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Go-Go's 8-16-11
Fillmore Auditorium · San Francisco, CA
BY JUD COST "'What a drag it is getting old.' And yet, here we are," chirped Go-Go's lead singer Belinda Carlisle, quoting a line from their sandpaper-tough cover of the pill-popping Ro more...
Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival 8-12-11
Outside Lands · San Francisco, CA
Arcade Fire, Major Lazer, Beirut, Girl Talk, Erykah Badu and others ignited San Francisco at this year's Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival (August 12-14). Pity about Big Boi, thoug more...
Brian Wilson 8-5-11
Hard Rock Live · Hollywood, FL
BY LEE ZIMMERMAN What becomes a legend most? In the case of Brian Wilson's performance Friday night at hard Rock Live, it's somewhat hard to say. Cynics might deride th more...
Those Darlins + White Arrows + Motopony 8-2-11
Bunk Bar · Portland, OR
BY TIM HINELY A very odd Tuesday night at Bunk Bar for one, because the place was absolutely packed and an odd crowd as well. My buddies and I were picking out the high school more...
Wye Oak 8-2-11
Club Cafe · Pittsburgh, PA
BY MIKE SHANLEY Andy Stack must have the urge to rock out once in a while. During a Wye Oak performance, many opportunities arise that are ripe for a Keith Moon-style drum fill more...
Paul McCartney 7-31-11
Wrigley Field · Chicago, IL
BY SELENA FRAGASSI It was the perfect storm. A canonized music legend playing at an equally historic ballpark with an arm-to-arm crowd of reverent fans who either grew up with t more...
Rage Against the Machine 7-30-11
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum · Los Angeles, CA
BY JOSE MARTINEZ In only its second Los Angeles show in the last ten years, Rage Against the Machine leapt onto the local scene with the weight of Godzilla behind it Saturday night. I more...
Ponderosa Stomp’s She’s Got the Power! 7-30-11
Lincoln Center Out of Doors · New York City, NY
BY STEVEN ROSEN Lincoln Center and Ponderosa Stomp, the New Orleans-based non-profit dedicated to honoring unsung heroes of rock ‘n' roll and its tributaries, did more tha more...
Los Lonely Boys + Los Lobos 7-29-11
Greek Theatre · Los Angeles, CA
BY JOSE MARTINEZ Friday night proved to be one of those special Southern California nights at the Greek Theatre. It was a beautiful, cool summer evening under the stars as Chi more...
Eleanor Friedberger 7-26-11
Hotel Utah · San Francisco, CA
BY JUD COST With the striking good looks of Zooey Deschanel, the hairstyle of Chrissie Hynde and a voice that's all her own, Eleanor Friedberger played her first San Francisco more...











