FLAMING LIPS IN MONTCLAIR, N.J.
By Nikki M. Mascali MONTCLAIR, N.J. – The Wellmont Theatre could possibly be the best backdrop for a night of Flaming Lips music. The cavernous venue, which opened in 1922, has crumbling plaster ami...
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CONCERT REVIEW: OLD FARMERS BALL
SCRANTON -- The intention of Old Farmers Ball was not to prove a point. However, a major statement was made Saturday under gray skies and heavy rainstorms: a large-scale grassroots music festival c...
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CONCERT REVIEW: NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS, BEACON THEATRE
By Nikki M. Mascali You don’t just go see a Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds concert. You experience it, and the music permeates you like the sweat that clung to singer Cave’s crisp white shirt by show’s ...
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CONCERT REVIEW: MY MORNING JACKET, BAND OF HORSES IN PHILADELPHIA
IMG_7144a Jim James of My Morning Jacket (File photos by Jason Riedmiller) The Mann Center for the Performing Arts is tucked away in the Cent...
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CONCERT REVIEW: WILCO IN COOPERSTOWN
Ivory rags hang from the stage like chains of clouds. A Belgian style farmhouse is visible through the strands of swaying rags at Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, N.Y. Tents dot the rolling hills li...
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CONCERT REVIEW: BOB DYLAN IN SCRANTON
By Michael Lello Thanks to his status as a musical and cultural icon -- even the word “legendary” seems to somehow fall short -- you could not be blamed for thinking of Bob Dylan as someone belonging...
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PHOTO GALLERY: LEWIS & CLARKE, MIKE QUINN AT AFA GALLERY
Photos by Jason Riedmiller On Saturday, Lewis & Clarke and Mike Quinn performed at the Afa Gallery in Scranton, with Lewis & Clarke introducing some new songs in their set and Quinn perform...
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CONCERT REVIEW: FLEET FOXES AT TOWER THEATRE
By Michael Lello On their exquisite albums, Fleet Foxes rely on intricacy and delicate interactions between their instruments and rich harmony vocals. On the concert stage, these aspects of the band ...
ReadmorePHOTO GALLERY: TED LEO, EWW YABOO, LANGOR
Photos by Jason Riedmiller Ted Leo brought his solo tour to the Vintage Theater in Scranton last Saturday, and Jason Riedmiller captured some of the images from Leo's set, as well as opening acts E...
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CONCERT REVIEW: WYE OAK AT BOWERY BALLROOM
By Ryan Leas When listening to Wye Oak’s brilliant new album “Civilian,” it is hard to imagine only two people reproducing the reverb-drenched layers of the record’s spectral shoegaze/folk blend. How...
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