THE BACKSTAGE RIDER

The Return of DEATH IN VEGAS (Old Tale + New Album)
Darkly brilliant electro pioneers Death in Vegas return after a seven-year gap between albums with something strange and wonderful. Here, we celebrate their arrival by throwing in a few old stories of our own.
September 22, 2011
WERE WE NOT MEN? WE WERE DEVO: Devo pics/video/words
Energy domes! Whip it! Old men knobbly knees! Crazy new wave! Costume changes! Booji Boy! Yep, the ridiculous/awesome of DEVO hit town this past week, and it was absurd in all the right places. Check out the photos and video.
September 21, 2011
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
MusicFestNW Part 2: 13 bands, 6 venues, 1 day
MusicFestNW Part 2: An epic day in Portland that includes pizza, doughnuts, and a baker’s dozen of bands in a half-dozen venues. Featuring The Thermals, The Horrors, Dan Mangan, a new rap joint called TxE, Sharon Van Etten, Typhoon, Rhett Miller and more.
September 19, 2011
MusicFestNW Part 1: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Sebadoh, Archers of Loaf and PORTLANDIA
BackstageRider takes on Portlandia in a MusicFestNW adventure. Part 1 features Sebadoh (of course), Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Archers of Loaf and Fred Armisen. No really. The guy from Portlandia. In Portland. Backstage with me.
September 17, 2011
PHOTOS/Review: BEARDYMAN live in Vancouver
London’s exceptional beatboxer and looper Beardyman took on the drunkards at Fortune Sound Club in Vancouver on September 13, and won. Well, with most of us, anyway.
September 15, 2011
PHOTOS: THIEVERY CORPORATION live in Vancouver
DC’s dub-electro-smoothies Thievery Corporation had folks shuffling their feet in the grass on September 13 at Malkin Bowl in Vancouver. But was it good enough? Magic 8 Ball says “Meh”.
September 15, 2011
EXCLUSIVE: On the video set of “Take” with THE PACK A.D.
The PACK A.D. release their first video”Take”, offa their new album UNPERSONS, and both are out today. And one of them is based on Gary Numan’s “Cars”. I hung out with Becky Black and Maya Miller and we time travelled back to 1980 together.
September 13, 2011
Interview: MIKE DOUGHTY on new album Yes and Also Yes – “I thought this was going to be an extremely rock kind of record”
Here is the BackstageRider interview in which MD shares his thoughts on new album Yes And Also Yes, and maintains Warp Speed Wit and Self Awareness. I would like Mike Doughty to write me a love song for $10, because I love me some MD. You should too.
August 31, 2011