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Broken Bells 3-10-10
Music Hall of Williamsburg · Brooklyn, NY
BY ZACHARY HERRMANN Debuts rarely come with such lofty expectations as those attached to the self-titled Broken Bells release. Given the pedigree of the group's two collaborat more...
Dropkick Murphys + Strung Out 3-9-10
9:30 Club · Washington, D.C.
BY ROXANA HADADI / PHOTOS BY ADAM FRIED When exactly did the Dropkick Murphys' fanbase turn into one populated by hyper-aggressive guys, their sadly submissive girlfriends and humorles more...
Marianne Faithfull 3-3-10
Yoshi's · Oakland, CA
BY JUD COST Raising her hands over her head like a triumphant prize fighter, Marianne Faithfull strides confidently onstage, then coughs into the mic. "Sorry," she says in a w more...
Surfer Blood 3-2-10
Great Scott · Allston, MA
BY WYNDHAM LEWIS West Palm Beach is up there with Sedona or Provo on the list of cities likely to hatch the next hot indie rock band. In the case of Surfer Blood, the mix of s more...
Cage the Elephant + As Tall as Lions 2-25-10
9:30 Club · Washington, D.C.
BY ROXANA HADADI / PHOTOS BY ADAM FRIED For anyone who was attending the sold-out Cage the Elephant show at the 9:30 Club Feb. 25 and was only there to hear t more...
Santana 2-20-10
The Joint at the Hard Rock & Hotel & Casino · Las Vegas, NV
BY HAL BIENSTOCK Santana's 1999 comeback album, Supernatural, which has just been reissued in an expanded 20th anniversary edition, was a blessing and a curse. On the positive si more...
Van Dyke Parks 2-12-10
Swedish American Hall · San Francisco, CA
BY JUD COST Van Dyke Parks sneaked into San Francisco Friday night with little fanfare for a rare live performance and still managed to fill every folding chair in the cozy S more...
The Delta Spirit 2-1 & 2-8-10
Middle East Upstairs · Cambridge, MA
BY WYNDHAM LEWIS The Delta Spirit is one of those bands that seeps into your consciousness. Their debut release Ode To Sunshine arrived in early fall 2007 to universall more...
Editors + The Antlers 2/16/10
Phoenix Concert Theatre · Toronto, ON
BY APRIL S. ENGRAM Unsurprisingly, the Editors put on an excellent performance. Already familiar with their bombastic concerts, a bit of hesitance lingered in my mind on ho more...
Laura Veirs + Old Believers + Led to the Sea 2-14-10
The Iron Horse · Northampton, MA
BY JENNIFER KELLY Last December in an interview with BLURT, Laura Veirs said that she had to release the very summery July Flames, her seventh and latest album, in January "for more...











