Articles by Steve Appleford

472 articles since 1998

Black Kids are in good spirits

Entertainment | By Steve Appleford | July 29, 2008
Before his band the Black Kids could exist, singer-guitarist Reggie Youngblood had to lighten up. Read more
 

Eric Roberts can’t be put away that easily

Entertainment | By Steve Appleford | July 22, 2008
The Joker isn’t the only villain turning Gotham City upside down in “The Dark Knight.” Read more
 

Guitar hero, for real

Entertainment | By Steve Appleford | July 18, 2008
The Orpheum Theatre is not a big room for the Who, but this was an unusual occasion, an intimate collision of rock history and virtual reality, of brute force and high-tech fun. Read more
 

Heavy metal uprising

Entertainment | By Steve Appleford | July 17, 2008
TRUE believers are essential to rock ‘n’ roll. Read more
 

Disturbed is ready for battle

Entertainment | By Steve Appleford | July 12, 2008
The master of war stands glaring into the lens. Read more
 

Five disarming Foxes

Entertainment | By Steve Appleford | June 30, 2008
Fleet Foxes is a band of five young dudes from Seattle who look as if they’ve just come down from the mountain in their beards and flannel shirts and who call themselves “not much of a rock band.” Read more
 

Gliding down over Mulholland

Entertainment | By Steve Appleford | June 27, 2008
Tom Petty is no newcomer to the Hollywood Bowl. Read more
 

Live: Death Cab for Cutie at Nokia Theatre

Entertainment | By Steve Appleford | June 25, 2008
Death Cab for Cutie singer-guitarist Ben Gibbard looked happy as he announced, “We got tunes!” Read more
 

Phantom Planet explores cults in ‘Raise the Dead’

Entertainment | By Steve Appleford | June 12, 2008
There is a dark side to pop. Read more
 

For Jaymay, each song is a piece of her soul

Entertainment | By Steve Appleford | June 8, 2008
JAYMAY will have to get used to this recurring little scene: the TV cameras and applause signs, the cue cards and her own face staring back from the video monitors. Read more
 
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