NO REST FOR CAGE THE ELEPHANT AT SCRANTON’S FUZZ FEST
By Michael Lello Photos by Jason Riedmiller SCRANTON -- A mere five years ago, the idea of a commercial radio station playing current, relevant music in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre market would be m...
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SOUTHERN ACCENTS HIGHLIGHT PANIC’S MANN DEBUT
By Michael Lester PHILADELHIA -- Regulars at Widespread Panic concerts, some who have seen dozens, if not hundreds, of shows, arrive at a show with high hopes for rarely played songs, preferably an o...
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GUITAR GODS DISPLAY SIX-STRING MASTERY AT KIRBY CENTER
HW81.GuitarGods (9 of 13) By Michael Lester and Chris Krepich WILKES-BARRE -- Flashily clad in tight black leather pants and a black leathe...
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KITE PARTY, THREE MAN CANNON, OTHERS IMPRESS AT TWENTYFIVE EIGHT
By Max McKeon SCRANTON -- Tucked away behind Coopers Seafood is Twenty-Five Eight, a production studio that hosts a variety of shows and events. The hidden studio, housed in an old abandoned warehous...
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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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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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SPRINGSTEEN, MORELLO PUT ON SWEET SHOW IN HERSHEY
By Michael Lester HERSHEY, Pa. -- It was worth the $100-plus price of admission, not to mention a bit comical, scanning the quizzical expressions on faces in the crowd, as Tom Morello traded guitar s...
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SUSQUEHANNA BREAKDOWN HIGHLIGHTS
IMG_7051 By Michael Lello Photos by Jesse Faatz SCRANTON, Pa. -- With three stages and agreeable weather despite threats of thunderstorms...
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OF MONTREAL AT LE POISSON ROUGE
DSC_0398 Photos by Tom Roarty NEW YORK -- of Montreal played a sold-out show at the intimate Le Poisson Rouge -- 700-person capacity -- in...
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