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Thank You 2-10-11

The Flywheel · Easthampton, MA

        TEXT/PHOTOS BY JENNIFER KELLY   Already, only a few seconds into their brief, frantic set, Thank You are in full, incantatory swing. Both guitarists, Je more...

Gang of Four 2-9-11

9:30 Club · Washington, DC

  TEXT/PHOTOS BY LOGAN K. YOUNG Any review of Gang of Four, now, has to consider the Gang of Four then. Alas, such is the case when Britain's leading post-punk Marxists decide to g more...

The Church 2-7-11

The Triple Door · Seattle, WA

  BY ROBERT DEAN LURIE / PHOTOS BY CHRIS RADY   It has become fashionable in recent years for bands to hit the road performing "classic" albums in their entirety. Whether it's Conc more...

Robert Plant & Band of Joy 1-29-11

Beacon Theatre · New York City, NY

  BY HAL BIENSTOCK   "Welcome to another unexpected evening with the Band of Joy," said Robert Plant early in his new group's concert at the Beacon Theatre. During the first leg of more...

Grace Potter & the Nocturnals 1-28-11

Wonder Ballroom · Portland, OR

  BY TIM HINELY   An evening of, oh I'll just say it, hippie rock, here in Stumptown (no lack of hippies here). Opening act Chamberlin apparently hail from the furthest reaches of more...

Ian Hunter 1/28/2011

Fillmore Auditorium · San Francisco, CA

BY JUD COST / PHOTO BY MARTY PEREZ   I never saw this coming. Ian Hunter, revered frontman for Mott the Hoople, one of the great English bands from 40 years ago, rolled back the clock wi more...

San Diego Experimental Guitar Show 1-22-11

Soda Bar · San Diego, CA

    TEXT/PHOTOS BY MARY LEARY Stools are dragged toward the stage. People sit on the floor or stand, waiting for the finale. Intermittent guffaws and grins greet the contraption M more...

Amiri Baraka/Roscoe Mitchell 1-17-11

Yoshi's · San Francisco, CA

  BY JUD COST   Looking more like a rumpled, professorial version of the Wizard of Oz than the dangerous black man Sarah Palin's army of Tea Party dimwits might label him (if they more...

John Doe 1-15-11

McCabe's · Santa Monica, CA

BY JOSE MARTINEZ   Looking dapper in a black suit, maroon shirt and tie, punk rock legend John Doe looks far removed from his dangerous and underground days as a founding member of the i more...

Drive-By Truckers 1-13-11

40 Watt Club · Athens, GA

    PHOTOS/TEXT BY ANDY TENNILLE   Family and friends filled the fabulous 40 Watt Thursday (Jan. 13) for night one of a three-night homecoming run at the legendary Athens club more...


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