Abel Tesfaye and his new band stopped off at the Center Stage in Atlanta for yet another sold out show. The Weeknd have joined the likes of M83 and James Blake in record ticket sales for relatively small acts. Tickets for the San Francisco show at The Fillmore are going for as much as...
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Highlights include Bon Iver, Feist, The Shins, Santigold, Toxic Holocaust, Jamey Johnson, Xiu Xiu, Mark Lanegan Band, Schoolboy Q, Emily Wells, Meshuggah, Baroness, Social Distortion, Roger Waters, MINI FEST, Lotus Plaza and The Black Keys.
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The Heritage Hunter Tour brought three metal heavyweights back to Denver on Monday night. The sea of black shirts could be seen migrating down Colfax to the Fillmore Auditorium before the sun began to set. With a start time of 7:00pm printed on the tickets, those familiar with the Satanic stylings of Swedish revivalists...
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Saturday turned out to be one of those days when I truly feel for those who do not live in Denver, Colorado. The morning started out in line for Record Store Day at Twist & Shout. This was my third RSD at my favorite mile high record store and once again the crowd was...
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London musician/producer Aaron Jerome brought his masked alter-ego SBTRKT to Boulder last night. Along with his partner in crime, lyricist Sampha, SBRTKT did exactly what you would expect him to do — he turned the nearly sold-out Fox Theatre into a sweltering dance party resembling the UK garage scene that help spawn this brand of...
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As the first chords of “Autre Temps” opened the Alcest show, much the way they open their latest album, Les Voyages de l’Âme, I found it unsettling that we shared the room with less than 100 people. Hailing from Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France, Alcest are arguably the best in the subgenre of musicians combining the density...
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When we wrote the profile on Profound Lore Records earlier this year, one of questions I posed to Chris Bruni was ‘ever thought of doing anything like the Power of the Riff shows that happened on the West Coast this year?’ His answer, in summary, was he would like to do it if he...
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Usually I’m all about the metal, but for those who know me well enough know I love all different kinds of music too. I simply don’t put in the same amount of time learning about unknown, underground, indie bands. It would take up too much of my already wasted time away from obsessively seeking...
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One of my favorite metal albums from the ‘Great American Metal Drought’ of the 90′s was Cleansing by the highly underrated NY crossover kings, Prong. I’m a huge Tommy Victor fan, love his guitar tone, love his riffs and love his passion. The guy is a meat and potatoes metal warrior and whether he...
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(I have written quite a few reviews of Lucero shows, this is not one of them) The fact that I am in any shape to be writing this ‘play-by-play’ is a testament to good planning. Sure, meticulously mapping out a day of drinking might sound like a total buzzkill, if not a complete waste...
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Highlights include Explosions in the Sky, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Alcest, SBTRKT, Willis Earl Beal, Macklemore, The Revival Tour, Sleigh Bells, Perfume Genius, BlackStar, Heartless Bastards, The Decibel Magazine Tour, Heritage Hunter Tour, Jeff Mangum and M83.
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