Archive for The Faint

From the Vault: The Faint Take the Troubadour in Hollywood, 10.4.01

Posted in Concert Reviews, Reviews with tags , on 04/05/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

On a weeknight in West Hollywood, relative newcomers The Faint from Omaha, Nebraska, took the famed Troubadour by storm, inspiring the crowd to hop onstage and dance along with the band for their final number. It was, well, so not Hollywood for dozens of uninhibited souls to make the daring move and take concert interaction to the next level. And as tour attendance had faltered in the previous weeks following 9/11, even more delight was had in seeing the spectacle.

Read my full review, originally published in October 2001 in Campus Circle, here.

The Faint’s ‘Blank Wave Arcade/Wet From Birth (Deluxe Editions)’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags , on 07/07/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Now in their 30th year, the Faint is an anomalous Saddle Creek band that never broke up. The gang is now finally putting its two best albums on wax for the first time ever. Read my review of the Blank Wave Arcade/Wet From Birth (Deluxe Editions) for Treble.