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The Saints Are Winning: Celebrating U2’s New Orleans and Super Bowl Connections
February 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Saints Are Winning: Celebrating U2’s New Orleans and Super Bowl Connections The Saints came to Miami tonight and will come home to a joyous New Orleans as Super Bowl champions. While the musical theme of this victory march is the hip-hop vibe of the “who dat” nation, it’s hard to forget U2’s connection to New Orleans, the Superdome, and the Super Bowl. In 2002, U2 gave what many still remember as one of the best halftime performances in Super Bowl history. Today, as pop culture pundits across the... [Read the full story]
U2 News
The Saints Are Winning: Celebrating U2’s New Orleans and Super Bowl Connections
February 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Saints Are Winning: Celebrating U2’s New Orleans and Super Bowl Connections The Saints came to Miami tonight and will come home to a joyous New Orleans as Super Bowl champions. While the musical theme of this victory march is the hip-hop vibe of the “who dat” nation, it’s hard to forget U2’s connection to New Orleans, the Superdome, and the Super Bowl. In 2002, U2 gave what many still remember as one of the best halftime performances in Super Bowl history. Today, as pop culture pundits across the... [Read the full story]
U2 Shows
Up Against The Wall: U2’s Berlin Set Sparks Criticism
November 9, 2009 · 2 Comments
Given U2’s connection to Berlin with the Achtung Baby album, given U2’s history having “been around” when the Wall fell, given the historical moment that just transpired and U2’s desire to transport fans to a better place via music, it makes complete sense that the band would be invited to mark the anniversary with a free concert. All that said, most of the reports, like the one that follows, focused on allegations concerning the temporary fence that kept some fans from seeing the show. [Read... [Read the full story]
Concerts/Festivals
“All I Need is a Beat, I Break a Four-Count”: Minneapolis’ Dessa celebrates her debut album at the Fine Line Music Cafe
January 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
On a night that turned out to be calamitous to the Twin Cities hip-hop scene, with the Twin Cities Hip-Hop Awards ending in a brawl at First Avenue (an atypical event for Minneapolis/St. Paul hip-hop), just down the street at the Fine Line Music Cafe, Dessa and the Doomtree crew of which she is the only female member collaborated in a truly fervent and energetic performance, filling the Fine Line with nothing but love from all involved parties. Everyone’s lively spirits were for good reason: Dessa (finally) released... [Read the full story]
Intermedia: Reviews/Views
Beach House go deep inside the ever-spinning with Teen Dream
January 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
After seeing the monstrosity of overbearing, poorly executed drum machines that was Beach House live when they opened for Grizzly Bear, I had written Beach House off as a band I would never like. (In hindsight, shame on me.) So, when their second album, Teen Dream, was released on Tuesday, I reluctantly gave it a listen. The drum machines still remain, but instead of being the foregrounding feature, they are bathed in waves of sound, making for a much denser, layered listen than their live shows. Victoria Legrand’s... [Read the full story]
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U2 Commentary, Essays, & Analysis
This year’s preoccupation with commercial success at the Grammys shuts out U2’s No Line on the Horizon
The once relevant Grammy Awards progressively have become more of a joke, reflecting the music industry’s capitalistic interests, with this year being its absolute low point.... [Read more]
The Growing Vibe of Togetherness: U2000s, From the Prophetic “Elevation Moment” and Beyond
In U2000s, our ongoing series of reflective writings about the band’s first decade of the new century, contributing writer Laurie Britt-Smith looks back on the night she... [Read more]
That U2000s Buzz
It’s an emotional time to be a U2 fan. The only thing that’s been a bigger staple in my life than this Irish band from Dublin is my neighbor who sits out on the curb... [Read more]
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U2 News, Reviews, & Shows
The Saints Are Winning: Celebrating U2’s New Orleans and Super Bowl Connections
The Saints Are Winning: Celebrating U2’s New Orleans and Super Bowl Connections The Saints came to Miami tonight and will come home to a joyous New Orleans as Super Bowl... [Read more]
Bono to be guest of honor at AIF New York gala dinner
by DEBBIE MCGOLDRICK, Irish Voice Senior Editor The American Ireland Fund’s annual New York spring gala should easily be a sell-out this year, as Bono will be the special... [Read more]
U2 Hopes for Haiti: Performs at Telethon, Releases New Track
Tonight, U2 perform with Jay-Z, joining dozens upon dozens of stars from all over the world including Springsteen and Coldplay in a telethon for Haiti earthquake relief. Performances... [Read more]
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Intermedia: Reviews, Views, Etc.
After seeing the monstrosity of overbearing, poorly executed drum machines that was Beach House live when they opened for Grizzly Bear, I had written Beach... [Read more]
Contra? Who or what exactly are Vampire Weekend opposed to or against? As it turns out, nothing; the album’s title is just a play on words, a bad... [Read more]
Ten years is a long time – especially in the music world, and especially especially in the fast-moving music world of the 2000’s. Â Looking... [Read more]
Everybody’s making a list, and with just a few hours left in 2009, the Interference editorial staff share their favorite new albums of the year.... [Read more]
Featured Shows and Festivals
On a night that turned out to be calamitous to the Twin Cities hip-hop scene, with the Twin Cities Hip-Hop Awards ending in a brawl at First Avenue (an... [Read more]
The Avett Brothers celebrated the end of 2009 at a packed Asheville Civic Center, serenading us with a 21 song set that warmed the wintry hearts of fans... [Read more]
Considering how incredibly tight the vocal and instrumental interplay on Bitte Orca is, I was, needless to say, skeptical about whether or not the Dirty... [Read more]
One major plus about the first day of this festival was the weather; yesterday was clear and warm, with a spectacular sunset and almost no need for long... [Read more]