Where: Knitting Factory Concert House, 919 W. Sprague Ave. Cost: $12/advance, $14/day of show, through TicketFly (877-435-9849, www.ticketfly.com) Much of the album was birthed while the band was ...

There’s a moment in Almost Famous (the greatest movie of all time) where William Miller tells Russell Hammond, lead guitarist of Stillwater, that his guitar sound is “incendiary.” That’s kind of how I ...

We’ve all got that one concert from the end of 2019 or the first two months of 2020. The one you didn’t go to. Too tired. Too busy. Still not caught up on ...

Blitzen Trapper loves Santa Barbara, and Santa Barbara loves Blitzen Trapper. SOhO is a frequent stop of the band’s highly active touring schedule, and on Wednesday, November 11 they will be gracing ...

Earlier this year, Blitzen Trapper celebrated its 10-year bandiversary with a vinyl reissue of its self-titled debut. But according to frontman Eric Earley, the band has its gaze firmly set on the ...

Blitzen Trapper is known for a dizzyingly rapid-fire approach to its musical influences, channeling both the ramshackle slacker assault of Pavement and the roots-rock swagger of Creedence Clearwater ...

At Portland Center Stage, during a positioning-focused tech rehearsal for its upcoming Wild and Reckless theater production, Blitzen Trapper guitarist Erik Menteer starts gyrating his hips. His whammy ...

American music can mean a lot of things to different people. It's jazz. It's folk. It's hip-hop. For the Americana band Blitzen Trapper, "American music" means the music that reminds them most of home ...

Blitzen Trapper is no stranger to the FUV studios. The Portland, Oregon quintet, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Eric Earley, has visited FUV in the Bronx a handful of times since ...

Even with momentum growing for Blitzen Trapper's "Furr" in the wake of strong year-end poll mentions, the Portland group's fifth album is "well underway." By Gary Graff Even with momentum growing for ...

The alt-folk-rock band Blitzen Trapper came into its own with Wild Mountain Nation, one of 2007's best albums, but the new Furr could easily be overshadowed by comparison. As part of the band's ...

Blitzen Trapper are marking the 10th anniversary of their debut album by reissuing a deluxe version for Record Store Day. The new reissue includes five bonus tracks culled from the recording sessions ...