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Concretes 2-26-11

Doug Fir Lounge · Portland, OR

BY TIM HINELY   I had never seen Sweden's Concretes before and couldn't tell from vocalist Lisa Milberg's comments that whether it was their first time in Portland or first time in the S more...

Best Coast + Wavves 2-26-11

2011 Noise Pop Festival · San Francisco, CA

    BY DAVID DOWNS   Everyone who's been in a hot mess of a relationship understands one true thing: it can't last.   And so ended the first-ever Best Coast and Wavves " more...

Versus + Corin Tucker Band 2/25/11

Doug Fir Lounge · Portland, OR

  BY TIM HINELY   Hungry Ghost, Sara (Unwound) Lund's new band opened this evening but I didn't arrive in time to see them perform. I did get to the venue in time to catch the seco more...

Ted Leo 2-24-11

2011 Noise Pop Festival · San Francisco, CA

    BY DAVID DOWNS   An arctic blast of wind, rain and cold descended on San Francisco Thursday night, but inside the packed Bottom of the Hill club, down in front, at Ted Leo more...

Yo La Tengo + Urinals 2-22-11

Fox Theater · Oakland, CA

  BY JUD COST   For Yo La Tengo to play live twice on the West Coast within an eight-month span is a rare treat. When they headlined San Jose's Left Coast Live festival last summe more...

Thursday

9:30 Club · Washington, DC

      TEXT/PHOTOS BY ADAM FRIED About halfway through Thursday's set at the 9:30 Club, keyboardist Andrew Everding asked singer Geoff Rickly, "Is this the best show ever?" R more...

Dan Deacon 2-22-11

2011 Noise Pop Festival · San Francisco, CA

      BY DAVID DOWNS   Baltimore's music deconstruction savant Dan Deacon returned to San Francisco last night to play games and shred minds during his second show back more...

Godspeed You! Black Emperor 2-19-11

Warfield Theatre · San Francisco, CA

  BY JUD COST   Sometimes you think crazy things when you start to feel trapped. About halfway into Godspeed You! Black Emperor's opening 12-minute aural assault, I began to wonde more...

Yo La Tengo + Urinals 2-18-11

Wonder Ballroom · Portland, OR

  BY TIM HINELY   Sold out crowd for this Yo La Tengo tour (last time here, a year or so ago, they played the larger Crystal Ballroom) but let's not forget about the openers The Uri more...

The Radio Dept. + Young Prisms 2-13-11

Doug Fir Lounge · Portland, OR

  BY TIM HINELY   I had not previously heard San Francisco's Young Prisms but I figured if they were opening for Swedish band the Radio Dept then they just might be worth catching a more...


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