Music

WORDS & PHOTOS / ANDREW MCCLAIN Vampire Weekend has a goofy name. They gained their first bit of public recognition for playful, catchy...

Vampire Weekend will play the Arkansas Music Pavilion (AMP) at the Washington County Fairgrounds on Wednesday, September 25. Gates open at 6...

WORDS / KODY FORD Aaron Sarlo has learned a thing or two. A seasoned veteran of the Little Rock music scene, he cut his teeth bands like Tec...

WORDS & PHOTO / ANDREW MCCLAIN This weekend’s Alabama Shakes concert at the Arkansas Music Pavilion saw a festival-sized turnout for t...

This past weekend, the fourth annual Fayetteville Roots Festival was held in downtown Fayetteville. Between George’s Majestic Lounge, ...

WORDS /  ANNA VANHORN PHOTO / JAIME HOLLAND It’s 8:30 on a Wednesday evening when I walk into the Smoke & Barrel Tavern to interview...

The Idle Class is proud to present the Internet debut of Don’t Stop Please’s music video for “Long List of Numbers.”...

Water Liars, the Oxford, MS, rockers, played at Nightbird Books on June 29, 2013.  They played a phenomenal set of material from their late...

WORDS / SCHULER BENSON Bands playing heavy music in central Arkansas seem to end up with one of two fates: kneel humbly before the gods of r...

WORDS / ANDREW MCCLAIN PHOTO / COLLEY BAILEY Back in January, The Idle Class talked to Fayetteville musician Shawn James and ran a feature o...