PHOTO GALLERY: BLACK CROWES IN BETHLEHEM
Photos by Jesse Faatz The Black Crowes returned to the region Wednesday night for a show at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center, and photographer Jesse Faatz was there to capture the festivities. Jes...
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“MUSIC ON THE MENU LIVE” MOVES TO THE RIVER
“Music On The Menu Live,” the only commercial radio show in the Northeastern Pa. market that exclusively features local music, is moving to 104.9 FM The River, beginning this Sunday. The show, which w...
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PHOTO GALLERY: GREAT PARTY VIDEO RELEASE
Photographer Jesse Faatz captured these images of The Great Part's "Hecho En Mexico" video release party at Twenty Five Eight Productions on Saturday in Scranton. The event featured a screening of ...
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ALBUM REVIEW: COLDPLAY — “EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALL”
By Ryan Leas Not too long after the release of their last full-length, 2008's excellent “Viva la Vida or Death and All of his Friends,” Coldplayseemed to be in a prolific mood. About six months later...
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ALBUM REVIEW: CULTS — “CULTS”
By Ryan Leas After an immense degree of hype in the wake of a few Internet hits and a massive amount of attention from media outlets like Pitchfork, New York duo Cults finally arrives with their firs...
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ALBUM REVIEW: MY MORNING JACKET — “CIRCUITAL”
By Ryan Leas My Morning Jacket has always had a penchant for stunning first tracks, the sort of first songs that simultaneously function as gutsy opening salvos and markers that set the stage for wha...
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ALBUM REVIEW: EDDIE VEDDER — “UKELELE SONGS”
By Ryan Leas 2011 marks Pearl Jam’s 20th anniversary, an occasion the band is commemorating with a series of events and releases, ranging from a documentary to a band-curated festival in Wisconsin. O...
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ALBUM REVIEW: JOAN AS POLICEWOMAN — “THE DEEP FIELD”
By Ryan Leas With “The Deep Field,” Joan Wasser returns with her third album under the Joan as Police Womanmoniker in only four years. It’s refreshing to see an artist be so prolific in a ...
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ALBUM REVIEW: GORILLAZ — “THE FALL”
By Ryan Leas Last March, Gorillaz released their third album, “Plastic Beach.” By the end of the year, notorious workaholic and Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn had recorded “The Fall” on his iPad ...
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ALBUM REVIEW: ELBOW — “BUILD A ROCKET BOYS!”
By Ryan Leas To the surprise of many, Elbow won the Mercury Music Prize in 2008 for their album “The Seldom Seen Kid.” It wasn’t that they didn’t deserve it -- they very much did, as it is an excelle...
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