HOWLIN’ RAIN CONJURES ’70s ROCK HEROES ON LIVE ALBUM
By Michael Lello What if your classic rock station started playing new songs one day? Raw, bluesy, ballsy stuff in the tradition of Led Zeppelin, Free and Mountain? Well, don’t hold your breath. B...
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MODEST MOUSE BLENDS QUIRKY WITH CATCHY AT STEELSTACKS
By Michael Lello Photos by Jesse Faatz BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The best way to describe a Modest Mouse show, when it is at its best, is organized chaos. Band members switching instruments so frequently t...
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TWIN FORKS DELIVERS LIKABLE SET AT TLA
By Michael Lello PHILADELPHIA – There’s a certain unwritten rule in the hipper segments of rock ‘n’ roll against revealing that you want to be liked. Chris Carrabba, leading his new folk rock projec...
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REUNITED GUIDED BY VOICES SEE “NO REASON TO STOP”
By Michael Lello Guided By Voices is certainly not wasting any time. On May 13, GBV released “Cool Planet,” its whopping sixth album since 2012, when it first started releasing albums again after an...
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THE GUITAR’S WIZARD OF OZ
By Michael Lello For decades, Israeli-born and New York-based guitarist Oz Noy has been impressing audiences – and fellow musicians – landing the likes of Chick Corea, Allan Toussaint, John Medeski, ...
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NEW ORLEANS SUSPECTS, LITTLE FEAT DUO FUNK UP ARDMORE
By Michael Lello ARDMORE, Pa. – After just a few whacks of the drums by “Mean” Willie Green, it was obvious that last Thursday night’s show at the Ardmore Music Hall– which had started off just fine ...
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CARRABBA FOLLOWS “FORK” IN THE ROAD WITH NEW BAND
By Michael Lello A folk/Americana project might be the last thing fans expected from emo hero Chris Carrabba, the frontman of Dashboard Confessional and Further Seems Forever. But the hints were the...
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“IN THE POCKET” HONORS PHILADELPHIA ROCK TRADITION
By Michael Lello When Philadelphia is discussed – especially Philadelphia sports – the word “passion” is often thrown around quite freely. So it is not surprising to hear the passion in David Uosikk...
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STARS ALIGN FOR JOHN KADLECIK
By Michael Lello Photo by J.C. Juanis Locked in a lengthy bout of writer’s block, singer and guitarist John Kadlecik resorted to some less-than-traditional methods to get back on track. “I finally ...
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BLUESY MATT ANDERSEN BRINGS TOUR TO TIN ANGEL
Touring in support of his new album “Weightless” (which you can stream at American Songwriter), Canadian singer/songwriter/guitarist Matt Andersen will perform at the Tin Angel in Philadelphia on Th...
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