Review: Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional at Avondale Brewing
Two bands drew from decades of material, with two distinct approaches to bringing recorded works to life on the Avondale stage.
People Years: XIV
With dreamy distorted guitars, haunting keyboards, and propulsive bass and drums, Birmingham’s psych rock outfit People Years has released their second full album.
Secret Stages Highlight: Oxford Con
From post-rock guitarist to acoustic singer-songwriter to indie soulster, Connor McCullum has been a shapeshifter throughout his musical career.
This Saturday: The Green Seed Presents
Randall Turner (DuJour, The Green Seed) and Jim Fahy (First Kentucky Post, Teen Getaway) discuss a new collaboration ahead of their show at Saturn.
Venture Boi: Trouble
With pet tigers and ruins of rubble, Venture Boi’s Trouble EP is a psychedelic auditory experience that grips the listener with every new scene.
Coming Up: Sunshine Boys at WorkPlay
Chicago’s thoroughly-indie Sunshine Boys are touring with Juliana Hatfield, and they play WorkPlay Sunday.
Review: Janet Simpson & Kelsey Waldon
Two singer/songwriters brought genuine country to Saturn’s space-age stage.
Minami Deutsch and Kikagaku Moyo Rock Saturn
On 11/11, two Tokyo-based bands brought experimental krautrock and mad psychedelia to Saturn Birmingham. Those that braved the cold weather were duly rewarded.
Coming Up: Scott Ruth at Saturn
Scott Ruth talks moving from bass player to songwriter, meeting Gundersen, and the differences between U.S. and European audiences.
Coming Up: EG Vines
After a stint in The Bandoliers, Vines reintroduces himself as a solo artist steeped in the influence of the region’s Americana legacy with flashes of alternative and indie rock.