September 2010
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ARTICLE: "Party time at outdoor venue" (Vampire...
Fun times at the Vampire Weekend show in Holyoke on Monday. Here’s my review of the show, published in today’s Berkshire Eagle.
“Vampire Weekend’s lyrics are stocked with careful, 21st century details rich in consumerist signifiers (‘the colors of Benetton,’ Tom’s of Maine, S. Pellegrino) and self-conscious multiculturalism (‘You spilled kefir on your...
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ARTICLE: "Vampire Weekend: Kaleidoscope of...
I was pleased to have the chance to speak with Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend for this feature, which comes in advance of the band’s Monday show in Holyoke at the new outdoor venue Mountain Park (which has already hosted The Flaming Lips, My Morning Jacket, and MGMT in this, its inaugural summer). The piece can be found in today’s Berkshire Eagle.
“Vampire...
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ARTICLE: "Trio sails in creaky ships" (Crosby,...
In today’s Berkshire Eagle, I reviewed Crosby, Stills and Nash’s show this week at Tanglewood—here’s the piece.
“Stephen Stills seemed the most at home, particularly when wandering away from the band for one of his many solos on electric guitar. Graham Nash seemed vaguely cranky, and David Crosby, his hair blowing from an onstage fan, maintained his placid,...
