While we're fans of Fu Manchu, we were going to skip their appearance at Double Door tonight. They always put on a dependable show, and we've never been let down by Scott Hill and his band of skater stoner-rockers, but every once in a while even we need to stay in and take an evening off to relax. Well, at least that was our plan. more ›

Last night we hiked out to one of our favorite clubs, Hideout, to take in the super sold-out Jon Brion show. The celebrity-festooned event (read: we think we saw the dude that played Darlene's husband on "Roseanne" there) packed the Hideout music room to the beams and rafters with an eagerly expectant crowd. Brion is famous for a variety of reasons (producer to the stars, composer of avant-pop movie soundtracks, mind-boggling grasp of musical history... more ›

We weed through the week's live-music high points so you don't need to waste your time getting newsprint all over your fingers as you dig through the concert calendars found in your local newspaper. Plus, we give you room to pipe in with your own suggestions. Awesome, no? Knife of Simpson have long been local favorites of ours, and since they don't play that often we try to catch 'em any chance we get. They... more ›

We had never heard of Scissorfight before we got their latest disc in the mail a while ago. The way the album opened we totally thought we were in for another stoner rock clone hewing closely to the path set by Fu Manchu when they went all catchy and melodic a few years ago. And then things took a major turn on the downtune and we realized these boys weren’t newbies to the scene at all. Newbies don’t take expectations and turn them on their ears and bash them into the pavement and evil evil evil SATAN SATAN SATAN! more ›