Arcade Fire and Bjork at Sasquatch
A few notes on Sasquatch so far: Having only seen the Arcade Fire once – at Sasquatch a couple of years ago – I still had the band filed under "pretty good but slightly pretentious and overrated."...
View ArticleSasquatch top five
Just got back from the Gorge a little while ago. And after I hit the showers to scrub off a few layers of grime and sunblock, I’ll be able to sort throught my photos from last night’s Beastie Boys and...
View ArticleMcGraw and Hill deliver smash hits and killer covers
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill could have easily rested on their laurels after headlining the highest grossing tour in country music history last year. Their Soul2Soul trek raked in $88.8 million in 55...
View ArticleIs the Fall Out Boy phenomenon waning?
Soon, they may have to change their name to Burn Out Boy. For now they’re called Fall Out Boy. And the chart-topping Chicago quartet headlined the Tacoma Dome yet again Wednesday night, just six months...
View ArticleReport from Kenny Chesney’s Summer Flip Flop show
Well, Kenny Chesney did it again. He drew an estimated 43,000 to 45,000 to Qwest Field Saturday, the year after he drew similar numbers to the Seattle venue. And this time he doesn’t have to worry...
View ArticleToby Keith review
A while back Toby Keith was pegged, quite unfairly, as some kind of extreme right-wing jingo. And there he was on the White River Amphitheatre stage singing "Love Me If You Can," a tender ballad about...
View ArticleOne, you cut a hole in the box … (A Justin Timberlake review)
Yes, Justin Timberlake played the song from "Saturday Night Live" during an amazing set Saturday night at the Tacoma Dome. You know the one. It’s about – um – putting something in a box. It’s the...
View ArticleVan Halen review
For the record, I’m not nearly as nostalgic about pre-Sammy Hagar Van Halen as most of the screaming, fist pumping fans that filled KeyArena Monday night. (Or for Van Hagar, for that matter.) Typical...
View ArticleGuest reviewer Soren Andersen digs Saturday night Springsteen set
I was anxious to check out Ministry and Meshuggah last night. (More on that in my next post.) So we sent film critic Soren Andersen to check out last night’s biggest ticket, Bruce Springsteen, last...
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More details, scenes from Nine Inch Nails U.S. tour launch
You can count on Nine Inch Nails to do at least two things in concert – to rock intensely and to dazzle with lots of unconventional special effects. And Nails did not disappoint on either front...
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