Well folks, I have encountered this question many times in the last couple months, “Hey Phishbeard, why do you go to so many shows, but haven’t posted reviews to everything you have seen?”. My answer to that question is hard to truly justify. I have been without my laptop for some time now and often I am on the road for numerous days before I even get a chance to sit down at a computer. Coupled with my ... Read More

St. Vincent Spring 2012 US Tour Dates The beautiful and highly talented Annie Erin Clark (better known as St. Vincent) has announced spring tour dates in support of her 2011 effort Strange Mercy. The trek will kick off on April 14th at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and wrap May 24th at the National in Richmond Virginia. St. tUnE-yArDs will support St. Vincent on the west coast dates sandwiched by both weekends of Coachella. A full list of dates for St. ... Read More

WAKARUSA 2012 May 31 - June 3, 2012 Mulberry Mountain - Ozark, AR (About 1 Hr from Fayetteville and Fort Smith) Updated: 1/19/12 with complete lineup Only 2 / 3 of the Wakarusa Festival lineup has been released so far, and you should make it a priority to snag your tickets and premium camping passes now because they won't last! This year the Waka gods have decided to release the lineup in "3 equally weighted parts." The first announcement was made last week and featured eletronic producer ... Read More

Grouplove Pay Jimmy Kimmel Live A Visit We here at Concert Confessions have been trying to see Grouplove for a while. As you may recall, our founder Reverend Justito attempted to catch the band on the Pan Handle stage at the 2011 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. However with a massive crowd assembled at the solar powered stage, he couldn’t even get close enough to hear the band let alone see them. Then our youngest and quite possibly brightest contributor Jakob Ross caught ... Read More

Death Cab For Cutie Announce Spring 2012 North American Tour Death Cab For Cutie are once again hitting the road to support 2011’s disappointment Keys and Codes. The trek will feature support from the San Francisco based group Magik*Magik Orchestra and kicks off in Denver Colorado on April 10th. After stops in such luxurious locations as Grand Rapids, Knoxville and Oakland, the tour will wrap in Seattle Washington on May 13th. A full list of dates for Death Cab For Cutie’s Spring North ... Read More

Girls Hit The Road In Support of Father, Son & Holy Ghost Who doesn’t love Girls? Fresh off their near capacity throw down last month at the Fonda in Hollywood, CA, the San Francisco based group is about to hit the road for a quick 2 ½ week US Tour. Sharing the stage with Girls on this trek will be Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Information on the brief trek can be found below. Girls will also take part in the Sold Out 2012 Coachella Music ... Read More

Words by Jay Porks/Photo Reverend Justito On Monday, St. Vincent stopped by Conan on a night where Kate Beckinsale's hotness almost blew up my television. Another artist that will be at Coachella 2012 they were introduced and strummed a few chords of an Elvis Costello-ish sounding tune. Then, just when it's about to break Annie Erin Clark waves her hands in the air demanding the band stop. She then says into the mic "I'm sorry ladies and gentleman, there is no ... Read More

The Decemberists Set To Release Live Concert Record The pride of Portland Oregon – The Decemberists are set to release their first live album. We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11) features songs from the groups entire career from twelve separate performances. Rolling Stone reports that some of the venues include the Ryman in Nashville, Stubb’s BBQ in Austin and McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheatre in Portland. The album will be released as a digital download, a 2 disc CD set and ... Read More

Sleigh Bells Map Out North American Trek In Support of Reign of Terror With their sophomore effort Reign of Terror hitting shelves later this year, the duo of Derek E. Miller and Alexis Krauss (better known as Sleigh Bells) have announced a brief tour of the United States/Canada. Half of the dates will be performed in Miller’s home state of Florida while the second half will hit major markets including New York, Los Angeles and Seattle. Check out some the review our pal thenaturalstoner ... Read More

The War On Drugs Invade Late Night With Jimmy Fallon  In a world where you can't quite keep up with every band, you try to at least keep up with the ones that have really cool names. That was the case last night when this writer tuned into Jimmy Fallon last night to catch The War On Drugs play a song called "Baby Missiles". With two keyboardists, some strumming of guitar with a harmonica and ?uestlove helping out as a second drummer, the above ... Read More

12.29/12.30/12.31 - Umphreys McGee at The Pageant - St. Louis, MO Words and Pictures By: Bradley Darby I sure as hell hope The Pageant’s insurance is up to date..... because following the three night-seven set weekend to close out 2011 and ring in 2012, there is no doubt that Umphreys McGee blew the roof off the place! If you have never seen Umphreys McGee, you should do yourself a favor and make it a point to catch a show. The band can’t be ... Read More

