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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Canadian indie-band Tokyo Police Club was originally going to celebrate the ten year anniversary of their Juno nominated second full length album "Champ" in 2020. Unfortunately, the pandemic shut things down but when live music started to come back, the band immediately put together a "replacement" tour and a re-issue of that great record. The …
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UK rock band Wolf Alice stopped by the Bowery Ballroom in NYC (Nov 12/13) as they wind down their first tour in three years. Their critically acclaimed third album "Blue Weekend", released last June, has the been the source of much press coverage and garnered them a nomination for the 2021 Mercury Prize. After attending …
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Ok so maybe it won't be the last concert ever but, with the COVID-19 pandemic, voluntary social distancing, and many tours/venues cancelled in the near future, Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum's show at Mercury Lounge sure felt like it was going to be the last concert ever. Princess (I'll abbreviate from now on), with …
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Today may be International Women's Day but a few days ago on Wednesday, March 4th, female artists helped Mercury Lounge celebrate early. Two Rochester based bands with female leads, Roses & Revolutions with singer/keyboardist Alyssa Coco and KOPPS with singer Patricia Patrón, were the co-headliners but, like me, many were here for opener Caroline Vreeland. …
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After a video shoot earlier in the day, the snow coming down hard and ever, and Santa-con in full swing, it would have been easy to go home and just relax for the evening. However, I needed to head down to Rockwood Music Hall to see sister/brother duo Jocelyn and Chris Arndt play because they …
Continue reading "Jocelyn & Chris Arndt at Rockwood Music Hall – Dec 9, 2017"
This Neon Trees show is the 2nd of many I've attended as they would quickly become the band that I have seen the most. The Trees were about to release their sophomore album "Picture Show" and had started to stream a few of the songs to their fans. The first single "Everybody Talks" had already …
Continue reading "Neon Trees celebrate their sophomore release at Bowery Ballroom – April 16, 2012"