New NIN sounds like old NIN, and it's coming to Outside Lands
They're back and haunted.Admit it, there was a time when a Nine Inch Nails album was the hardest music in your CD collection. You slipped your Downward Spiral disc in to drown out -- or perhaps...
View ArticleBefore Outside Lands: death and train-tripping with Wavves
Wavves chills out.PHOTO BY CAT ROIF.As we collectively await Outside Lands 2013 (August 9-11, Golden Gate Park) and attempt to enjoy summer -- the sun’s actually here, in the city! -- I decided to get...
View ArticleBefore Outside Lands: Youth Lagoon on Art Garfunkel, the spiritual...
Youth Lagoon in nature.Youth Lagoon, the aloof youth that is Trevor Powers, has explored new land in latest album Wondrous Bughouse (Fat Possum). Revealing, yet withholding, the album proved his...
View ArticleWith a rising profile, King Tuff still prefers music that sounds like it came...
King Tuff holds it down.PHOTO BY ABBY BANKS.Garage rock troubadour King Tuff is no stranger to playing outdoor venues like Golden Gate Park for Outside Lands.“One time I played in my parents backyard...
View ArticleOutside Lands 2013 winners (Paul McCartney, Chic, Bombino) and losers
Hall & Oates, or Trombone Shorty? Willie Nelson, or Vampire Weekend? This year's Outside Lands presented its 65,000 attendees with some perplexing choices, resulting in what might've been the...
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