In a 2006 interview with Pitchfork Media, Man Man frontman Honus Honus, being asked about crowd reaction to his band’s extraordinarily intense live performances, said, “Nobody talks to me after shows… I don’t think I just give off the kind of vibe where anyone wants to talk to me. I’m usually soused after we play, [...]

It is rare that a band adds or removes bits from their songs in a significant way; maybe an extra measure or a quiet solo during the encore, but the skeleton tends to remain the same. However, the music is never just a superficial mass of bones, and each band fleshes the songs out in [...]

I want you to imagine a scene: A surprisingly sparse, yet energetic, audience stands anxiously in the dark as Dick Valentine and the rest of Electric Six take the stage. Valentine is wearing a large cloak, but the lights are still too low to make out anything about the cloak. A few more moments pass, [...]

Swedish singer songwriter Jens Lekman amazed a sold out audience at the Paradise last Monday, masterfully playing his odd poppy tunes. He led the songs on guitar and sang while 4 girls took care of the drums, horns and bass. Everyone was dressed in traditional white Swedish suits, including Yakima-like hats, and watching them perform [...]

It seems, that with all the house shows and bar shows and art gallery shows and backyards of extremely shady apartment complexes shows I’ve been going to of late, I’ve forgotten what a concert is supposed to sound like. There are certainly positive aspects of leaving a concert with your ears ringing, having to wonder [...]