This year’s Pitchfork Music Festival was, as usual and as it should be, a mixed bag of adventure, professionalism, and grand aspirations. Here are some of the highlights What’s the Rumpus?
Pitchfork Music Festival
Chicago, July 17–19
July 28th, 2015 | by Matt Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
This year’s Pitchfork Music Festival was, as usual and as it should be, a mixed bag of adventure, professionalism, and grand aspirations. Here are some of the highlights
Northside Festival
Brooklyn, June 11–14
June 23rd, 2015 | by Stephen Slaybaugh and Josie Rubio | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
Now in its seventh year, Brooklyn’s Northside Festival has cemented itself a permanent place on the summer calendar, but of course, the challenge for
Ride
Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, June 1
June 8th, 2015 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
Though it’s been almost 23 years to the date of the first and—prior to last week’s reunion show—only time that I saw Ride live and in
Chain and the Gang
Baby’s All Right, Brooklyn, May 15
May 28th, 2015 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
It’s easy to get spoiled by the amount of live music to be had in New York, but this triple bill at Baby’s All Right didn’t do much to impress
Devo
Hardcore Devo Live!
March 18th, 2015 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
Though this site’s Ohio bias is well-known, I don’t think too many people will dispute the idea that Akron-born-and-bred electronic provocateurs Devo are a
The Vaselines
The Bell House, Brooklyn, January 16
January 20th, 2015 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
While the legacy of Kurt Cobain continues to loom large, one of the greatest gifts that he left behind was turning his fans on to
Skinny Puppy
Best Buy Theater, New York, December 2
December 8th, 2014 | by Josie Rubio | published in What's the Rumpus? | 3 Comments »
Before Skinny Puppy took the stage at Best Buy Theater last week, people in hazmat suits—looking like extras from Breaking Bad
Johnny Marr
Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, November 15
November 21st, 2014 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
While it seems that since the turn of the millennium that even the most inconsequential of bands from decades past have
Slowdive
Royale, Boston, October 26
November 3rd, 2014 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
Like much of a certain portion of my generation, the early ’90s signify an era of music marked by shimmering melodies blurred by swathes of
Zola Jesus
Webster Hall, New York, October 19
October 24th, 2014 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
In the six years we’ve been publishing The Agit Reader, we’ve watched Nika Roza Danilova (a.k.a. Zola Jesus) develop from a dilettante