Mike White

1 month ago | flagpole.com | Gordon Lamb |Mike White

Words by Gordon Lamb and photographs by Mike WhiteLooking back over the live reviews I’ve done across the past year or so, a pattern emerged where there’s a whole lot of resume parsing and legacy analyses. Much like trying to squeeze a square peg in a round hole, it’s unreasonable to hold live performing artists to the same exacting standards as a solid up-and-comer. It’s similarly unreasonable to allow legacy artists a free pass for simply standing upright and walking out onstage.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Gordon Lamb |Mike White

10 hours agoWith 70 in sight, Billy Idol is still dancing -- and not just with himselfBilly Idol certainly wanted a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in the wake of his first nomination this year. But the man with the sneer seen (and …2 days agoMusic Matters: Live music nostalgia is bad — until it's notMe: Ugh, Styx is playing SPAC? Again? Can’t we get something more current?

1 month ago | flagpole.com | Gordon Lamb |Mike White

Words by Gordon Lamb and photographs by Mike WhiteBefore we even got within 20 miles of The Eastern, I looked over from the passenger seat and told Mike White, whose photos are all around these words, “You know, there’s just one too many bands on this bill.”And, yeah, I meant Düsseldorf’s Die Krupps.

Mar 25, 2025 | flagpole.com | Gordon Lamb |Mike White

Words by Gordon Lamb and photographs by Mike WhiteFor as much as Düsseldorf’s Kraftwerk has been casually designated as “futuristic” over the past five decades or so, there’s precious little stance-taking, forward-looking statements, or predictions in the group’s catalog, and the overwhelming bulk of Kraftwerk’s music is simply observant. So much of its observance is of the commonplace (highways, telephones, bicycles) that even the mere vocalization of these can seem like a celebration of them.

Dec 19, 2024 | flagpole.com | Mike White

The Jesus Lizard and The Compartmentalizationalists played at Variety Playhouse on Dec. 18. Check out the photographs below. Like what you just read? Support Flagpole by making a donation today. Every dollar you give helps fund our ongoing mission to provide Athens with quality, independent journalism.