The Village Voice: With Where Country Grows, Ashton Shepherd tries to climb the charts while remaining decidedly down-to-earth
Everything He Does, He Does It Big: How rising hip-hop star Wiz Khalifa remains an "around-the-way type of guy" (Playing Friday, 8th at Municipal Auditorium)
Old Is New Again: Alt-country stalwarts Old 97's keep it fresh (Playing Friday, 8th and Saturday, 9th at Mercy Lounge)
In The Spin: Fucked Up and JEFF the Brotherhood at Exit/In, U2 at Vanderbilt Stadium
Plus Critics’ Picks on The Greenhornes, Sam Bush, So Jazzy, Sebastian Speaks’ Second Annual Fifth Anniversary, Sons of Zevon: 1973, Natasha Bedingfield, Orgone, Big Fella’s 8 off 8th and much more