All Sections & Categories Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:12:39 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/T_TaHlXcScM/index.php Patrick Wolf w/ Les Plastiscines and Jaguar Love at Antone's, 07.01.2009 photos by Randy Cremean   ... Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:13:58 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1724 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/NzCRVQWxiM0/index.php Patrick Wolf w/ Les Plastiscines and Jaguar Love at Antone's, 07.01.2009 photos by Randy Cremean   ... Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:40:01 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1723 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/E86tbUcp06c/index.php Transmission Entertainment has announced a few initial bands that are confirmed for Fun Fun Fun Fest 2009, scheduled for November 7th and 8th in Austin's Waterloo Park. Jesus Lizard, Atlas Sound, Broadcast, King Khan & BBQ Show, and Red Sparowes are all confirmed for Fun Fun Fun Fest #4. http://funfunfunfest.com/ http://transmissionentertainment.com/ ... Latest News Entries Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:16:47 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1722 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/rPvRvQDQzgw/index.php Dirty Projectors w/ Sea & Cake at Millennium Park in Chicago, 06.22.2009 photos by Nate Lanthrum   ... Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:24:38 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1721 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/3SibXeKsVIg/index.php Jenny Lewis w/ Heartless Bastards at Stubb's', 06.22.2009 photos by Randy Cremean   ... Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:53:15 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1720 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/G6uAIHTJ_f0/index.php Lot's of great stuff on TV this week. St. Vincent makes her television debut on Letterman, who will also be hosting The BPA w/ Iggy Pop and Regina Spektor. Bat for Lashes visits both Carson Daly and Jimmy Kimmel. Jimmy Fallon hosts Sonic Youth, Dinosaur, Jr. and Grizzly Bear. Conan has Elvis Costello, Wilco and Adele. Kimmel rises from the ashes, albeit briefly, with Phoenix and the afore-mentioned Bat for Lashes. Those cool points, however, get negated by Linkin Park.Saturday Night Live06/27 Ki ... Latest News Entries Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:26:47 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1719 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/bQkgj-mozU0/index.php words by Ryan Ffrenchphotos by Randy Cremean Please scroll down for review   One of the criticisms often lobbed at experimental indie rock is that it is too cerebral:  the melodies are too difficult to unearth and the lyrics are too abstruse; it never really hits home. Fair enough. And really, if you like music to upload itself to your mental memory cards after one listen, then awesome on that. But it’s no real secret that one of the keenest pleasures f ... Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:21:58 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1718 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/LK17QK2Wflk/index.php words by Ryan Ffrenchphotos by Randy Cremean Please scroll down for review   One of the criticisms often lobbed at experimental indie rock is that it is too cerebral:  the melodies are too difficult to unearth and the lyrics are too abstruse; it never really hits home. Fair enough. And really, if you like music to upload itself to your mental memory cards after one listen, then awesome on that. But it’s no real secret that one of the keenest pleasures f ... Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:51:38 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1717 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/ZTs7d9CAYgE/index.php words by Ryan Ffrenchphotos by Randy Cremean Please scroll down for review   Somewhere between “Southern Point”, “On A Neck, On A Spit” and my unmitigated surrender to pre-teen fanboyism, I leaned over to Soundcheck Publisher, Michael Marshall, and apologized: “this is going to be the most stupidly hyperbolic review you have ever published.” I have since decided on something that at least makes a pass at objectivity, but I am aware that my analytic ... Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:39:57 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1716 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/vU7etdtZpRk/index.php Bonnaroo 2009 - Day Four photos by Randy Cremean & Andy Pareti   ... Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:39:23 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1715 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/XRVro5nGIiM/index.php Bonnaroo 2009 - Day Three photos by Randy Cremean & Andy Pareti   ... Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:37:17 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1714 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/VRL5hpUecIQ/index.php   Bonnaroo 2009 Photos: Day 4 - Phish, Snoop Dogg, Merle Haggard, Erykah Badu, Andrew Bird, Okkervil River Bonnaroo 2009 Photos: Day 3 - NIN, MGMT, The Mars Volta, Of Montreal, Jenny Lewis, Bon Iver, Heartless Bastards, Katzenjammer Bonnaroo 2009 Photos: Day 2 - Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Animal Collective, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, Grizzly Bear, Phoenix, St. Vincent, Dirty Projectors, Amadou & Mariam Bonnaroo 2009 Photos: Day 1 - Passion Pit, The Low Anthem, H ... Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:09:17 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1713 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/hKddsXe3zak/index.php Bonnaroo 2009 - Day Two photos by Randy Cremean & Andy Pareti   ... Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:46:54 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1712 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/rdnybhFHvII/index.php Bonnaroo 2009 - Day One photos by Randy Cremean & Andy Pareti   ... Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:19:38 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1711 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/NlFoTt6gFUY/index.php words by Ryan Ffrenchphotos by Randy Cremean Please scroll down for review   Somewhere between “Southern Point”, “On A Neck, On A Spit” and my unmitigated surrender to pre-teen fanboyism, I leaned over to Soundcheck Publisher Michael Marshall and apologized: “this is going to be the most stupidly hyperbolic review you have ever published.” I have since decided on something that at least makes a pass at objectivity, but I am aware that my analytical ... Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:53:20 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1710 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/roCu3OwTTAU/index.php words by Andy Paretiphotos by Randy Cremean (Snoop Dogg) and Andy Pareti (Okkervil River) The thing about Bonnaroo is, you think it has lasted forever until Sunday comes to a close, and then you realize it wasn’t forever at all, but a millisecond in time.  Bonnaroo follows a bit of a bell curve in its schedule, with Sunday tapering off leave a few big closers.  That doesn’t mean it didn’t have its share of noteworthy music, though (especially with Springsteen coming out to play ... Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:43:41 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1709 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/4VXTECZe8ek/index.php words by Andy Paretiphotos by Randy Cremean The way Saturday’s events opened, you could have sworn you had your toes in the foam at Long Beach rather than the dead grass of Manchester.  Ilo and the Coral Reefer Allstars had a special, last-minute guest join their set – none other than Jimmy Buffet, who led a gleeful crowd through Grateful Dead favorite “Scarlet Begonias” and some of his own “Fins”.  The surprises didn’t stop there, as Nine Inch Nails announced their show ... Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:39:12 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1708 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/KquGKtMab1Q/index.php words by Andy Paretiphotos by Randy Cremean   And so begins the real Manchester rock and roll crusade.  Friday boasted Bonnaroo’s biggest and fullest schedule of the weekend, including David Byrne, Public Enemy performing It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back in its entirety, and an epic-length (but for them standard) Phish set.   Dirty Projectors: When you have both David Byrne and Animal Collective rocking out backstage, you know you’re doing something right.  The ... Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:31:57 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1707 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/I3A7uSxIOmo/index.php words by Andy Paretiphotos by Randy Cremean Thursdays at Bonnaroo are typically an unexplosive affair.  A light schedule comprised of up-and-comers, it’s more the spark that starts a 3-day musical fire (which may not be the best analogy since Bonnaroo’s grounds are literally on fire watch most of the time).  2009’s Bonnaroo began with much the same whisper of anticipation, although the whisper took with it strobes, fog, neon lights, synths and a string bass.  Here are two of ... Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:26:56 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1706 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ijoomla/soundcheckmag/All_Sections_Categories/~3/M6maOYBBIRA/index.php Ben Kweller: Mid-Stream words by Derek Wrightphotos by Sasha Haagensen   It’s two hours before Ben Kweller’s Chicago gig in mid-October, but the singer still has quite a bit to do.   With sound check having just wrapped up, he has a pair of interviews to squeeze in between dinner and a meeting with the band to determine the evening’s play list. The January release of his fourth solo LP, Changing Horses, is a few months away, and the media blitz is sc ... Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:30:16 +0100 http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1705