Live Reviews

Photos: Regeneration Tour

CARINA MASTROCOLA — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:58:15 GMT

Belinda Carlisle, the Human League, ABC, and Flock of Seagualls, Bank of America Pavilion, August 20, 2008

Belinda Carlisle at the Bank of America Pavilion
Photo credit: Carina Mastrocola

In and out of fashion

BARRY THOMPSON — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:23:12 GMT

Paradosaurus Wreck invades the Dilboy VFW
Something felt eerie about scruffy, squirrelly Rhode Island trio Deer Tick as they entertained the bleep out of the densely occupied VFW.

Smokin’ rock

BARRY THOMPSON — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:09:34 GMT

Leftover Crack at Club Lido, August 7, 2008
With an all-star cast of Choking Victim, Morning Glory, and F-Minus alums, NYC’s Leftover Crack have a sometimes problematic knack for jacking adrenaline levels.

Fans cheer; earth weeps

WILL SPITZ — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:17:38 GMT

Radiohead at Comcast Center, August 13, 2008
It’s a bummer that the four-plus hours I spent in my car feeling guilty about barfing loads of carbon into the air is most salient in my mind, because, as always, Radiohead delivered an awe-inspiring show.

Slideshow: Grizzly Bear at the MFA

TIM BUGBEE — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:45:39 GMT

August 14, 2008 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Grizzly Bear
August 14, 2008 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Photo credit: Tim Bugbee

Photos: Radiohead in Boston

CARINA MASTROCOLA — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:22:38 GMT

August 14, 2008 at the Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA

REVIEW: VIDEO + TXT: Radiohead's Boston show in 140 characters or less.
[Phoenix critics Twitter live from Radiohead at the Comcast Center. Updated with YouTube clips!]

Radiohead
August 13, 2008 at the Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA
Photo credit: Carina Mastrocola

Photos: Newport Jazz Festival

JEAN HANGARTER — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:48:05 GMT

Herbie Hancock, Aretha Franklin, Christian Scott, and more

Lionel Loueke, Newport Jazz Festival, 2008
Photo credit: Jean Hangarter

Gnarls Barkley + Hercules and Love Affair

MICHAEL BRODEUR — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:58:48 GMT

Wilbur Theatre, August 6, 2008
To the cynic, the scene milling around in front of the sold-out Wilbur could merely have been proof of the power of a hit single.

Millionaires

DANIEL BROCKMAN — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:35:06 GMT

Harpers Ferry, August 10, 2008
Millionaires played the kind of set I wish I’d see more of: high-energy, hit-filled, and mercifully short.

Alien lanes

MICHAEL BRODEUR — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:09:22 GMT

Free candlepin Mondays at the Milky Way
By 9 pm last Monday, the Milky Way’s seven lanes were thoroughly stuffed.

Photos: Lollapalooza 2008

MELISSA POCEK AND MEREDITH HASSETT — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:50:27 GMT

Rage Against the Machine, Radiohead, Gnarls Barkley, Girl Talk, Broken Social Scene, Cat Power, Grizzly Bear, and more

Our correspondents spent three 10-hour days under the sun in Chicago’s Grant Park documenting performances by Cat Power, Grizzly Bear, Brazilian Girls, Gnarls Barkley, Broken Social Scene, Radiohead, and more.

Lollapalooza 2008
Black Kids
Photo by Melissa Pocek

Photos: Spiritualized (2008)

DEREK KOUYOUMIJIAN — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:25:47 GMT

July 30, 2008 at the Roxy
Spiritualized know how to bring their aural soundscapes alive in real time and space. Add strobe lights, psychedelic shapes, and an audience dancing as one and you have the perfect night out.

Spiritualized know how to bring their aural soundscapes alive in real time and space. Add strobe lights, psychedelic shapes, and an audience dancing as one and you have the perfect night out. (Click here to read the full review.)

Spiritualized
July 30, 2008 at the Roxy
Photos: Derek Kouyoumijian

Spiritualized

STEVEN LEE BEEBER — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:31:15 GMT

Roxy, July 30, 2008
Like fellow studio-friendly trance band Portishead, Spiritualized know how to bring their aural soundscapes alive in real time and space.

Vetiver + Phosphorescent

GUSTAVO TURNER — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:20:46 GMT

Museum of Fine Arts, August 1, 2008
Houck looked nothing like Bonnie Prince Billy or the more emotionally tortured freak-folkies he’s usually lumped with.

(Probably) high society

MATT PARISH — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:46:49 GMT

'After Hours' at the Gardner Museum
The warm bodies and conversational hum provide séance juice for the ghostly presence of the mansion’s namesake.

Backed the f*** up

CHRIS FARAONE — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:54:35 GMT

‘Rock The Bells’ 2008
I wasn’t the only one held back from “Rock the Bells” by fleets of ugly persons driving Chevy Avalanches.

A case of the Mondays

WILL SPITZ — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:54:51 GMT

Icy Demons at Great Scott, July 27, 2008
Unless you’re, say, George Michael, summer Sunday-night shows can be rough on a band.

Late bloomer

MICHAEL BRODEUR — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:48:38 GMT

George Michael at TD Banknorth Garden, July 27, 2008
Word came: “George Michael is in the building!” — and the place roared and squeed.

Slideshow: Warped Tour 2008

CARINA MASTROCOLA AND BRYAN MASTERGEORGE — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:15:55 GMT

July 23, 2008 at the Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA
Get in the pit: From Katy Perry to Every Time I Die, an inside (and outside, and from behind) look at what went down (and up and down) at this year's Warped Tour.

Momma nature stepped in and closed down the second stage, then cranked up the lightning bolts to chase Angels and Airwaves off the main stage after three songs. And yet the rain didn't keep the Kids from their punk rock summer camp. If you're not in these photos -- up front, and in the pit -- what the hell were you doing?

Warped Tour 2008: Cobra Starship
Photo: Carina Mastrocola

Oh, the humidity!

MATT PARISH — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:22:16 GMT

Hot times at ArtBeat 2008
Fleetingly delicious Olde Tyme slushies quickly melted into sticky Kool-Aid soup. The weekend-long ArtBeat festival was under way!