Tag Archives: Devo
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Devo returning to Mosswood Meltdown in July; Osees also on bill
L to R: Gerald Casale, Josh Hagar, Mark Mothersbaugh and Bob Mothersbaugh of DEVO perform at Way Out West Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden on Aug. 10, 2023. The band will return to Mosswood Meltdown in July. Photo: Rune Hellestad, Corbis/Getty. Devo will return to headline Mosswood Meltdown in Oakland…
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INTERVIEW: Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO eyes the future
L to R: Gerald Casale, Josh Hagar, Mark Mothersbaugh and Bob Mothersbaugh of DEVO perform at Way Out West Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden on Aug. 10, 2023. Photo: Rune Hellestad, Corbis/Getty. SAN FRANCISCO — “It’s not a farewell tour, it’s a welfare tour,” DEVO frontman Mark Mothersbaugh explains while…
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REVIEW: DEVO celebrates 50 years of devolution at Golden Gate Theatre
Devo performs at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco on Nov. 5, 2023. Steve Carlson/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — “Who here believes in devolution?” DEVO bassist Gerald Casale asked the crowd midway through the band’s set Sunday at the Golden Gate Theatre. “You don’t have to look far for…
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REWIND: Don’t bother voting, we’ll tell you who should make the Rock Hall
Dolly Parton performs at the UK Country Music Festival in an undated photo. Andrew Putler/Redferns. Our illustrious editor Roman Gokhman pointed out to me this week that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its nominees. I of course didn’t know this, because Halls of Fame are kind…
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Insert Foot storming the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame if there’s no Iron Maiden
Insert Foot vs. Iron Maiden haters. If you didn’t notice, it’s time to get hysterical again over Rock and Roll Hall of Fame selections. I don’t get a say in the critic’s vote, which I accepted a long time ago. One doesn’t give Metallica’s St. Anger a positive review…
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REWIND: Now playing over the writer’s headphones: DEVO and Yoko Ono
I joke about running out of column ideas a lot in the intros to these things. And in the tagline to every column for over a year. And to my RIFF colleagues on Slack. And to my friends and relatives. And sometimes to the dog. It’s become somewhat of…
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Professor Music: This column is Devolving
In January of 1977 Devo’s guitarist, Bob Casale, came up with a riff. By the end of the afternoon the band had morphed it into their version of the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” They weren’t covering the song, they were, in their words, “correcting it.” David…
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Professor Music’s 20 futuristic albums for the 2020s
It’s almost 2020. We’re living in an era when many of science fiction’s classics are supposed to take place. As a science fiction writer and a scholar who studies the genre, I’m acutely aware that we are not yet living in the stainless steel techno-utopia we were promised. Where’s…
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REWIND: Celebrate my birthday with five of my favorite songs
The night George Michael saved the world. Editor Daniel J. Willis submits his script for “Bill and Ted Face the Music.” My birthday is Tuesday. So in honor of me this week’s column theme is… me. That’s right, rather than picking five songs I like with a common theme,…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Devo and New Order supergroup ShadowParty raves like it’s 1985
In Paul Simon’s 1980 film One Trick Pony, a diminutive performer has just left the stage after pouring his heart into sweet songs of longing with complex jazz chords to a lukewarm reception from the audience. He stands at the side of the stage as the B-52s launch into the…