The Faint live in concert.
ON TOUR

The Faint

47
critic concert reviews
electronic

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

81
%
Based on 
47
critic concert
reviews
LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
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Real Live Certified  

Real Live Certified badge for artists with consistent, high quality live performances and broad critical acclaim.

Critic Consensus

The Faint is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 47 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that The Faint is rated as an impressive live performer, with enjoyable shows overall.

ON TOUR

Brookside at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States (May 11)

Latest release

Make Believe (December 30, 2021)

artist info

GENRE
electronic
ORIGIN
Omaha, United States (1994 - present)
BIO
The Faint is an indie rock/dance punk band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska in 1995 The Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer, a reference to Norman Mailer.
HAS PERFORMED with
Trust, Reptar, Ladytron, Gang of Four

CRITIC concert REVIEWS

Twin Cities Media (USA)

August 14, 2019
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The Faint Remain In My Top 5 Live Bands After Monday Night Party at Fine Line.

Parklife DC (USA)

August 8, 2019
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The Faint have a great new album — the dark wavers’ seventh studio effort — released earlier this year via Saddle Creek. And they reminded 9:30 Club of what they do best in a show there recently: Delight and mystify us with glistening synths and thoughtful moods.

QRO Magazine

July 30, 2019
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The Faint came to New York’s Bowery Ballroom for the first of two shows there, with Ritual Howls and Closeness..

Omaha World-Herald (USA)

May 24, 2019
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The Faint rocked The Waiting Room and the whole Benson neighborhood

303 Magazine (USA)

May 23, 2019
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A riot raged on through the silence of night at the Bluebird Theatre. Low-end bass and heavy-handed drums bore a hipster haka of military boots digging into the floorboards, with the hooting and hollering of overconsumption and unbridled excitement adding to the scene.

Get Some Magazine (USA)

May 10, 2019
%
It’s not every day that a band returns from the ashes. The Faint, although never gone seemed distant for years.

LA Record (USA)

May 9, 2019
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Los Angeles, USA

Past critic reviews published in

Seattle Music News (USA), Phoenix New Times (USA), PLAYBACK Stl (USA), LA Music Blog (USA), Grimy Goods (USA) and more

IMAGE CREDIT

Frank Fritz [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons