Chelsea Upton

Portugal. The Man, Telekinesis, Unknown Mortal OrchestraGranada TheaterMay 20, 2011Better than: trying to put on your own laser show. Die-hard fans lined the front of the stage for Friday night's Portugal. The Man show, a group ranging from the yo...

There may be no more difficult question to answer in modern music than the tricky "What does Portugal. The Man sound like?" You could try by pointing to the alt-country twang on radio hit "People Say" or the experimental fuzz and toy pianos heard ...

At the beginning of this month, KNON-89.3 FM "The Voice of the People" recently launched its second pledge drive of the year. It's a necessary evil: The community station depends on pledges from listeners to fund the station and keep them on air. ...

Tobacco, Beans May 2, 2011 Club Dada Better than: any joke I can make about getting cancer. To say that Tobacco, who also performs as the frontman for electronic group Black Moth Super Rainbow, came onto the stage at Club Dada with little fanfare ...

For almost two years now, the Smashing Pumpkins (in which the still-hairless Billy Corgan remains the lone original member) has been releasing tracks off of their online album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, one song at a time, on various music blogs...

Edgefest 21 with Jane's Addiction, Weezer, Social Distortion, Flogging Molly and othersPizza Hut Park in FriscoApril 30, 2011 Better than: staying at home, engaged in a rousing game of Tetris. Every year, in the cruel summer heat, KDGE-102.1-FM Th...