Upcoming shows - updated 7/1

Ticket stubs are piling up at the touring season’s halfway point as the warm days go by. But local fall tour dates are starting to come out of the woodwork, including Andrew Bird (pictured) with St. Vincent, Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s and Dar Williams. As Friday’s final concert by Impossible Shapes reminds [...]

July 4th nears

As Landlocked said, we’re “pleased as punch” at the nice weather we’ve had recently and hope it holds for the weekend. Among highlights, besides the fireworks: The new Wilco album’s out in stores and on the air. “Public Enemies” breaks into the big screen tonight. Live music shows coming our way (while they’re fresh in [...]

Michael Jackson memories, and a busy Friday

As word buzzed into a blitz yesterday that Michael Jackson was hospitalized, then passed away, I looked at the clock (past my normal hours here), feeling my insides sink from shock, and then having the King of Pop’s songs flood into memory. The Internet nearly crashed (Twitter actually did) as stories spiked from 50 to [...]

Touring acts, passing through town

Some groups are making a beeline to B-town (sorry; can’t resist with the trail opening this weekend) during their summer tours, and all you have to do is walk/bike/drive a few blocks to see them live. Thursday, New Zealand-based band All Left Out plays at Rhinos, followed by Scotland-based band Little Buddha (pictured) on Friday. [...]

Helping out, one ticket at a time

About four years ago, the mother of local drummer Ben Fowler (The Delicious, Kentucky Nightmare) was involved in a car accident. Since that time, she has suffered chronic pain, and recently she received an insurance settlement that fails to cover the cost of her medical bills. And so Ben is organizing a series of benefit [...]