I Break Horses Those lucky enough to
enter the House of Blues Boston took a spacey journey
that felt like one long dream starting with opening act I Break Horses.
The Cribs : Live in the U.K. The student-filled O2 Academy in Manchester started heaving
forward the instant the visual art showed "The Cribs" on the backdrop.
A Place To Bury Strangers : Live When you have
seen a band several times, it almost seems inevitable that they won't surprise
you anymore.But if you listen
carefully, you can really know if a band tries
new sounds or new arrangements for their songs...
Fat History Month For all of the delicate intricacies and complex
instrumentation of Fucking
Despair, you'd be surprised to catch the duo live with nothing
more than a stripped down drum kit without a loop or delay pedal anywhere in
sight.
Team Me and The Barr Brothers Some
people consider intimate gigs awkward.But
how often does it happen that the artists casually walk past you in the
audience while the other act is on stage
Grimes Dressed like she covered herself in glue
and ran naked through some of the more ‘90s portions of Camden market, Grimes
began the first leg of her European tour with a secret show in London.
The Magnetic Fields As Stephin Merritt lead The Magnetic Fields onstage,
any member of the Royal Festival Hall's audience in London would be forgiven
for assuming that they had been touring daily for all 20 years of their career.
Fueled with Voodoo Doughnuts, Alcoholic Faith Mission
delivered to a rockin' crowd in Portland.
Those lucky enough to
enter the House of Blues Boston took a spacey journey
that felt like one long dream starting with opening act I Break Horses.
The student-filled O2 Academy in Manchester started heaving
forward the instant the visual art showed "The Cribs" on the backdrop.
So, Crocodiles came on the stage like it was their night, and weren't giving a stuff that they weren't
headlining.
Martin Creed and his band entered the stage with no pre-conceived ideas.
When you have
seen a band several times, it almost seems inevitable that they won't surprise
you anymore.
For all of the delicate intricacies and complex
instrumentation of Fucking
Despair, you'd be surprised to catch the duo live with nothing
more than a stripped down drum kit without a loop or delay pedal anywhere in
sight.
Some
people consider intimate gigs awkward.
What's better than seeing one of your favorite bands in your hometown?
It takes devotion to be a band called Alcoholic Faith
Mission, and that's what the Danish indie pop outfit delivers.
The Naked Famous, with only one full-length, packed out one of Portland's largest and most popular venues, The Crystal
Ballroom.
Clock Opera came to London's Scala.
Graham Coxon's solo music is nothing if not appreciable.
As Stephin Merritt lead The Magnetic Fields onstage,
any member of the Royal Festival Hall's audience in London would be forgiven
for assuming that they had been touring daily for all 20 years of their career.
