THE BACKSTAGE RIDER

INTERVIEW: THE ANTLERS’ Darby Cicci starts his own SCHOOL OF NIGHT
The Antlers’ Darby Cicci has gone down the solo road for a new EP called School of Night. Here he talks about touring, singing, his own music and what’s next for Antlers.
October 21, 2013
PHOTOS: THE ANTLERS, HOT CHIP, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, YACHT, FRESH & ONLYS, TERRY MALTS, MODE MODERN and CLASS ACTRESS
Peep a few photos of Animal Collective, The Antlers, Hot Chip, Terry Malts, Yacht and more. 8 bands over four gigs, in four venues. Not bad, September!
September 22, 2012
Gig Round Up: COURTNEY BARNETT, YOUR FRIEND, METZ, CLOUD NOTHINGS, JANA HUNTER, SHARON VAN ETTEN, YELLOW OSTRICH, ANTLERS, FRESH & ONLYS, WYE OAK, WAR ON DRUGS and ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
It’s been a fantastic summer of music. Bypassing all the festivals this year to ride on their coat-tails in smaller venues, here’s a round up including Courtney Barnett, METZ, Cloud Nothings, Wye Oak, War on Drugs, Echo & the Bunnymen, the Antlers and more. Check out the pics!
August 20, 2014
MusicFestNW Part 3: Antlers, Explosions in the Sky, Typhoon, Avi Buffalo, OFF!
Our final installment from MusicFestNW, in which your heroine wraps up her last day and night in PDX with double Antlers, Explosions in the Sky and Typhoon action, and snaps her favourite punks, OFF! And meets the little Avi Buffalo, too.
September 20, 2011
The Scoop on THE WEEZER CRUISE with SEBADOH, DINOSAUR JR, YUCK, WAVVES, GENE WEEN, ANTLERS and more
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.
July 12, 2011
Flanders is a Festival – PUKKELPOP in Pictures: Day 3 (feat. STEPHEN MALKMUS, BOB MOULD, LOWER DENS, REFUSED and more)
Stephen Malkmus, Bob Mould, The Shins, The Antlers, hanging out with Lower Dens, the Foo Fighters, Black Keys and the return from the dead of REFUSED. This is my final day at the Pukkelpop. Enjoy the adventure, I did.
September 22, 2012
THE BOATY WEEKENDER – cruising to Sardinia with BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, TEENAGE FANCLUB, MOGWAI, BUZZCOCKS, DJANGO DJANGO and more
An epic diary retelling of four days at sea with Belle and Sebastian, Teenage Fanclub, Django Django, Buzzcocks, Vaselines, Camera Obscura, Nilüfer Yanya and more. This is just Day 1, so buckle up!
September 8, 2019
Escaped From Evil: LOWER DENS alive in Vancouver
Unfettered and untethered by both the past and her gear, Jana Hunter of Lower Dens showed off a more extrovert, rock-star side to Vancouver at the Electric Owl on July 25. Herewith a photo and what they call “a review” of said show.
July 29, 2015
EXCLUSIVE Photos/Interview: Portrait(s) of NEIL GAIMAN and the music that changed his life
Award-winning author Neil Gaiman takes a brief thimbleful of time to stop and look down our lens, and chat about the music that changed his life, in this EXCLUSIVE TO BSR.
August 19, 2013