Lewis Black Wants America to Get Off His Damn Lawn Live at The Paramount 2/1/13 Review by Blake Madden Photos by Alex Crick Lewis Black In stature, Lewis Black more resembles your high school history teacher than an unhinged firebrand. In fact, watch the scene in Rodney Dangerfield’s Back To School where the late great […]
The Ringmaster – Doug Stanhope Live @ the Neptune 11/8 Review by Blake Madden My only exposure to Doug Stanhope prior to last Thursday was his guest spot on an early episode of Louie. In it, Stanhope plays “Eddie,” a jaded, never-was comic at the end of his rope, convincing Louis to go out for […]
Growing Pains: The xx @ Showbox Market, July 25th Review by Blake Madden In 2009, Oliver Sim, Romy Madley-Croft, Jamie Smith, and Baria Qureshi released their self-titled debut album as The xx. None of them were older than 20, nor had they heard many of the bands named as their obvious influences, but their songs […]
The Party in the Swamp – Quintron and Miss Pussycat @ Chop Suey, July 6th Review by Blake Madden Photos by Dagmar It was perhaps nine years ago during a Quintron show at New York’s Knitting Factory that a male member of the audience stripped completely nude, danced his way over to a wall, and […]
The Drums & Craft Spells @ Neumos, May 9th Review by Blake Madden Photos by Dagmar What would you call the opposite of a rain dance? Something warm and fresh to bring about the summer sun? It was on display at Neumos Wednesday night in the form of Craft Spells and The Drums. Their smooth […]