- The Bangles
I won’t blame you if you want to spend the weekend between Pitchfork Music Festival and Lollapalooza taking it easy and spending time away from live music, but if you go that route you’ll be missing some great shows.
“Trent Reznor had a busy 2013,” writes Maura Johnston. “He released the bracing, muscular Hesitation Marks (The Null Corporation/Columbia), his eighth album as Nine Inch Nails; his spacier, softer new band, How to Destroy Angels, made its full-length debut with Welcome Oblivion; he tinkered with the future of music distribution as chief creative officer of Beats Music, a splashy streaming service that launched in January; and he brought Hesitation Marks to arenas and festivals around the world. All this action might tire out a mere mortal, but Reznor sounds revitalized—on Nine Inch Nails’ lean new tracks (the spaced-out ‘Satellite,’ the powerfully upbeat ‘Everything’), his voice cuts through the mix whether he’s snarling or whispering.” Soundgarden and Oneohtrix Point Never also perform.
Sun 7/27: The Bangles at City Winery
