Live Music Reviews and Photographs / NYC, Buffalo, Toronto, Pittsburgh
There are many pros and cons to living in western New York. It's beautiful and affordable but it's also cold and wintry nine months of the year. But one not so obvious benefit, given our proximity to Ontario, is being able to see Canadian electro-pop artist Lights (aka Valerie Anne Poxleitner-Bokan) at least once a …
Continue reading "Lights closes out US leg of tour with a killer show in Buffalo – Mar 14, 2026"
This year's Rockin' 2025 at the AKG Art Museum in Buffalo saw a quartet of Canadian acts play on June 14th. Being so close to the border, many of us in western New York and our neighbors in Canada traverse the border often to see friends and family, dine out, or see cultural and sporting …
It's been almost exactly five years since I was last able to cover a Lights (aka Valerie Ann Poxleitner-Bokan) show. That's pretty much the time between "PEP", her fifth studio album, released in April of last year and "Skin and Earth", her previous record that coincided with the release of her comic books and a …
Continue reading "LIGHTS hits Hamilton with PEP party at Bridgeworks – Feb 11, 2023"
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"