For a country with a population just under 5.5 million, Scotland has perhaps produced more astonishing music per capita than any other locale. Cocteau Twins, The Jesus What’s the Rumpus?
Big Gold Dream
June 19th, 2017 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
For a country with a population just under 5.5 million, Scotland has perhaps produced more astonishing music per capita than any other locale. Cocteau Twins, The Jesus
The Veldt
Boot and Saddle, Philadelphia, May 31
June 7th, 2017 | by Brian O'Neill | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
Opening band Mahogany has a backstory as intriguing as the band’s sound. Singer and guitarist Andrew Prinz formed the group while
Redd Kross
Underground Arts, Philadelphia, May 3
May 9th, 2017 | by Brian O'Neill | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
Redd Kross is to punk rock what Cheap Trick is to ’70s arena rock. This is not as much because of a sonic resemblance, though both
Tinariwen and Dengue Fever
Union Transfer, Philadelphia, April 18
April 24th, 2017 | by Brian O'Neill | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
The distance between Cambodia and Mali is 7,175 miles, but with roots in those two disparate countries, the two bands
The Wedding Present
The Bell House, Brooklyn, April 15
April 21st, 2017 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
There was a period of time around the turn of the last century when the Wedding Present ceased to exist. Sure, frontman David Gedge was still making music
Run the Jewels
Express Live, Columbus, January 16
January 20th, 2017 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
One of the more random success stories in recent music history has to be the rise of El-P and Killer Mike as Run the Jewels. Though
Peter Hook & The Light
Webster Hall, New York, September 23
September 26th, 2016 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | 1 Comment »
It’s a fact of growing older that the bands you loved as a kid are probably not going to age gracefully. Their once skinny leather-clad bodies
Kristin Kontrol and Garbage
Summerstage, New York, August 1
August 5th, 2016 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
As the leader of the Dum Dum Girls (under the succinct nom de plume of Dee Dee), Kristin Gundred created a trio of records
Pitchfork Music Festival
Union Park, Chicago, July 15–17
July 21st, 2016 | by Matt Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
The Pitchfork Music Festival has always been a great place to see a few bands you love, a few bands you know, and a few bands you had no idea you would love
Pitchfork Music Festival 2016
Preview
July 14th, 2016 | by Matt Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
Catharsis, virtuosity, spectacle, escape. Pitchfork’s annual Chicago festival, at its best, offers heightened moments of all four, and in the most