April 2008 :: Event Reviews
Event Reviews
Brother Ali
Chris Catania is utterly floored by Brother Ali's recent Chicago performance. Is the future of indie rap an albino Muslim who comes off equal parts Muhammed Ali, KRS-One and southern preacher? Maybe you should find out for yourself...
Carbon/Silicon
Carbon/Silicon is the new project from punk rock legends Mick Jones (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite) and Tony James (Generation X). Not even a wicked case of the flu could keep Jen Cray from catching their intimate Orlando show.
Ani DiFranco
After being sidelined with tendinitis and the birth of her first child, Ani DiFranco has returned to the road, making her way to Florida for the first time in four years. Jen Cray clocks this show at the Tampa Theatre as her eighteenth time seeing the little folksinger.
Iron Maiden
On their Somewhere Back in Time Tour Iron Maiden resurrects songs from the greatest era of their long career: the 1980s. Jen Cray flew from Florida to New Jersey to catch one of the tour's limited U.S. dates.
Justice
Chris Catania recently got his dance on with Justice in Chicago. Sometimes -- sometimes -- the Grammys get it right.
Riverboat Gamblers
Riverboat Gamblers are, according to Jen Cray, the best punk rock band to come along in the last decade. When she heard they were in Orlando with Strike Anywhere, she skipped out on the last day of the Langerado Festival to catch their set.
Silverstein
Screamo rockers Silverstein sold out the Trocadero once again, much to the delight of their multitudinous Philadelphia fans. Brittany Sturges squeezed in to report.
Taste of Chaos
The fourth annual Taste of Chaos Tour brought its mini metalcore festival indoors for the Orlando stop, where Jen Cray caught up with it.
Teenage Bottlerocket
Teenage Bottlerocket may just be one more example of the great influence that The Ramones have had on music, but Jen Cray didn't come to judge.
The AP Tour
Alternative Press Magazine's third annual tour sold out its Orlando date as All Time Low, The Rocket Summer, and a trio of other Teen Beat worthy bands made the girls and boys in the audience swoon. Jen Cray stood back and watched it all unfold.
The Mars Volta
Those unconvinced by the musical genius that is The Mars Volta need only experience a fraction of what Jen Cray experienced at their recent sold out Orlando show.
They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants proves itself a gigantic nuclear furnace inside the belly of Orlando's House of Blues. Rosalie Petralia basks in the glow.
Time Again
After a sorely disappointing trek to the world of Taste of Chaos, Jen Cray reveled in the musky sweat of a much more personable Time Again gig at The Social.
Tokyo Police Club
In the time it takes you to read this review, Tokyo Police Club can play an entire set of high-energy indie rock. S D Green tries to keep up with all the brevity.
Ultra Music Festival
Ultra Music Festival celebrates a decade as dance music's spiritual soul. S D Green makes the pilgrimage to Miami, is lost, and then found.
Yellowcard
Philadelphia fans set their green beers aside to celebrate Yellowcard's return to the area. Brittany Sturges was surprised that the pop-punkers could bring so much energy to an acoustic performance.
