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Written by Mike Greenhaus
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Friday, 25 May 2007 |
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Photo Wes Orshoski
It feels like hyperbole, but, in all honestly, like the Grateful Dead, Phish and Radiohead before them, without much pomp and circumstance, Arcade Fire has changed the essence of what the live performance can and should be all about. If a Grateful Dead/Phish show was all about space and a Radiohead performance is all about atmosphere, then an Arcade Fire concert is most certainly all about intensity: the barrage of onstage musicians, the pulsating drum beats, the death-laced lyrics and, especially, the giant, Springsteen-like grandeur of guitarist/frontman Win Butler.
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Written by Chris Catania
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Friday, 25 May 2007 |
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Photo Marc Goldstein
There was a galvanizing connection between the music of Mexico City natives Rodrigo y Gabriela and the Vic crowd. It might have been emotional fallout from just three days earlier when 150,000 immigrants marched in protest through the city’s downtown or perhaps the duo was getting a jumpstart on the next day’s Cinco de Mayo. Either way the energy was inescapable the moment they took the stage.
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Written by Randy Ray
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Friday, 25 May 2007 |
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It is somewhat ironic that an artist who won a singing contest before a national audience never really got a chance to showcase the elements that distinguish him as a commanding live performer. After winning 2006’s American Idol, and subsequently issuing a studio album that didn’t perform up to industry expectations, Taylor Hicks has brought his act on the road. At the Marquee, he affirmed that the stage is where he excels, offering a soulful charisma, rich voice and imaginative setlists littered with multi-genre selections.
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Written by Rebecca Carter
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Tuesday, 08 May 2007 |
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The Avalon, Boston, MA
April 29, 2007
Photo by: Chris Strong
Since the heyday of bands like Led Zeppelin and Rush, heavy rock with themes of fantasy has become nearly exclusive to the depths of black metal or tongue-in-check parody in the mainstream rock world. But when it comes to rock ‘n’ roll, all things are cyclical and stoner anthems about sorcerers and unicorns are making a “lighter in the air” comeback with the Aussie power trio Wolfmother.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 25 May 2007 )
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Written by Tim Donnelly
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Wednesday, 02 May 2007 |
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Waikiki Shell, Honolulu, HI
April 21-22
Photo by : Roxanne Haynes
Who cares when you mess up when you are amongst friends? Miscues and missteps aside, they’ll still love you in the end—and maybe a little more because of it.
Thus was the case with Jack Johnson and Eddie Vedder at Johnson’s environmental-themed Kokua Festival: not a soul cared how many times they messed up their own and each other’s songs, because by the end of the weekend, it all came out as heartfelt and hilarious.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 02 May 2007 )
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