Concert Reviews
For Janelle Monáe, the Future Is Now
Monday at the Armory, the heady star's ambition and visual flair made for a funky good time.
Pearl Jam Rocked This Longtime Skeptic Into Submission Last Night
Last night's Xcel show proved they will rock whether or not you're a believer.
Is Nickelback Really As Bad As Everyone Says?
Or is it time we cut the Canadian hard rock pariahs some slack and fight the real enemy: their tour opener, Brantley Gilbert?
Paramore Is a Group—For Better or Worse
The band's Xcel show was often terrific, but Hayley Williams sometimes seems like a star trapped in a constellation.
My Teen Niece Helps Explain the Taylor Swift Show I Saw on Saturday
We discuss a bout with “Taylor Swift amnesia,” why it is not OK to propose at a Taylor Swift concert, and how not even Taylor Swift can get teenage girls to listen to the National.
Karen O’s Gonna Need a New Microphone
Beneath their festival-ready polish, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs still play like scrappy art-punks.
Rico Nasty Sweated Herself Blind at Amsterdam
The fierce, fashionable rapper allowed everyone in the room to vent gleeful rage.
Remember When Cold Filmed a Music Video Here?
The Florida nu-metallers returned to Minneapolis for a sold-out 7th St. Entry show on Tuesday.
Bikini Kill Still Dares Ya
The riot grrrl pioneers blazed through a 25-song set at the Palace Theatre, and took time between songs to celebrate Babes in Toyland.
So Many Gecs, So Little Time
Auto-Tune, guitar shredding, booming beats, a very sweet song about a frog—the hyperpop duo had the smartest kind of dumb fun at the Armory.
