Coachella '08 Reviewed, Day Three: Metric, I'm From Barcelona, Duffy, Stars, Sean Penn
It was a little bit '80s, with Sean Penn ranting and Stars nodding to Phil Collins. But Metric's Emily Haines had all the best punchlines.
By Melissa Goldstein 05.01.08 10:11 AM
Coachella '08 Reviewed: Mark Ronson, DeVotchKa, Stephen Malkmus, Yelle
Our Melissa Goldstein hands out yearbook-style awards to Coachella's Saturday performers.
By Melissa Goldstein 04.29.08 11:30 AM
Coachella Performer with the Coolest Buddy List: Mark Ronson
Coachella '08 Reviewed: The Raconteurs, Architecture in Helsinki, Tegan & Sara, Cut Copy
Our Melissa Goldstein hands out yearbook-style awards to Coachella's Friday performers.
By Melissa Goldstein 04.26.08 6:03 PM
Best Use of New Material as Foreplay: The Raconteurs
Reviews: Hymns, Los Campesinos!
Countrified Brooklyn boys of Hymns get horny, while the Welsh art schoolers border on bothersome.
By Melissa Goldstein 03.18.08 1:48 PM
A premium blend of country/city boys made good, Brooklyn's Hymns rocked a small but enthused SXSW closing night crowd at Cedar Patio with the horns-heavy jam, "I Can't Be What You Want," insisting their brass section was an impulse buy: "We found them at IHOP this morning," frontman Brian Harding told the audience.
Reviews: Port O'Brien, the Dodos, the Wombats
Americana enthusiasts Port O'Brien and frenetic folkies the Dodos play the SFxSXSW showcase, while the Wombats offer urgent Britpop.
By Melissa Goldstein 03.17.08 1:28 PM
Oakland's Port O'Brien may have been collectively suffering from sore throats, as Neil Young-sounding frontman (and part-time Alaskan fisherman) Van Pierszalowski revealed, but luckily a little extra scratchiness goes a long way for the Americana quintet, who played the SFxSXSW showcase at Bourbon Rocks on Saturday.
Reviews: Tilly and the Wall, Say Hi, White Rabbits
Video! Omaha's freaky fun Tilly get asses moving, Seattle's Say Hi sharpen their "Fangs," Missouri's White Rabbits rock the saloon.
By Melissa Goldstein 03.15.08 9:35 PM
Tilly and the Wall have got spirit. Yes, yes they do. Exhibit A: As the evening's headliner for the Team Love/Polyvinyl showcase at Habana Calle 6, the Omaha indie pop collective practically pogoed to the stage chanting their own Mickey Mouse Club style cheer: "Austin: Tilly's back! We want you to shake your ass!"
