Yer Cronies
[photos: Brody McCoy]

Read the rest of this entry »

Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman “Whatever It Takes (11/24/2008)” (mp3)
Tom Morello: (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia)
Tom Morello “The Fabled City” (album)
Subscribe to Culture Bully Here
Also: (Rage Against The Machine, Queens of the Stone Age & The Coup @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre 08/24/2007) (Zach de la Rocha & Tom Morello: “And Now What?” - CIW Protest)

Read the rest of this entry »

[photos: Brody McCoy]

Read the rest of this entry »

[photos: Jon Behm]

Read the rest of this entry »

Calexico
[photos: Jon Behm]

Read the rest of this entry »

Murzik
[photos: Jon Behm]

Read the rest of this entry »

[review: Jennifer Hood]
[photos: Marcus Johnson]
The early nineties, for me, were marked by the lovely smell of the smoke machine and the heavy mystery of dark, dank clubs. I’ve always loved that smell and the excitement the ethereal fog creates as it fills the room. The reassuring thing about a Sisters of Mercy show is that [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

[photos/review: Jon Behm]
I had to make some tough choices on Monday night, music-wise. While great Monday night shows are relatively rare, somehow we ended up with three of them falling on the same date: Atmosphere, Deerhunter, and Holly Golightly and the Brokeoff’s. In the end, Atmosphere’s overcrowding of First Avenue and the Triple Rock’s cash [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

[photos/video: Brody McCoy]

Read the rest of this entry »

Deerhunter
[review: Erik Thompson]
[photos: Jeremy Nelson]
It’s never a good sign when the first thing Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox says to the audience is “I’ve got some bad news to tell you.” I immediately became worried that the show was in jeopardy, but it just turned out that guitarist Whitney Petty was back at the hotel with [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

[review: Josh Keller]
[photos: Jon Behm]
There can be a certain loneliness to a touring band that can lead to an unnerving monotony, which in turn can lead to some rather dull shows. Everyone has been to the show were the bands are simply going through the motions in order to get done with the set list [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

Blitzen Trapper
[review: Erik Thompson]
[photos: Jon Behm]
I was surprised by a lot of things during Saturday night’s sold-out Blitzen Trapper show at the Turf Club in St. Paul, not the least of which was the fact that the show was sold-out in the first place. I guess the large audience was partly based on the fact [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

[review: Josh Keller]
[photos: David de Young]
Solid Gold celebrated the release of their excellent debut album, Bodies of Water, with a late show Friday night at the Varsity Theater. Doors did not open until 11:00pm, which seemed like a perfect fit for this dark and moody electronic-tinged band. Some bands have music that fits perfectly on [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

Little Joy
[review: Josh Keller]
[photos/video: Brody McCoy]
Rumors that new band Little Joy are the side project for Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti may have been slightly exaggerated. The band, which does feature Fab on backing guitar and vocals, is most definitely led by Rodrigo Amarante - friend of Moretti and leader of the band Los Hermanos. The [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

Eagles of Death Metal
[photos/video: Brody McCoy]

Read the rest of this entry »

[photos: Jon Behm]

Read the rest of this entry »

Dan Wilson
[photos/video: Brody McCoy]

Read the rest of this entry »

[review: Erik Thompson]
[photos: Jon Behm]
Wow, Gregg Gillis sure can throw one hell of a party. With just a laptop and a copious amount of streamers, confetti, and toilet paper, the man known professionally as Girl Talk completely invigorated a sold out First Avenue, and turned a relatively tranquil Monday night into Dance Party U.S.A. With [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

[photos/video: Brody McCoy]

Read the rest of this entry »

Chairlift & Yeasayer
[photos: Jon Behm]

Read the rest of this entry »