After the Cardinals beat the Cubs on Sunday afternoon, stick around (i.e. keep drinking…) downtown and catch New Orleans brass band Bonerama play the Broadway Oyster Bar Sunday night.

The band, founded in 1998 by former members of Harry Connick’s band,…

Irish-American punk band Street Dogs will be one of the gazillion bands at today’s Warped Tour at the Verizon. They are in the same raucous camp as Flogging Molly, The Adolescents and Anti-Flag, with whom they have toured.

Street Dogs front…

For a change of pace from the guitar-heavy punk at the Warped Tour Tuesday, duck into the Skull Candy electronic tent and catch an extended set from Barcelona’s Pinker Tones.

Funk and disco propel the duo’s grooves, which borrows from a…

Louisville quintet Arnett Hollow will bring their mix of traditional bluegrass, rock, jazz and world music to the Gramophone this Saturday. It will be the band’s first appearance here.

Guitarist and vocalist Chris Rodahaffer studied several music styles at the Berklee…

Pop hooks and harmonies will abound this Saturday at the Tap Room as the local quintet Tight Pants Syndrome will release their debut album.

The band was founded in 2004 by guitarist Tom Stephens. After some departures, Stephens retooled the…

With album titles like “Songs for the Weary” and “Defeated, TN,” it’s clear that local country/folk outfit Theodore has an affinity with society’s down-and-out. The quartet writes about hard times, hard living and heartbreak, along the lines of Tom Waits,…

It will be a quality show tonight at the Off Broadway as up and coming Merge Records band Wye Oak hits the Off Broadway tonight with Pontiak.

The Baltimore duo’s atmospheric rock found on their debut, “If Children,” was received…

Catch Liverpool electro popsters Ladytron this Monday at the Pageant. Here’s a recent Aussie feature.

Source: The Age (Melbourne, Aus.)

May 30, 2008

Sophisticated lady

By Dan Rule

Ladytron’s electro-pop is becoming darker and more complex with time, writes Dan Rule.

MIRA AROYO is not one…

Singing and playing R&B guitar at venues like the Fox and Hollywood Bowl must beat the heck out of working on the railroad.

James Hunter, who opens for Willie this Saturday, is a rising UK star who once worked for the…

Fans of the Raconteurs attending the show last night at the Fillmore Detroit received a jolt when White Stripe Meg White showed up onstage before an encore.

Jack White, whose Raconteurs play here Thursday at the Pageant, introduced his ex-wife…