The Fall Concert Season Is Upon Us

Ah, autumn. The air gets crisp, the days get shorter, temperatures lower and every able-bodied artist worth 30 tickets or more hits the road. Now that the bloated summer concert season is over, hard-working, up-and-coming bands who’ve been toiling to mass indifference in noon slots on side stages everywhere can make their rent playing the healthy […] […]

Live Review: Supergrass at the Avalon, July 12, 2008

Photo by the author Despite overseas success in their native U.K., Supergrass seemed like the punchline to a joke when they were first heard stateside in the mid-90s. With a flip album title, seemingly novelty single, cheeky facial hair and a derivative sound (insert Kinks, The Who, Faces and T. Rex references here), they were by […] […]

Live Review: The Gutter Twins at The Roxy, July 10, 2008

(Photo by Sam Holden) If only one thing could be said about former Afghan Whigs’ front man/current Twilight Singers’ front man/current Gutter Twins’ co-front man Greg Dulli, it’s that he’s consistently inconsistent. Dulli – who’s made a career out of mining the darker side of the heart’s needs in the tiny hours — ranges from brilliant songwriter […] […]

Live Review: Liz Phair Performing “Exile In Guyville” In Its Entirety: The Fillmore, San Francisco June 23, 2008

Good from Phair, Phair from Good: Liz Phair at the Fillmore photo by the author To me, Liz Phair will always be that mousy girl with dishwater hair from the neighborhood – the one who was the first to start drinking and who always smelled faintly of cigarettes and tuna. One day she started hanging out with […] […]