Franz Ferdinand
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
At Seattle’s biggest music festival, rain is not unexpected; still, the downpours at Bumbershoot ‘09 were scary even for this neck of the Pacific Northwest. No bands got electrocuted, but the sound cut out during Black Eyed Peas’ set, so that’s something. Franz Ferdinand and Modest Mouse were huge draws as the three-day event came [...]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Yesterday Scotland’s most debonair post-punks took Tonight’s slinky fourth single to the new and mercifully improved Tonight Show. Amrit and I have been playing a game in which we rank how enthusiastically Conan thanks each band after its performance. I know, that IS such a fun game! Sadly this clip cuts out the money shot. [...]
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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
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