The Occurrence - Category: Concerts

Despite my penchant for all things '90s, I'd never seen Nine Inch Nails or Soundgarden in concert. Sure, I'd attended gigs by Trent Reznor's How To Destroy Angels and Chris Cornell's Audioslave, but neither...

It's that time of year again when thousands descend upon an unsuspecting Austin for good tunes, great BBQ and bats. It's South By Southwest, the biggest and most gleeful cluster of live music in all...

For all the cool mystery that seems to envelope the members of the Strokes, the Wiltern audience sure learned some intimate facts about guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. In his opening slot for British Bob Dylan...

Conor Oberst of Desaparecidos. Photos by Melissa Bobbitt The scalper barked a confused message into his phone: “Yeah, they’re called Desaparecidos, but the audience is a bunch of 25-year-old white kids.” This over-the-hill peddler of ill-begotten...

The contract was signed in blood: They were to play only folk songs. The maniacal mastermind behind the coup watched from the wings, shooting ominous looks at the man on display as he toyed with...

They've been tearing up dance floors across the States this past year opening for Capital Cities, and now Australia's Gold Fields are embarking on their first U.S. headlining romp. Armed with two (count 'em, TWO)...

Photo by Cara Robbins One of our favorite Los Angeles bands, Wildcat! Wildcat!, are finally gracing us with their self-titled debut EP, out Sept. 10 on Downtown Records. It's slick, sexy, chill and a tasty transition...

Photo courtesy Sacks & Co. We're not arguing with this one: Power-pop stalwarts Hellogoodbye are coming out with a new album called Everything Is Debatable, out Oct. 29 on Old Friends. It's been three long years...