011 - Houston, TX
Comicpalooza really stepped up this year and expanded the variety of events on their schedule to include a little of everything. This should serve them well as they continue to grow.