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Live Show Reviews

A Night Out With...The XYZ Affair, Jukebox the Ghost, and Morning State

Saturday night at New York’s Mercury Lounge featured an impressive line-up of four bands on the cusp of breaking out.

Northern State, The Trucks, and Team Gina at Chop Suey

Overall, the show was fun, if a little disorganized all around but I still couldn’t think of any other way I’d rather spend a Monday night.

Conrad Ford's album release with Hazelwood Motel and Barton Carroll

Andy McAllister's voice oozed over the crowd like molasses spilling out of a bottle...

Eisley: Live and On Telephone

Eisley's youngest member, Stacy Dupree, talks to TIG contributor Steele before rocking Boston

DeVotchKa Photo Essay

Seeing DeVotchKa live gave me a new respect for the vast array of unique instruments that fill the songs I have grown to love on the records.

Film / Book / Theatre Reviews

Best Films of 2007

The ten films that made my yearly best-of list, plus the 76 honorable mentions that follow below, represent about a third of what I saw last year. And I still missed most of what was out there.

Back Home Again: A John Denver Holiday Concert

I'm not sure what went wrong, but the spirit of everyone's favorite '70s Colorado troubadour is nowhere to be found here.

Burn to Shine: Bright Seattle stars

Burn to Shine's forthcoming Emerald City edition is quintessentially us. Like the other houses featured in the previous three Burn to Shine installments, this house was destined to be destroyed... but not before some stunning musical performances by great local performers like Tiny Vipers, Eddie Vedder, and Burn to Shine curator Benjamin Gibbard.

Theater Review: Murderers

Sarah Rudinoff is outstanding as ever, and her bit is, not surprisingly, one of the highlights of the theater year.

Theater Review: To Kill a Mockingbird

I can't recommend it wholeheartedly, and even if I could you might not be able to get tix.