…in which our heroine The BackstageRider goes out on tour again with her heroes and friends, Sebadoh, as they traipse across Germany. This three-parter of photos, videos and words starts in the rad city of Berlin.

Wandered out into das Berlin night to check out Vancouver’s Destroyer to see if Dan Bejar was any more lively. Nope. But still sounded lush. Also met a new band, Zulu Pearls. Here are the pics.

TV on the Radio exploded brains during the first of two nights at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom on July 20. It was SO good, grey matter dripped down the walls. Check the brilliant pics, review and setlist, right here, right now.

Don’t you wanna take me on a sea cruise? WEEZER, SEBADOH, DINOSAUR JR, ANTLERS, GENE WEEN, YUCK, WAVVVES and others are setting sail on an indie-rock cruise in January. Here’s the details. It’s going to be AMAZEBALLS.

Dinosaur Jr’s J. Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph blew eardrums and minds at Terminal 5 in New York City on June 23 when they played all tracks from their Bug album, and were accompanied by Henry Rollins, Fucked Up and OFF! Part 2 offers your eyeballs many awesome live Dinosaur Jr pics by Chris Gersbeck.

What do you get when you put Fucked Up, OFF!, Henry Rollins interviewing Lou Barlow, J. Mascis and Murph on stage, and then a full set of Dinosaur Jr. playing their ‘88 album “BUG” in its entirety at Terminal 5 in NYC on June 23? You get AMAZING. Chris Gersbeck from FuckingNostalgic.com was there to shoot for both of us. Here’s Part 1.

Austin guitar murderers And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Ringo Deathstarr brought with them the noise and the fury to Vancouver’s newest stylin’ pad, Electric Owl. Here, my ears bleed.

An Open Letter to Titus Andronicus and Okkervil River by someone who has never seen either live, about their gig in Vancouver on June 20th at the Vogue Theatre. Includes massive gallery of things they call “photos”.

What happens when you lose a Stanley Cup hockey bet with a Boston music blog? You write about Ryan’s Smashing Life and how much you like Ryan and his blog. And you actually mean it. ‘Cos you do.