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Recent writings
The mighty Modest Mouse
At times when Isaac Brock speaks, he’s unintelligible. But when he sings, it’s a different matter. At Modest Mouse’s Sept. 3 appearance in Billings, Brock mumbled a few statements between songs, but it was his musicianship that impressed the most.
Clintons ham it up; Noah Gundersen sets precedent
John McLellan, guitarist and vocalist of the Bozeman-based country/pop band The Clintons, and Josh Keehr, the band’s percussionist, have the Montana market on “cheese.”
Elephant Revival tiptoes into town
Elephant Revival was anything but elephantine in their performance in Billings last night. The an Americana folk music revivalist group’s delicate and graceful music reminded more of tiptoeing than of a large, lumbering pachyderm.
Railroad Earth lights up the Babcock Theater
Amongst the flying glowsticks and wafting pot smoke, the New Jersey jam band Railroad Earth took the stage at the Babcock Theater last night. It’s been a while since the Babcock, located on Second Avenue North in downtown Billings, has seen such action […]
Hana Pestle sells out Venture
Hana Pestle can make finding a dead girl in a lake sound delightful. Her original songs—themed around dark, imaginative worlds where lake swimmers entangle their fingers in the hair of the deceased or guests at the “Red Death Ball” perish—are disturbing on paper, but enchanting in song.
Steve Earle channels ghosts of his past
At 54, folk musician and “hardcore troubadour” Steve Earle is just two years older than his mentor, teacher and 70s counterculture icon, Townes Van Zandt was when he died. To a sold-out audience in Sheridan, Wyo., on Saturday, Earle recalled tales of his past, conjuring up the image of Van Zandt through tales of their experiences, which began in the 1970s.
Senses Fail, Bayside to perform Billings in off-day from Warped Tour
Denver-based indie rock band The Photo Atlas returns to Billings Aug. 10 to perform with national acts Senses Fail and Bayside (appearing during an off-day from the Vans Warped Tour) Aug. 10 in the basement of the Shrine Auditorium.
Bane engages sparse crowd
Members of Bane, a hardcore band from Massachusetts, checked another state off their list of places to perform at Wednesday’s all-ages concert at the Railyard.
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