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Caitlin Rose 5-16-11
Doug Fir Lounge · Portland, OR
BY TIM HINELY Caitlin promised us she'd be back and sure enough, a little over a month later and her she was (the previous Doug Fir gig was 4/4/11). This time her band was a 5-p more...
Elvis Costello 5-16-11
Old Taft Theatre · Cincinnati, OH
BY STEVEN ROSEN Every American city has its rock ‘n' roll "coulda been a contenders" - musicians whose shot at the big time came up short. From Cincinnati, one such act was Danny more...
Echo and the Bunnymen 5-14-11
Irving Plaza · New York City, NY
BY DAVID CHIU Echo and the Bunnymen must have had that fog machine working overtime during their Saturday night show at New York's Irving Plaza. The Bunnymen were practically enveloped more...
MusicNOW Festival 5-13/14/15-11
Memorial Hall · Cincinnati, OH
BY STEVEN ROSEN MusicNOW, the six-year-old Cincinnati festival curated by Bryce Dessner, guitarist for the National, has a reputation for being on the cusp of rock-oriented musi more...
Beach Fossils + Craft Spells 5-6-11
Berbati's · Portland, OR
BY TIM HINELY This gig was apparently supposed to be at another venue, the refurbished Star Theatre, but that was not ready for opening yet so it was at Berbati's (which stopped more...
Rise Against + Bad Religion 4-26-11
9:30 Club · Washington, DC
By Roxana Hadadi / Photos By Adam Fried Punk rock has a conscience, and Bad Religion and Rise Against are its champions. At a sold-out show April 26 at the 9:30 Club, more...
Pixies 4-20-11
Hamilton Convention Center · Hamilton, Ontario
TEXT/PHOTOS BY APRIL S. ENGRAM After releasing their comprehensive collector's boxset a year ago, Minotaur, the Pixies began touring heavily. For this "Doolittle Tour" Pixies more...
Raveonettes + Tamaryn 4-18-11
Pearl Street · Northampton, MA
TEXT/PHOTOS BY JENNIFER KELLY A lot has happened since the last time I saw the Raveonettes on a minor stop in their Chain Gang of Love tour sometime back in the mid-00s. Their more...
William Elliott Whitmore 4-17-11
Sixth and I Synagogue · Washington, DC
BY ROXANA HADADI ; PHOTOS BY ADAM FRIED William Elliott Whitmore isn't dumb. He knew that barely any people at the sold-out Chris Cornell show on April 17 at Sixth and I more...
Wire 4-17-11
Slim's · San Francisco, CA
BY JUD COST Wire, one of the great original British bands to arise from the punk firestorm of the late-'70s, slipped into San Francisco for a brilliant Sunday night show at Slim more...











