"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 3/11/24)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have 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)
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.
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.
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.