GHOST IN HERSHEY EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS WITH DELIGHTFULLY SATANIC PERFORMANCE
Photos and words by Andy Jillson Ghost, Sweden’s hardest-rocking band, brought its unique sound and style to the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa., earlier this week. I wasn’t exactly sure what to e...
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MENZINGERS, WITH THE DIRTY NIL AND JAMES BARRETT, DELIVER MUCH-NEEDED SHOW IN SCRANTON
Photos and words by Keith Perks The Menzingers came home. This time instead of their NEPA Holiday Show in December, they were back to the Scranton Cultural Center at Masonic Temple with openers The...
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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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