Go See Hear In L.A. Feb. 20-26 (The I See Hawks/Ra Ra Riot edition
Sure, Hollywood is gearing up for the Oscars, but there are plenty of great shows for music lovers in Los Angeles (I resisted using the Tinsel Town term). I have loved the lit. rock tunes of the Hold...
View ArticleThe ‘Mats’ Movie And Other Cool Music Documentaries
The Replacements were, and probably always will be, one of those important bands in my musical pantheon. And I am not the only one. Earlier this week, I wrote about the just released Treatment Bound, a...
View ArticleSongs For Slim – First Success, Now Second Single
A few weeks back, I mentioned that the Replacements were putting out an EP to raise funds for their ex-mate Slim Dunlap, who had a stroke last year. The EP auction has so far raised over 106,000. Copy...
View ArticleGo See Hear In L.A. July 29-Aug. 3 (The Los Lonely Boys/Hold Steady edition)
It’s not quite “all in the family” this week but there certainly are a number of family-based shows happening. Sean and Sara Watkins do their rather regularly scheduled Family Hour at Largo on...
View ArticleHey Marah Fans – Here’s Some Good News
Remember Marah? Those “kids from Philly” made a big splash in the No Depression scene of the late ’90. The band fits somewhere on the spectrum between the Replacements and the Hold Steady but with some...
View ArticleSeptember Desk Clearing: The Last Waltz, The T.N.T. Show, Van der Graaf...
Where were you on Thanksgiving Day, 1976. I was at a Thanksgiving table watching an NFL game. But if I could travel back in time, I would go to San Francisco’s Winterland Theatre to experience The...
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