SLOTHRUST TAKES STAGE WEST ON NOSTALGIC TRIP TO THE MID-’90s
By Anthony Magraner Photos by Dominique Kozuch SCRANTON, PA -- On a chilly, rainy evening in West Scranton, fans of alternative and indie rock packed into Stage West in anticipation of Boston's ...
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GHOST’S EPIC PERFORMANCE BRINGS HORROR AND HUMOR TO KIRBY CENTER
Photos and review by Alex Seeley WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- Excitement permeated the packed F.M. Kirby Center as it often does, but this night felt a little different. Through the shoulder-to-shoulder cr...
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CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD TAKES BROOKLYN ON A CALIFORNIA TRIP
Photos by Toktam Tayefeh BROOKLYN, NY -- On a cold, late-autumn Sunday night, playing to a Brooklyn Steel crowd that was quite a few tickets shy of sold-out, the road-weary Chris Robinson Brotherho...
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TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND KICKS OFF EIGHTH ANNUAL BEACON RESIDENCY IN STYLE
When the Tedsechi Trucks Band formed a decade ago, the group’s virtuosity was a given. Derek Trucks had already earned a reputation as one of the world’s greatest guitarists, a prodigy who joined ...
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JACKIE GREENE, ERIC KRASNO and ROSS JAMES TREAT CROWD TO INTIMATE EVENING AT TERRAPIN CROSSROADS
SAN RAFAEL, Ca. -- Like a three-course meal with each set of flavors complementing each other to perfection, Jackie Greene, Eric Krasno and Ross James served up a sumptuous banquet of sounds Saturday ...
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O CANADA: BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE OFFERS BRILLIANT FREE SHOW AT CENTRAL PARK
NEW YORK, NY — On a sweltering Sunday in Central Park, a few days before the Fourth of July, Canadian indie collective Broken Social Scene offered a peace offering amid rising tensions between the U.S...
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STONE SOUR SATISFIES SHERMAN THEATER CROWD WITH FUN-LOVING PERFORMANCE
Photos and review by Alex Seeley STROUDSBURG, Pa. -- The floor was covered in confetti while streamers hung from the ceiling they were stuck to as satisfied fans exited the Sherman Theater. Stone Sou...
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ENGLISH BEAT SHOW AT CITY WINERY ‘RANKS’ HIGH
A posh venue in Lower Manhattan— a winery, nonetheless — is an odd setting for a band with punk roots whose ethos was imbued with a distrust of the establishment. But such was the case in late March o...
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JUDAS PRIEST IS FRESH AND FIERCE AT FIREPOWER TOUR OPENING NIGHT
Photos and review by Alex Seeley WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — As anticipation for the headliner reached fever pitch, the curtain that obscured the stage was ripped away and replaced with pummeling guitars a...
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DAVID BYRNE’S ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME PERFORMANCE THRILLS KIRBY CENTER CROWD
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Those fortunate enough to score tickets to the sold-out David Byrne show at the F.M. Kirby Center Sunday night undoubtedly knew exactly what they were getting into in that they had...
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