Agnes Obel played to a very warm audience last night at the Fremont Abbey, originally built as a Lutheran church in 1914. She is wrapping up a US tour in support of her new album, Philharmonics. I missed seeing her last March at SXSW, but was fortunate to catch her in Fremont before she heads […]
“Take me as I am, or not at all,” ends “Schumacher the Champagne,” the final track off The Wombats‘ latest CD, The Wombats Proudly Present . . . This Modern Glitch, and it might just be the band’s anthem. The Wombats happily wrapped Saturday night’s crowd at the Crocodile around their little fingers. Those same […]
Lenny Kravitz opened for U2 on Saturday night with an abbreviated set including his biggest hits. Before this show I never thought of Kravitz and his band as jam band material, but after stretching the first four songs out in overly extended arrangements I’m convinced Kravitz and his band rank up there with the best […]
On June 2nd Seapony, 14 Iced Bears and Ghost Animal played the Vera Project. Seapony’s debut, Go With Me, is out now on Hardly Art. I’m thrilled to share some photos by photographer Simon Krane, including this first shot of some yummy looking treats: Seapony 14 Iced Bears Ghost Animal
You’re going to see one of the best bands to come out in ages if you experience a show by The Chain Gang of 1974. If this group is any indication of music from Denver, Colorado, then it’s a musically happening place for sure. I saw them open for Jamaica in April, and then was […]