Archive for ‘February, 2011’

The New Minneapolis Sound

An odd assortment of music has sprung forth from Minnesota over the years. Aside from the folk and bluegrass traditionalists of the A Prairie Home Companion crowd, each new artist to emerge from the Land of 10,000 Lakes has transformed almost every imaginable genre of music. Bob Dylan’s folk music became poetic protest anthems before [...]

Live Like Liz

Season two of My Life as Liz premiered this Tuesday night on MTV and if you didn’t see the first season of this uniquely produced show, I highly recommend you catch up fast. My Life as Liz can be a confusing show concept to grasp. Its reality-style shooting and editing leads many viewers to believe [...]

Waxing lyrical

For my money, the title of quickest draw in the game is caught somewhere between Blackalicious rhymer Gift of Gab and his Bay Area counterpart Lyrics Born. And on evidence from his inferno-like show at the new Brighton Music Hall in Allston Friday night, the championship trophy may reside these days in the home of [...]

Best in the west

Neko Case, The Wilbur Theater, Thursday, Feb. 3rd Not too many musical acts play The Wilbur Theater, as it mainly hosts comedians, but you wouldn’t be able to tell from some of the between-song banter found at Neko Case’s show last Thursday. The redheaded alt country chanteuse, along with backing vocalist Kelly Hogan, threw back [...]

Fading chrome

Two years ago, when I stumbled upon Chromeo at the Rothbury Music festival, they completely satisfied my 80s electro-dance beat longing. I listened to Fancy Footwork (Vice) on repeat for three months straight—admiring Dave 1’s sultry voice, P-Thugg’s kick-ass talk box and the way they moved me to dance. I made it a point to [...]