Smashing PumpkinsTower Theater (Upper Darby, PA)October 19, 2007 If there’s any question as to whether Billy Corgan still has balls, it was answered when his band opened an evening at the Tower Theater with “Superchrist,” an unreleased epic whose lyrics can’t be found in even the deepest depths of Google. Ever since Billy and Jimmy Chamberlin reformed the Smashing Pumpkins, […]

RooneyThe Roxy Residency(Los Angeles) April 2007 — I love the music industry because everything comes back around at some point. Bands you thought you’d never hear from again [after their break-up] reunite 33 years later (The Stooges); bands that tragically lost members re-form with younger musicians that idolized the band growing up (New York Dolls); and even if a band […]

Editors | Blue Note (Columbia, MO) | April 15, 2006 | The Editors took the stage in front of a moderately-sized and rather tame audience. The UK band began strong, much to the credit of vocalist Tom Smith, his baritone voice may be compared to leads of Interpol or Stellastarr*; the latter to follow The Editors’ set on this night. […]

Matisyahu | Mississippi Nights (St. Louis, MO) | June 15, 2005 | Matisyahu is known to many and aptly described as the “reggae rapping rabbi”. The man takes the stage dressed as a rabbi, hair style included. His live show draws a good-sized and diverse crowd, from young teenaged jewish girls calling out support to the band in yiddish to […]

The Killers | Washington University (St Louis, MO) | April 17, 2004 | Las Vegas, NV natives The Killers performed to a crowd of about eighty on Saturday night in an obscure local on the Washington University campus in St. Louis. The venue (more like room) was to the side of what seemed to be an indoor student cafe, partially […]

The Wildhearts | Stubbs BBQ (Austin, TX) | April 13, 2004 | Not very many bands can successfully open for a band like The Darkness: a band very rich in character; but The Wildhearts pulled it off. In fact, I can’t think of a better pairing! When The Wildhearts took the stage to a sold out crowd at Stubbs BBQ, […]

Elefant | Double Door (Chicago, IL) | February 29, 2004 | Recently New York City’s own quartet, Elefant, graced the stage at Chicago’s Double Door with a performance that felt unique to the atmosphere of that night. Not being a newcomer to the Elefant live show experience you go in knowing a few things that tend to happen throughout the […]