GOJIRA, WITH ALIEN WEAPONRY AND KNOCKED LOOSE, SHOW METAL ‘FORTITUDE’ AT SHERMAN THEATER
Review and photos by Keith Perks France's Gojira has come stateside once again and brought its unmatched metal sound to the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, Pa., on Oct. 25. I shot the band at Kn...
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MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA, WITH FOXING AND SLOTHRUST, AT HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM
Photos from The Fillmore in Philadelphia by Dominique Kozuch For one and a half hours last Thursday, Manchester Orchestra turned Hammerstein Ballroom in Midtown Manhattan into a canvas for its dyna...
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LUCERO MAKES HEARTBREAK AND WHISKEY SOUND LIKE HEAVEN AT MUSIKFEST CAFE
Photos and review by Keith Perks Lucero is one of those bands that you need to see live. Being out in the crowd is like being with family. A drunk and rambunctious family...and we're all there to s...
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ACTIVE ROCK HITMAKERS SHINEDOWN WORTH THE WAIT AT MUSIKFEST
Story and photos by Keith Perks BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- Shinedown finally hit the stage at Musikfest after the rescheduling of its 2020 show. Brent Smith, Zach Myers, Eric Bass and Barry Kerch were welco...
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RICHARD MARX’S VIRTUAL CONCERT NEXT BEST THING TO BEING THERE
Since the coronavirus pandemic slammed the brakes on the live music industry, musicians have been finding new ways to connect with their audiences and attempt to make back some of the money they lost ...
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HAR MAR SUPERSTAR, SABRINA ELLIS BRING THE FUN TO BROOKLYN AS HEART BONES
Photos and recap by Bobby Nicholas BROOKLYN, NY -- Heart Bones is a new band with familiar faces — Sabrina Ellis and Sean Tillmann (otherwise known as Har Mar Superstar). Ellis and Tillmann b...
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ECHOSMITH SHOWCASE SIBLING SOUND AT (LE) POISSON ROUGE
Photos and recap by Bobby Nicholas NEW YORK, NY -- The Sierota siblings -- Sydney, Graham and Noah -- were pre-teens when they decided to form a band called Echosmith, and would reach mainstream su...
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THE PARANOYDS ARE MORE THAN ‘ALL RIGHT’ IN WILLIAMSBURG
Photos and recap by Bobby Nicholas BROOKLYN, NY -- Being from LA, The Paranoyds are rarely on the East Coast. So it was a treat to be able to see them Saturday evening at Baby’s All Right in Willia...
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TEMPLES BRING TIME WARP TO WEBSTER HALL
Photos and recap by Bobby Nicholas Going to a Temples show is like stepping in a weird, funky, but awesome time warp. Bathed in blue, purple and orange lights, Temples brought a '70s nostalgic vibe...
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TOOL’S METHOD AND MADNESS ON DISPLAY IN EPIC NEW JERSEY SHOW
NEWARK, NJ -- Tool, who infamously works at a snail's pace -- five albums in 26 years -- has a vocalist who doesn't front the band on stage and bars cellphone photography at its shows. It demands a lo...
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