Jun
01
2011
Since day one of the inaugural Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in 2002, its organizer’s (especially those of the New Orleans-based Superfly Productions) have always brought a little of that N’awlins flavor to the city of Manchester, Tennessee in mid-June. Past acts from the Big Easy that have graced the Bonnaroo stages have included Galactic, the Dirty …
Jun
17
2010
I awoke sometime shortly after sunrise on Friday morning, to what I’d imagine is the same feeling you would have if you were stuck inside of an oven. With it being this early and already topping ninety degrees, we were still several hours away from the music beginning for the day, so I spent the …
Apr
29
2010
Bonnaroo is just forty-one days away, but for many people like myself, listening to and talking about the bands playing is a topic that seems to come up every day of the year in my conversations. Some of my friends, I’d imagine, are probably pretty sick and tired of hearing the word “Bonnaroo” come out of my …
Apr
23
2010
One of the biggest things that sets Bonnaroo apart from “all the other festivals” is that those other festivals have a curfew. At Bonnaroo, they don’t tell the bands they have to stop at a certain time, although bands are typically scheduled until 4 am. In the past, some bands and fans have managed to …
Jan
10
2010
Arcade Fire Without a doubt, this Canadian indie rock megaband is by far the best of the younger bands I’ve seen in concert. Sure they’ve been around since ’03, but have only released two albums, but those albums (Funeral, Neon Bible) are amongst the best albums of the past decade. And that’s not just my …
Jul
06
2009
Monday, July 6 Critic’s Pick: PNC Pavilion – Counting Crows, Augustana Paper Route, Audrey Sessions and Mia Carruthers & the Retros – Southgate House – Ballroom Northside Tavern – The Quartet Tuesday, July 7 Jason Lytle (of Grandaddy) – Southgate House – Ballroom Underbelly – An evening featuring ten of the area’s best stand-up comedians …