LiveBuzz

4/17/2013 10:12pm

Landlocked Music Top Sellers

By brancook

For the week of 4/8 through 4/14/2013 1. Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze (Matador) 2. The Postal Service - Give Up [deluxe] (Sub Pop) 3.

4/15/2013 7:30pm

Whiskey Formal plays Bear's Place

By brancook

Whiskey Formal; Bear's Place Tuesday, 11:00 PM Southern, alternative, and hard rock all converge together in "Whiskey Formal," an act which results in vitriol, punching power chords, and the occasional good, long scream.

4/15/2013 1:24pm

The Next Generation

By brancook

When I heard Meat Puppets were going to play the Bishop one thought immediately popped into my head: Will they play "Sam?" I had to know. Since the Phoenix band's '82 self-titled hardcore punk debut album, Meat Puppets' catalog has run the gamut, from grunge rock to country western to jam band stuff.

4/11/2013 6:54pm

JJ Grey and Mofro play the Bluebird

By brancook

JJ Grey and Mofro; The Bluebird Friday, 8 PM Listening to JJ Grey and Mofro (though previously, just Mofro), and you may experience what it's like navigating through southern swamplandia: there's the freewheeling waters of sound--a sludgy hodgepodge with your typical bass and Fender showman and hard, boxy percussion, but with the added soul-groove of saxophone, trumpet and organ--piloted through by the vocals of JJ Grey himself, which, despite the current of melody, manage to thread together engaging narrative.

4/10/2013 4:48pm

Landlocked Music Top Sellers

By brancook

For the week of 4/1 through 4/7/2013 1. Charles Bradley - Victim of Love (Daptone) 2. Tyler the Creator - Wolf (Columbia) 3.

4/3/2013 9:13pm

Warm Soda plays the Bishop

By brancook

Warm Soda; The Bishop Thursday, 9 PM Combining the chugging of garage band power chords with harmonic 'glam pop' vocals, Warm Soda brings a healthy hodgepodge of solid sounds all the way from Oakland, CA.

4/2/2013 9:01pm

Landlocked Music Top Sellers

By brancook

For the week of 3/25 through 3/31/2013 1. Phosphorescent - Muchacho (Dead Oceans) 2. The Strokes - Comedown Machine (RCA) 3.

4/2/2013 8:59pm

Thollem Sworld plays Rachael's Cafe

By brancook

Thollem Sworld; Rachael's CAfe Wednesday, 7:30 It would seem, by his multitude of press quotes, that the only way to describe the music of keyboardist Thollem Sworld (sadly, no, not his real name) is with a list of abstractions.

4/1/2013 6:52pm

Brownshoe plays Rachael's Cafe

By brancook

Brownshoe; Rachael's Cafe Tuesday, 8 PM Since Brownshoe's debut album "Vanity" in 2007, this quartet of Californians have been making a steady progression into bolder and bolder sounds.

3/25/2013 6:19pm

Rice Cultivation Society plays Rachael's Cafe

By brancook

Rice Cultivation Society; Rachael's Cafe Tuesday, 8 PM Self-introspective; philosophically erudite, and with an album inspired by the fall of Icarus, Rice Cultivation Society certainly embodies the description of "experimental." Lead songwriter Derek Smith, who put together the LP "Sky Burial" by recruiting local musicians, also has a pet duck as you can see-- at least, I think it's a duck.

3/20/2013 3:38pm

Chris Cohen plays the Bishop

By brancook

Chris Cohen; The Bishop Thursday, 9:30 PM For someone dabbling in psychedelic pop, a genre often given to loud bouts of mixed instrumentation and extended periods of amplifier static, and described by "Pitchfork" as "jagged," Chris Cohen treats his solo music with surprising delicacy.

3/20/2013 3:28pm

Landlocked Music Top Sellers

By brancook

For the week of 3/11 through 3/17/2013 1. David Bowie, The Next Day (Columbia) 2. Various, Sound City: Real to Reel (RCA) 3.

3/6/2013 4:08pm

Landlocked Music Top Sellers

By brancook

For the week of 2/25 through 3/3/2013 1. Atoms for Peace, Amok (XL) 2. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Push the Sky Away (Bad Seed) 3.

3/6/2013 4:07pm

An Argot plays Rachael's Cafe

By brancook

An Argot; Rachael's Cafe Thursday, 8 PM Rachael's Cafe will be hosting a bevy of eclectic performances tomorrow night, among them the "quirky indie-folk" duo, An Argot.

3/6/2013 3:54pm

By brancook

Whitehorse; The Bishop Thursday, 9:30 After little more than a year, the husband and wife duo Whitehorse have already managed to tour much of the US and release a sophomore album, The Road to Massey Hall, in anticipation of their date with Toronto's famous performing arts theater.

3/5/2013 4:58pm

Eunan McIntyre plays the Bluebird

By brancook

Eunan McIntyre; The Bluebird Tuesday, 9:30 Though he may be a little too early for Saint Patrick's Day, the award-winning Irish performer Eunan McIntyre will be bringing the sounds and the humor (and the cold, wet weather) of Ireland to the Bluebird.

3/3/2013 7:22pm

Minus the Bear plays the Bluebird

By brancook

Minus the Bear; The Bluebird Monday, 9 PM Minus the Bear hardly needs an introduction. The five prog, alternative indie rockers from Seattle have been dropping hits left and right since their formation in 2001.