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Bands can be a crucial link to a specific time and place for people, the records hitting you at an age when it all made sense and communicated directly to you. I’m a bit older than the audience for The Mars Volta (and also for their precursor, At The Drive-In) but that feeling of “holy ...
“Don’t worry, we’re in no hurry.” The music world’s most famous slackers were in such a non-hurry that they had to cut two songs written on their set list but that didn’t stop Wednesday’s show from being a spectacular success. Not too many bands do ...
“I was gonna say that we’re going to play an old song, but…” J Robbins quipped halfway during Friday night’s show. Vaunted DC quartet Jawbox decided to join the throngs who shake a couple decades worth of dust from their road cases and get back on the stage. Not ...
Hum echoes the past while Failure drives forward.
Van Halen may not hit the same quarter mile time as in their prime, but they still love to rev the engine and it's still worth a trip around the track.
Rock act Faith No More took over The Orpheum with floral bouquets and all-white bite.
