http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Sat, 14 Jun 2003 17:04:39 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/ Phillip WinnSunday, August 26, 2007, marks the switch of all Blogcritics.org article feeds from full-content to short-content. This is the result of several converging factors, and is unfortunately a permanent decision (as permanent as any decision can be on the web, that is). We are aware of all of the reasons that this is a Bad Idea, and we are aware that some of you will be quite upset about having to click on something to read the free content, and we're sorry. Unfortunately, despite great effort, full-content feeds are not currently economically viable. 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See below: 13-08-03 Tweeter Center Boston USA 15-08-03 Parc Jean-Drapeau Montreal Canada 16-08-03 Molson Amphitheatre Toronto Canada 18-08-03 Tweeter Center Philadelphia USA 16-08-03 Merriweather Post Pavillion Columbia USA 21-08-03 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls USA 23-08-03 Alpine Valley Music Theatre Chicago USA 24-08-03 UMB Bank Pavilion St. Louis USA 26-08-03 Red Rocks Amhpitheatre Denver USA 28-08-03 USANA Amphitheatre Salt Lake City USA 30-08-03 Thunderbird Stadium Vancouver Canada 31-08-03 White River Ampitheatre Seattle USA I'm hitting up Alpine Valley, how bout you? Music6182@blogcritics.org Sat, 14 Jun 2003 17:04:39 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/04/14/154016.php Travis LeeThis is the CD radiohead fans and rock 'n' rollers alike will jump with joy for. Arising from ex Poison the Well and Pintsize members, the band has made an attempt to change the way many of us view music, and if this is any indication on how they're going to do it, they just changed mine. A quality EP of three songs from this group of three gentlemen, with lispy vocals, full guitars, full bass, and pulsating drums. Be on the look out.This is fully independent, and the lovely three songs can be found no where else besides http://www.milagres.net . Do yourself a favor and check them out. Music4608@blogcritics.org Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:40:16 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/04/10/235027.php Travis LeeDismissed are fine gentlemen, really. With many shows with big names under their belts, and a catchy sound on their backs, they're going to be carrying a burden of big things to come. Explaining this record must first be shown in the light of their label/distributor, Indie Vision Music/Records. Brandon, the fine owner of this fortress of rock and roll, is a sure-fire music critic. He knows what he likes, and knows what he doesn't, and knows exactly how to market what he has to sell. With that in mind, with the recent signing of Dismissed, the glory of this band is shining.With a sound comparable to that of Taking Back Sunday and Thursday, which is all the rage, this record leaves me with some interesting if not downright bizarre emotions. I love the record, but I hate to love it. It's everything a solid release should be, but it's too short, leaving me sitting just wondering where the rest of the record is. It's just short. Ten songs weighing in at under thirty minutes for a band of this caliber will definitely hurt the process in which many think of them. I've sat through a punk record longer than this, and when it's something so enjoyable, I can't wonder as to what is left.The quality of music on this release is all there, the songs are all there, just a little growth and length in the songs is needed. A fair catch for IVM, which will undoubtedly put them on the board in the underground scene for years to come. Music4509@blogcritics.org Thu, 10 Apr 2003 23:50:27 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/04/10/234216.php Travis LeeRadiohead has been around the bend for some time now. With numerous LPs, countless singles and a live EP under their belt, June 6th will be a big day in rock and roll. 'Hail to the Thief', Radiohead's newest endeavor, will be hitting shelves nationwide. With the band itself claiming it as the release that will define them once more, there is a lot at stake (especially to take over 'OK Computer' and the acclaimed 'Kid A'). While I could end the review right here and completely agree with the band, I opt to go into further details.Fourteen songs are finding themselves on this record. They've been previewed here before, but listening to them from the album is just something else. All the electronica from 'Amnesiac' is there, for sure, while the catchy pop-rock of 'OK Computer' and 'The Bends' is there in tenfold. This record climaxes with every song, where no band could possibly reach these stakes. Droning piano playing, cryptic guitar, elctronic drums, it's there. Thom's voice escalates through this record in ways I never thought possible. This is rock and roll. This is music. This is what music should be. And why would Radiohead settle for worse? This album will give you new feelings you thought you could only experience through life or death. Music4508@blogcritics.org Thu, 10 Apr 2003 23:42:16 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/11/05/194712.php Travis LeeInside of everyone, there is a post-punk, post-hardcore, post-rock, or post-emo niche that needs to be filled. The times are changing, record labels are picking up and dropping bands faster than Florida can count election ballets, CDs are overwhelming the store shelves. The solution? This list - it's built to fill your every post-anything needs - and you do need it.10. Sparta - Wiretap Scars (Post-Emo goodness from the 3/4 of At the Drive In)9. Crash Rickshaw - Crash Rickshaw (Post-Punk/hardcore ... Sunny Day Real Estate meets Fugazi)8. Fugazi - 13 Songs (Post-Punk; grandaddies of it all)7. Refused, the - The Shape of Punk to Come (Post-Hardcore's