ONE ON ONE WITH OF MONTREAL’S KEVIN BARNES
For someone whose live antics have included wearing outrageous costumes, performing as his transsexual alter ego Georgie Fruit and riding onto the stage atop a stately white steed, Kevin Barnes is sur...
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COAL TOWN ROUNDERS BRING BLUEGRASS TO BREAKDOWN
By Michael Lello Photo by Jason Riedmiller The word old-timey has been getting a lot of mileage in the music world the past few years, but Coal Town Rounders have accurately embodied the overused te...
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PREMIERE: CITY STATES, “ENDLESS SUNLIGHT”
City States — “Endless Sunlight” Today marks the premiere of City States’ track “Endless Sunlight,” from the Chicago outfit’s debut record “Geography,” out May 13 on Safety Records. Mixed by John...
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KALOB GRIFFIN BAND BRINGS PENNSYLVANIA PASSION TO LIFE
By Nikki M. Mascali In just five years, the Kalob Griffin Band went from playing around the Penn State University campus to getting banned from Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia following one of its ra...
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FLOYD, TALKING HEADS, PHISH FUEL TRIBUTE ACT
By Michael Lello The idea of a tribute band has become commonplace. Whether it’s groups dressing up like The Beatles, or Dark Star Orchestra painstakingly creating actual Grateful Dead setlists from...
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ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO: STILL A PUNK AT HEART
By Michael Lello From his days growing up listening to garage bands in Huntington Beach, Calif., to opening for the Sex Pistols as a member of the Nuns, to forming the True Believers and launching a ...
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SUZE MOVES FORWARD WITH “SOUNDS FROM THURSDAY EVENING”
By Michael Lello Photo by Keith Perks It’s only been a few years, but Northeastern Pa. band Suze learned quite a bit between the making of their 2012 debut album and their recently released second a...
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BUCK KNIFE, CREEPOID EXPLORE THE OTHER SIDE
By Michael Lello For every group of musicians with stars in its eyes, there’s another band whose goals are purely artistic. Success is almost seen as the opposite of the goal. Buck Knife, a newer p...
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NEW JERSEY’S EVERYMEN FIND THEIR ROOTS AGAIN
By Nikki M. Mascali Chances are, the bands you loved and tore up your walls with dozens of push-pinned posters in your youth are probably not on regular airplay in your earbuds today. That’s not to ...
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JON ANDERSON: “MUSIC IS AN ADVENTURE”
Michael Lello Photo by Deborah Anderson You might say Jon Anderson had us at hello. That’s all he needed to say when he answered his phone for an interview, and we knew we had dialed the right numb...
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