Boot and Saddle

by Matt Kelchner Back in November of last year, indie pop band Ra Ra Riot swung by Broad and Ellsworth Streets for a special, intimate performance at Boot and Saddle. “The idea behind that tour was to go back to smaller rooms, the kind of rooms we started playing as a college Read More

by Matt Kelchner “To me, the experiences are really my success,” singer/guitarist Jessi Zazu explains as she looks back on the history of Those Darlins. After three albums and almost a decade of being together, the twangy, garage-country act is calling it quits. As Zazu and the Read More

by Ziggy Merritt Few nights of the year leave you hankering for aspirin and three glasses of ice cold water the day after. Of these nights, New Year’s Eve remains one of the few that the entire globe can celebrate in all of its Dionysian delight. Hearing the call to help usher in Read More

by Ziggy Merritt This past Thursday at the Boot and Saddle saw a night of low-key indie folk melodies on the part of Small Feet, currently touring in the US in support of their recent debut, From Far Enough Away Everything Sounds Like the Ocean. Nick Diamonds filled out the bill Read More

by Michael Youngkin “It always seems like a good idea,” said Holly Miranda from the stage Wednesday night at the Boot and Saddle. As her set warmed up, she took off her stylish jacket, complete with a VIP pass to a 1998 Sparklehorse show sewn into the lining. Sometimes honesty Read More

by Zach Fraley People experience life in an endless amount of winding pathways and split-second decisions, making it hard to believe anyone that proclaims: “I’ve heard it all.” Simon Stålhamre of Small Feet is living proof of this. Deciding on his life’s passion at an early age, Read More