DANGEROUS DEER TICK TAKES ON UNION TRANSFER
IMG_6114 By Michael Lello Photos by Jason Riedmiller PHILADELPHIA -- Deer Tick is a combustible combination of opposing forces. Sweet son...
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LOTUS, COSBY SWEATER and ROGUE CHIMP AT SHERMAN THEATER
Photos by Pati Bobeck Lotus -- no stranger to Northeastern Pa. after years of gigs at the River Street Jazz Cafe and the Sherman Theater -- returned to the Sherman Thursday night. The show was ope...
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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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ALICE COOPER’S NIGHTMARE ON MARKET STREET
By Michael Lello Photos by Jim Gavenus WILKES-BARRE – In an era of Miley Cyrus’ twerks and Rihanna’s Instagram feed, an entertainer has to go to cartoonish extremes to engage, never mind, shock, a...
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MMJ LEADS THE CHARGE AT CBGB FESTIVAL
By Nikki M. Mascali Photos by Kyle Roarty NEW YORK -- When CBGB OMFUG opened in 1973, it was intended to be a home for country, bluegrass, blues and “Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers.” Thou...
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THE FLAMING LIPS’ FAR-OUT FESTIVAL PIER TRIP
IMG_7161 By Michael Lello Photos by Jason Riedmiller PHILADELPHIA – Good psychedelic rock, by its very definition, defies definition. The...
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SISTER SPARROW WARMS UP THE SHERMAN
IMG_2382 By Michael Lello Photos by Jesse Faatz STROUDSBURG -- The upbeat soulful rockers Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds played an e...
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LIPS LIGHT UP TERMINAL 5
By Nikki M. Mascali NEW YORK -- To sit in a seat and see the Flaming Lips as I did in May at the Wellmont Theatre in New Jersey was enough to blow my mind with the sensory overload that is a Flaming ...
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MOE.’s PURPOSEFUL ROCK JAMS AT THE SHERMAN
IMG_2508 By Michael Lello Photos by Jesse Faatz STROUDSBURG, Pa. – Jam band fans can make themselves an easy target. They go on about “si...
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STEELY DAN GETS WEIRD
By Michael Lester BETHLEHEM -- Stationed in relative darkness during the first three songs of the evening below an elevated horn section at the Sands casino stage in Bethlehem, guitarist Walter Becke...
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