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When I last checked in with The Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess, he and the band were about to kick off a co-headlining run with shoegaze legends RIDE, performing Between 10th and 11th in full. An outlier in the UK outfit’s catalog, the 1992 record caught on over on these shores, buoyed by the hit single... Continue Reading →
The answer to that headline, if you're a music fan, should be "As many as they want...because people will keep paying. That's just one of the points made in my latest piece for Collider, 10 Farewell Tours That Didn't Stick. And, yes, I'm aware there's a Rolling Stone article with a very similar headline. Whoops.... Continue Reading →
Out of all the elder statespeople who received the “Coachella bump” after their special appearances across the two-weekend shitshow extravaganza in the California desert last month, perhaps none was more unexpected than David Lee Roth. The legendary frontman was one of the special guests during Teddy Swims’ set, a literal revolving door onstage which also... Continue Reading →
It’s kind of hard to believe this summer marks 20 years since Silversun Pickups dropped their nu gaze classic Carnavas, featuring insta-earworms like “Lazy Eye” and “Well Thought Out Twinkles.” But for Brian Aubert, guitarist and singer for the Los Angeles outfit, the anniversary barely registers, as for him the timeline of the group just... Continue Reading →
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Few 78-year-olds in rock and roll have as much going on as Michael Des Barres. But before running down the current résumé – and we’ll get there – it helps to understand where he comes from. And we’re not even talking about the six-century-old French title he carries as the 26th Marquis Des Barres. That’s besides... Continue Reading →
Heavy metal is coming to Sin City. Following months of rumors and speculation, it was announced this week that Metallica will debut its “Life Burns Faster” residency at Sphere in Las Vegas this fall. The highly anticipated run will take place across eight evenings: October 1 and 3, 15 and 17, 22 and 24, and... Continue Reading →
Boston has been getting a bit spoiled with Nine Inch Nails lately. It was only last summer when Trent Reznor and his motley crew of industrial miscreants were in town on the first leg of the Peel It Back Tour. Before that, they came through to top the bill on the opening night of the 2022 edition of... Continue Reading →
There’s little denying that a distinct absence of concert etiquette has skyrocketed in recent years. From incessant talking during a performance to a total lack of spatial awareness, both in general admission and seated settings, it’s made the live environment untenable at some shows. Then, of course, there is the fact that everyone in the... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Archive, where I’ll be periodically highlighting articles pulled from my files that have either disappeared into the ether of the internet, originally ran in print, or otherwise faded away. Each one will be connecting the past to the present day. Today, it’s a May 2015 LA Weekly interview I did with Nickolas Rossi,... Continue Reading →