godfathers from Sweden.)6. Mewithoutyou - [A-->B] Life (Post-Hardcore/Punk - Christian rock style)5. Hot Water Music - Fuel For the Hate Game (Post-Hardcore/Punk's best kept secret)4. Fugazi - Red Medicine (Post-Punk)3. Fugazi - Argument, the (Post-Punk)2. Hot Water Music - Forever and Counting (Post-Hardcore/Punk)1. Hot Water Music - Never Ender [2CD] (Post-Hardcore/Punk) Music1694@blogcritics.org Tue, 5 Nov 2002 19:47:12 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/08/20/223519.php Travis LeeNME.com is flaunting their ever daunting strength once again, showing off some Bright Eyes songs never heard before , from some session or another. Check it out here. 167@blogcritics.org Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:35:19 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/08/20/221413.php Travis Leefrom alkaline trio's webpage itself, ladens the true secret. The band plans to play a October 31st show at the Metro in chicago, but will not release big press news til' September 2nd. Get your tickets now, you true fans. alkaline trio maybe it's their way of shaking off the fair-weathered Warped Tour fans... 165@blogcritics.org Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:14:13 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/08/20/001414.php Travis LeeRadiohead has long since been one of music and anti-pop's largest names, oximorinically. After this year's DVD release, Meeting People Is Easy, embracing the pain and struggles an English band has headin' west to the states, Radiohead stayed strictly in their own land mass for their short six show stint. The whole "stint" presented Radiohead's live talents, and among others, a handful of new songs, which became familiar to the fans at any of the other five shows, as well as the bands' collective internet hordes. While the band's never had problems travelling into new territory - namely through the progression of more-electronica-less-melodic approach, the new material seemed to bring more guitar ladened smooth slow rock back into the picture, while being strikingly original. Don't get me confused, however, this is nothing completely bizarre, but in another sense, it isn't something too extreme, as perhaps Amnesiac was, for people to reach with.Salamanca's third and closing show was no different. It wasn't too far fetched, so that the outsider may come in with their newly purchased $70US ticket and enjoy the best that music has to offer,all while the hardcore fan had everything they needed. The first six songs being openers, Radiohead seemed to be bringing back their older Pablo Honey material, perhaps to intrigue others, when something so completely unexpected happened. The bands frontman, Thom Yorke, known for his heated conversations towards band members on stage, and easy frustration, mentioned how they'd now be taking some requests for songs. The crowd, unexpeceted, became a huge uproar of novelty songs such as Exit Music (For a Film) and Paranoid Android, Thom reminded that these where nothing out of the ordinary, and purely easy to play. A few moments later, The Thief, Big Boots, and Big Ideas where all played. To any hardcore fan, these rare B-sides and EP Only songs where something to be enjoyed indeed.The show carried this way the whole night. The crowd in an uproar of excitement one song to the next, and being completely quiet when due was deserved (Exit Music [for a film]). Radiohead once again put on a flawless show, and began to flaunt their abilities as the king of the stage once more. 145@blogcritics.org Tue, 20 Aug 2002 00:14:14 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/08/19/191228.php Travis LeePhish, nationally known for their hippie-like fans, hippie-like odors, hippie-like substances, and hippie-like fans, has now calle to an official end to their two year hiatus. Word has it John Fishman's Pork Tornado has a twenty-nine-date tour starting October 9th in Northampton, MA and finishing up November 14th in Albany, NY. Although there will be postponing going on for the fans, the true beginings to their hippie endevers begins New Years Eve at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, followed by a three night stand (all shows being three sets long) in Hampton, VA.Pork Tornado tour dates: 10/9: Northampton, MA, Pearl Street 10/10: Boston, Paradise 10/11: Providence, RI, Lupo's 10/12: New York, Bowery Ballroom 10/13: Philadelphia, Theater of the Living Arts 10/14: Rochester, NY, Water Street Music Hall 10/16: Cleveland, Odeon 10/17: Cincinnati, Bogarts 10/18: Ann Arbor, MI, Blind Pig 10/19: Chicago, Double Door 10/21: Minneapolis, First Avenue 10/23: St. Louis, Mississippi Nights 10//24: Columbia, MO, Blue Note 10/25: Lawrence, KS, Bottleneck 10/26: Boulder, CO, Fox Theater 10/28: Park City, UT, Harry O's 10/30: Seattle, Showbox 10/31: Portland, OR, Roseland 11/1: San Francisco, Slim's 11/2: Los Angeles, Roxy 11/3: Las Vegas, House of Blues 11/6: Dallas, Trees 11/7: Austin, La Zona Rosa 11/8: New Orleans, Tipitina's 11/9: Atlanta, Variety Playhouse 11/10: Asheville, NC, Orange Peel 11/12: Charlottesville, VA, Starr Hill Music Hall 11/13: Washington, DC, 9:30 Club 11/14: Albany, NY, Northern Lightscheck out the sites for the info: phish.com, porktornado.com. 142@blogcritics.org Mon, 19 Aug 2002 19:12:28 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/08/19/170432.php Travis LeeDashboardconfessional.com exclaims, among other things... "November 19th is 2 for 1 day. Dashboard Confessional is happy to announce that our Unplugged 2.0 premier will be released together as a dual CD/DVD." No word as of yet to who will be releasing this (label wise). In other DBC news, Saints and Sailors video will premiere on MTV2 on Thursday, August 22nd, and continue to play every hour on the hour. Don't miss it. 140@blogcritics.org Mon, 19 Aug 2002 17:04:32 EDT