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Last night was quite the night for good music on late night television... Drive By Truckers on Jimmy Fallon, and Late Night with David Letterman had The Whigs . The Whigs have long been a favorite of mine to see live due to their powerful stage show...plus, that reverse duck-walk thing that lead singer/guitarist Parker Gispert does always makes me marvel at his balance. Someone get that boy on "Dancing With the Stars" already! If you haven't yet heard their recently release, In The Dark, yet, you can download a few tracks and listen [...]

The new Whigs record comes out next week but if you can't wait that long, head over to Myspace, where the whole thing is streaming ( here ). Pretty interesting (and gracious) move when you consider the band also provided three of the record's eleven tracks as free downloads . Standouts from a quick first listen are "So Lonely," "Automatic," "In the Dark," and "Kill Me Carolyne;" lots of good hooks and as usual with drummer Julian Dorio, a strong backbeat. Lyrically, lead singer/guitarist Parker Gispert seems to be have women and their form on his mind [...]

Last night Athens' much-heralded power trio The Whigs played an unannounced show at the small hometown venue Tasty World, debuting a number of songs off the band's upcoming third full-length. The sign on the club's door announced the band as The Bumpkin Café - something the club owner came up with, said drummer Julian Dorio [...]

Y aquí vamos otra vez... playlist 101 de Silent Roy para Friday Night , donde Zael estará en control — 20:20 horas , en la frecuencia saltada del cuadrante: Galaxy 94.3 fm Los Mochis radio ... atentos a recibir la mejor música de la galaxia , viernes por la noche tradicional... The whigs - Like a vibration .mp3 [...]

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Opening a sold out show is no easy feat. You know the crowd is there for the headliners and those that have shown up in time for your set really need to be impressed and that's what The Whigs did on the second of their two night stint at the Electric Factory. The threesome played energetic, gritty rock featuring beautiful riffs, heavy vocals and energetic beats. The half full venue enjoyed the Whigs' energy, solid set and infectious stage presence. At one point, these Georgia guys made an awkward joke [...]

The Whigs are a band whose barrage of energy never ceases to amaze me. They opened for We Are Scientists and Kings of Leon recently, and shook the old bones of the Daughters of American Revolution Hall (DAR) to its core. The second and most recent release by this Athens, GA three-piece, (Mission Control) is a powerful and ear-splitting cacophony of sound full of poppy goodness. While some bands have mixing help when recording, or play louder to cover the fact they really can't play their instruments, Parker Gispert (lead guitar/vocals), Julian Dorio (drums), [...]

(Photos and words by Annie Zaleski) (Luke Pritchard, Kooks vocalist/guitarist) I've never been a huge Kooks fan. In fact, I've gone on record as hating the Brighton, England, band's second album, Konk . But the quartet won me over at its well-attended, main floor-only Pageant show last night, thanks to plenty of charisma from vocalist/guitarist Luke Pritchard -- who's a dead ringer for SNL 's Andy Samberg; see below -- and stellar [...]

Monolith Music Festival was just as busy and just as good on the second day, Sunday, Sept. 14. People started to come out a lot earlier for these acts. I had a long drive ahead of me, so I didn't make it as late as the headliner Justice , but I still managed to catch a lot. Check out my pictures and reviews below. If you missed it, here is what I had to say about Saturday's line-up: pt. I and pt. II . 2:00 P.M. to 2:30 P.M. Rosewood Thieves [...]