Live Entertainment Blog

 Spoon continues to be one of most critically acclaimed rock bands in today’s music scene as their 2010 release, Transference, has already earned praise from rock press. Transference is the most recent record in a long line of great albums Spoon has released since their formation in 1993 in Austin, TX. If you want a good introduction to the band order their Austin City Limits performance as it’s one of the best episodes of the PBS program I’ve seen. Songwriter Britt Daniel has a knack for writing songs that have a great uniqueness about them while maintaining their pop sensibilities. Band mates Eric Harvey, Rob Pope, and Jim Eno always seem to create the right blend of rhythm and melody to serve Daniel’s tunes. After long being one of music most under-appreciated bands their 2007 release, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, broke Billboard’s Top 10 and hitting the #1 spot on the Indie charts. All signs point to “Transference” being just another step forward into spotlight for Spoon as the band keeps putting out great music.

The Canadian band Nickelback has been getting better for a long time and they are more popular than ever before. You might even know their music from the radio. Their album Dark Horse reached #1 on the charts for quite awhile. And they are among the best alternative bands on the circuit right now and rank right up there with the Beatles as one of the biggest foreign bands ever in the US. I was able to find where you can get Nickelback tickets for their current tour. It’s expected to be their most popular tours yet, with great songs like I’d Come for You, Never Gonna Be Alone and others most likely on tap. But don’t worry; all your favorite songs are certain to be on the playlist too! Get some tickets and enjoy the show!

The new Nick Jonas performances are going quite well. This is a show that is much more entertaining than many people had anticipated. There have been some big changes in the world of the Jonas Brothers of late. This is a singer of the top caliber who can really bring some of the best music to life and he’s proving it with The Administration. Many of the songs are his own and just didn’t fit the model of the Jonas Brothers. They will be able to put some of the best music forwards when they return to the stage in a few more months. The Administration experiment is just going to be a quick trial run. But they are impressing critics of many different shades and they tell us that the new tour is great because they can see the musician evolving in some very significant and exciting ways. Hopefully Jonas will continue to improve and his solo plans work out well.

One of the big bands of the grunge rock movement, Soundgarden, seems to be planning to get back together after over 13 years apart. It’s not clear if this will be a long-term reunion or just a little nostalgia fest. I suppose it depends on how it turns out in the concert ticket sales. But it’s a lot of fun for those of us who followed them back in the 90s because we’ll get to hear their great songs live once again and from the actual musicians. Maybe they’ll even put out some new music for the first time since back then. The band seems absolutely ready and excited to do these performances, though they’ve all been in music much of the intervening time. They’ve been working for other bands like Pearl Jam and other big names. It’ll be fantastic to see them together again after all these years!