Todd RoethGot there late and didn't stay for the whole thing -- mostly because I'd already had a full night taking in bits of Reverend Deadeye's set at 3 Kings and SoundRabbit at the hi-dive, not to mention a few too many cocktails -- but I was pleasantly surprised to catch Brandi Carlile sitting in with Gregory Alan Isakov at the Meadowlark. I'd tell you that he was on, but then, he's always on, so that wouldn't exactly be breaking news. But yeah, Carlile, a frequent collaborator with Isakov wh
Tomorrow night at 6 p.m., the Sputnik will be hosting Face the Music, a photo exhibit featuring the portraits of Todd Roeth, who's emerged in the past year as one of the most talented photographers in the city. His bright, colorful style is as vibrant as it is distinctive. "I like to take pictures of faces of people who do things and make things that I admire," says Roeth. We got a sneak peek of the eye-grabbing portraits last night at the Sputnik and suffice it say, there's plenty to admire abo
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We heard some rumblings a month ago that this might happen, but we were hoping against hope it wouldn't. Well, hope got played, because today Everything Absent or Distorted (a love story) officially announced that they are calling it quits. The poetic and obscure post names "built-in contradiction" as the root cause of the split, which we suppose means, "Hey, you try coordinating eight people with professional lives outside of music for five years and see how well it works out for you
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Hey Guys,
So, your last show is this Saturday, October 24 at the Bluebird. I understand that circumstance dictates it, but it makes me sad. You guys have been one of my favorite bands over the past three years since I first saw you live at the Donnybrook Bastille Day party and you played a Neutral Milk Hotel cover. I already liked you then, but that really kicked things into high gear for me.
Since then, you've seen me through some pretty hard times and plenty of good ones, too. You
Todd Roeth​It's been a year and a half since Hello Kavita graced us with its debut
long-player, the unforgettable And Then We Turned Sideways. Since then,
the quintet of songwriter/frontman/guitarist Corey Teruya, guitarist
Luke Mossman, multi-instrumentalist Ian Short, bassist Jimmy Stofer and
drummer Leor Manelis seems only to have grown and deepened its
commitment warm, honest, countrified rock. We were fortunate to grab a
few minutes with Teruya on the eve of the release of the band's
stun
Todd Roeth​All right, how many times have you been bopping along, minding your own business, listening to some tunes, when all of the sudden, you'll hear a line in a song that instantly makes you do a double-take? You know, the ones where you keep rewinding the sucker, marveling aloud to no one in particular, "Wait, hold on...did he just...? No way! Awesome!" Yeah? Us, too, which is precisely what inspired Quote/Unquote. Periodically, we spotlight a few lines in a song that stuck out to us, be
