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'Fela!' Team Celebrate the Man Behind the Musical in Brooklyn | ARTICLE

The scene at Brooklyn's Knitting Factory last night was hectic: bodies crammed into the modest bar at the front of the building, twisting and churning to the propulsive rhythms booming from the speakers. The event was nominally...
May 11, 2010 10:36 AM ET
Green Day Moonlight as Foxboro Hot Tubs at Beer-Soaked Secret Show | ARTICLE

By the time the Foxboro Hot Tubs reached the beer-soaked, shambling conclusion of their chaotic two-plus-hour set in the basement of New York's Bowery Electric last night at nearly 3 a.m., roughly 950 cans of Pabst Blue...
April 26, 2010 9:33 AM ET
Aretha Franklin, Ozzy Osbourne Encourage Young Rockers Backstage at Hall of Fame Concert | ARTICLE

If the first night of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25th anniversary concerts were about looking back and celebrating legacies, night number two was about looking forward. From the performances — which focused heavily on...
October 31, 2009 11:06 AM ET
Pearl Jam Rule Austin City Limits With Ferocious Closing Set Featuring Ben Harper, Perry Farrell | ARTICLE

For the last 17 years, the going story on Pearl Jam was that they were a band that prided themselves on a willful disregard for expectations. The bullet-points are so frequently recited they can almost be announced...
October 5, 2009 9:02 AM ET
Levon Helm, Zac Brown Band, Deer Tick and More Battle the Mud at Austin City Limits Day Two | ARTICLE

There was a tie for Most Significant Special Effect on Day Two of the Austin City Limits Festival. The first contender was Austin's own Ghostland Observatory, whose agitated dance music took a back seat to a breathtaking...
October 4, 2009 11:33 AM ET
Them Crooked Vultures Jolt Austin City Limits, Plus Phoenix, Avett Brothers Rock Day One | ARTICLE

The Austin City Limits Festival, held in Austin's Zilker Park and currently in its seventh year, boasts a bill that roams the stylistic spectrum, but its first day proved a fine opportunity to get a good, long...
October 3, 2009 10:56 AM ET
Austin City Limits 2009: Ultimate Schedule Guide | ARTICLE

Make no mistake about it: the Austin City Limits lineup definitely skews country this year. Whether it's the timeles yawp and holler of Asleep at the Wheel or the new heartbreak delivered by Sara Watkins and...
September 30, 2009 7:45 AM ET
Clarkson, Cyrus Team With Etheridge, Crow on "VH1 Divas" | ARTICLE

The opening number of the 2009 edition of VH1's Divas series answered a question that has been nagging at the public consciousness for the last 20 years: What in the world has MC Skat Kat been up...
September 18, 2009 11:50 AM ET
Showmanship Rules as Jane's Addiction, The Killers Wrap Up Lollapalooza 2009 | ARTICLE

On paper, the two bands headlining the final night of Lollapalooza couldn't be more different. Over the course of their initial four-year run, from 1987 to 1991, Jane's Addiction pioneered a hazy California psychedelia, writing strange songs...
August 10, 2009 9:36 AM ET
Lou Reed Snarls, Vampire Weekend Bounce on Eclectic Lollapalooza Day Three | ARTICLE

Near the end of her thrilling set with Neko Case Sunday afternoon at Lollapalooza, Kelly Hogan admitted the group was trying to pull off a little trick: "We're going to try to play some nighttime songs in...
August 10, 2009 9:08 AM ET
Fleet Foxes, Passion Pit, GZA Keep Lolla Rocking at Afterparties | ARTICLE

After Day Two of Lollpalooza ended, concertgoers had their pick of afterparties. At the Metro — some 7 miles from the festival grounds — Fleet Foxes delivered a warm, soothing set, despite the fact that both Robin...
August 9, 2009 11:39 AM ET
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Tool's Stunning Spectacles Score at Lollapalooza | ARTICLE

Karen O has never been one to make safe sartorial choices, but the outfit she was wearing when she and her band, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, took the stage at Lollapalooza was daring even for her. On...
August 9, 2009 11:07 AM ET
Arctic Monkeys, Santigold Bring the Heat to Sweaty Lollapalooza | ARTICLE

Near the end of her raucous Saturday afternoon set at Lollapalooza, Danish vocalist Ida Maria launched into one of her better-known numbers, the brash, battering "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked." On record it...
August 9, 2009 10:47 AM ET
Depeche Mode and Kings of Leon Captivate Lollapalooza With Dueling Headlining Sets | ARTICLE

Depeche Mode's Friday night headlining set at Lollapalooza began with a whimper. First, there was the tiny, steady blip of a pre-recorded drum track. Then came a bed of synthesizers, misty and mysterious. Finally, Dave Gahan's voice...
August 8, 2009 11:14 AM ET
Decemberists, Of Montreal Put New Spins on Retro Sounds on Lollapalooza's Day One | ARTICLE

"The thing about rain," said Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon midway through his band's Friday afternoon Lollapalooza set, "It kinda tells you what a city's made of." If Fallon's theory is correct, the people of Chicago — and...
August 8, 2009 10:59 AM ET
Lollapalooza '09 Guide: 30 Hot Bands, Three Jam-Packed Days | ARTICLE

All festivals come packaged with them the necessity of choice, but few festivals make those choices as difficult as Lollapalooza, once again anchored by Perry Farrell's Jane's Addiction. With eight stages full-up for 12 hours over...
August 5, 2009 9:00 AM ET
Tool's Dark Metal and Stunning Visuals Take Over All Points West | ARTICLE

Moody, intricate and introspective metal isn't necessarily the natural choice for a festival headlining slot, but over the course of their bleak and riveting 90-minute set New Jersey's All Points West Festival Saturday night, Tool proved that...
August 2, 2009 11:47 AM ET
My Bloody Valentine, Arctic Monkeys Rock All Points West on Moody, Muddy Day Two | ARTICLE

Is there any sight that warms the heart of a rock band more than a sea of upraised middle fingers? That's the scene that greeted recently reformed British shoegaze pioneers My Bloody Valentine midway through their Saturday...
August 2, 2009 11:29 AM ET
All Points West's Best: 24 Can't-Miss Sets | ARTICLE

The thing that makes All Points West, the New Jersey festival currently celebrating its second year, so special is its knack for pairing your favorite bands with your new favorite bands. To get this out of...
July 28, 2009 9:15 AM ET
Michael Jackson's Indelible Pop Legacy | ARTICLE

Trying to trace Michael Jackson's influence on the pop stars that followed him is like trying to trace the influence of oxygen and gravity. So vast, far-reaching and was his impact — particularly in the wake...
July 7, 2009 4:20 PM ET