Live Music Reviews and Photographs / NYC, Buffalo, Toronto, Pittsburgh
90’s alt rockers Shudder To Think played an extremely intimate show at Nightclub 101 in the East Village of NYC toa celebrate the release of a brand new 7-inch called Thirst Walk, their first new music as a band since 1998. In honor of this slow-building comeback, they’ve embarked their first tour in over a …
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With her new studio album "Champion" set to be released on November 8th, Bishop Briggs (aka Sarah Grace McLaughlin) kicked off the US leg of her Champion tour at Webster Hall in NYC. With three singles ("Champion", "Tattoed on My Heart", and "Jekyll & Hide") already released, fans are eagerly awaiting the new record. Opening for …
Continue reading "Bishop Briggs’ energy detonates at Webster hall – Oct 15, 2019"
If my previous post was about a band that took me back to my school days, many in the audience at this Lights show are still living through their school days, including a 9 yr old in the balcony. Her 4th studio album paired with a comic book mini-series that she wrote and drew really …
Continue reading "“We Were Here” for Lights at Irving Plaza – Feb 26, 2018"
This was a hell of a lineup: JJAMZ, Penguin Prison and Neon Trees at Webster Hall!! It was the second of four Neon Trees show this year for me and the first without Elaine Bradley, their drummer, who gave birth to her first child, Bryce, the previous day. More on that later. JJAMZ is a …
Continue reading "Neon Trees destroy Webster Hall – July 10, 2012"
To cap off my summer/fall of 80s concerts, I went to see Howard Jones at Irving Plaza in October. He does look a bit like a grandpa but his singing was in fine form despite his being a bit sedate on stage. There were a couple of instances where fans jumped on stage to dance. …
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