BUSH AND CANDLEBOX AT HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM: FROM ’90s ANGST TO CLASSIC ROCK
Photos by Keith Perks Initially borne of angst and disilussion, '90s grunge, with 30 years in the rearview mirror, is now classic rock. Seeing bands like Bush and Candlebox in the '90s might have f...
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MOTIONLESS IN WHITE’S TRIUMPHANT HOMECOMING AT MONTAGE MOUNTAIN
Review and photos by Keith Perks Trinity of Terror Tour 2 came blasting through Pennsylvania with a stop in Motionless in White's hometown of Scranton recently. This tour was explosive from start t...
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WILKES-BARRE IS HELL-BENT FOR HALFORD AS JUDAS PRIEST CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF METAL
Review and photos by Keith Perks Judas Priest embarked on its North American 50 Heavy Metal Years tour earlier this month and made a stop at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Oct. 19. ...
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FLOGGING MOLLY BRINGS THE CRAIC TO PHILLY
Review and photos by Keith Perks Flogging Molly and the Interrupters set out on a co-headlining summer tour recently with Tiger Army and The Skints as support. The tour is broken up into two par...
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SIGUR ROS ENCHANTS THE MET IN PHILADELPHIA
Review and photos by Keith Perks Icelandic "post-rock" band Sigur Rós set out on a world tour recently and made a stop in Philadelphia at The Met. Hailing from Reykjavík, this band has be...
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PURITY RING BRINGS STUNNING ‘TOUR DE WOMB’ SHOW TO NYC
Photos by Bobby Nicholas Purity Ring performed a visually stunning set at Webster Hall on Saturday night, the first of a two-night New York City run that included Sunday night's show at Brooklyn St...
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PRIMUS NAILS AMBITOUS RUSH TRIBUTE IN BETHLEHEM
Review and photos by Keith Perks Primus set out on tour recently paying homage to one of rock's most influential bands, Rush. With almost 50 dates on the tour, the band is making its way across Nor...
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DOES LIMP BIZKIT STILL SUCK?
Review and photos by Keith Perks I've seen Limp Bizkit in three stages of their career. The first opening for Faith No More in Philly back in September of 1997, roughly three months after the relea...
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LOLA KIRKE CELEBRATES ‘LADY FOR SALE’ AT BROOKLYN MADE
Lola Kirke strut onto the stage in a sequined jacket and western boots, the curtain dropping to reveal a banner emblazoned with her name. For the next hour or so, Kirke and her small but musically fla...
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ENERGETIC CLUTCH, WITH THE SWORD AND NATE BERGMAN, ROCKS SHERMAN THEATER
Photos and review by Keith Perks Clutch, the "masters of riff," embarked on a giant, 38-date spring tour recently that made its way to the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, Pa., on May 1 with openers...
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