As 2011 reaches a close, we take a look back at the year in concerts. In volume, I probably attend the least amount of total shows per year if you pool all of the contributors here at Concert Confessions. But never the less, by years end I will have reached 23 concerts, eclipsing last years total of 20. My only personal goal is to always get out to more shows then the year before. We did that in 2011, and here's hoping ... Read More

Ring in 2012 with Umphreys McGee in St. Louis Words by Bradley Darby For the first time in their 13 plus year existence, Chicago progressive rockers Umphreys McGee take their end of the year party on the road and bring their annual New Years shindig to St. Louis to close out 2011 and ring in 2012 with a 3 night run at The Pageant. Last Halloween the boys spent two nights at The Pageant for their Monster Mashup, and many consider those shows (especially ... Read More

Words by jenkins Videos by jenkins (except as noted) There aren't very many artists whose catalogues I know by heart - and I don't just mean "heard all of the songs and have all of the CDs", but "know every word and memorized every breakdown and transition".  For me, Matt Nathanson is one of of those artists.  Even though he toured extensively on his 2007 release Some Mad Hope, I somehow managed to miss seeing Matt headline a show since his dual-headliner with Carbon ... Read More

The 62nd Edition of the Jay Porks Never Ending Concert Series is a special one indeed for a couple of reasons. One, we're heading out to the Bowery Electric (Joey Ramone Pl & 3rd St) down in the East Village for a charity event benefiting the Toys for Tots Foundation( ) featuring the musical styling of Joseph Arthur (and opener James Maddock). Never a bad thing to gain some good karma. Second reason this is special, it's because I've officially taken a ... Read More

Death Cab For Cutie Pay Jimmy Kimmel Live A Visit Fresh off their West Coast tour of corporate radio station holiday festivals, Death Cab For Cutie paid a visit to the Jimmy Kimmel Live show last night (12/13/11). The sons of Seattle performed two songs from their latest effort Codes and Keys. You can watch the videos below. Death Cab For Cutie will kick off 2012 with a brief tour of Australia.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e17Ck_wo8cE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPKihQyIkM4&feature=channel_video_title Read More

String Cheese Incident’s Roots Run Deep Tour at The Pageant - 12/7/2011 Words and Pictures by Bradley Darby The String Cheese Incident has been doing their thing for almost 20 years (with a break here or there) in the jam community, blending Colorado progressive bluegrass with psychedelic rock, funk, and jam music. They have accumulated quite a large following of loyal fans which makes it difficult to get tickets to many shows, especially when the show in question is one of the more ... Read More

Blitzen Trapper Live on the Late Show with David Letterman - 12/08/11 One of our favorite albums in 2011 was American Goldwing By Blitzen Trapper. Last night, band paid a visit to The Late Show with David Letterman where they performed the song “Might Find It Cheap.” You can watch the performance below. In the event you are in Hoboken, New Jersey tonight (12/09/11), make sure you check the band out at Maxwell’s. While Blitzen Trapper currently have no tour dates planned for 2012 ... Read More

Girls 12/06/11 Music Box at Fonda - Hollywood, CA Words/Photos by Reverend Justito Before we begin, we must give a major shout out to both Girls and Vacation Vinyl in Silver Lake, CA. I don’t know who had the idea to give away a free ticket to the Girls show with the purchase of Father, Son, Holy Ghost on vinyl, but I am sure glad they did. We here at Concert Confessions truly can’t express just how wonderful the folks at Vacation Vinyl are. They ... Read More

SK6ers & Jon McLaughlin at The Duck Room (Blueberry Hill) St. Louis, MO - 11/29/11 Words and pictures by Bradley Darby   For the past 9 years, Stephen Kellogg has been touring the country with his blend of country-glazed alt rock... usually as Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers, where he wreks havoc on cities with 3 of his friends in tow, and sometimes just flying solo. One thing remains the same though, no matter which form of Kellogg you are seeing.... the energy of the ... Read More

Blitzen Trapper 11/17/11 Music Box at Fonda - Hollywood, CA Words/Photos by Reverend Justito On the wild ride that is life as an amateur rock journalist, Blitzen Trapper has served as my training wheels for much of the journey. A long time ago (a little over three years to be exact) a major network in the Viacom family sent me to Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City, CA to shoot the band. While I had taken plenty of photos at shows, I had never been sent ... Read More