ALBUM REVIEW: THE NATIONAL — “TROUBLE WILL FIND ME”
If there’s a universal message in the music of The National, it’s that it’s OK to not be OK. Elegantly miserable, singer Matt Berninger is at again on “Trouble Will Find Me,” the group’s sixth album a...
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CONCERT REVIEW: OLD FARMERS BALL
SCRANTON -- The intention of Old Farmers Ball was not to prove a point. However, a major statement was made Saturday under gray skies and heavy rainstorms: a large-scale grassroots music festival c...
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ALBUM REVIEW: TOM KEIFER — “THE WAY LIFE GOES”
Tom Keifer’s blues-drenched voice was a signature sound of 1980s and early ’90s hard rock – a voice that, unfortunately, has been silent for nearly 20 years, with no new recorded output from his band ...
ReadmoreALBUM REVIEW: BRASS BED — “THE SECRET WILL KEEP YOU”
Enveloped in an uneasy haze of steel guitar, Brass Bed tells us, “I never believed it was true/ That life was just something to do” until the day “that death follows through.” It’s not exactly a pep ...
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ALBUM REVIEW: DAWES — “STORIES DON’T END”
While Mumford and Sons and The Avett Brothers have stomped and strummed their way to the forefront of the latest folk revival, Dawes have forged a quieter path. And as the California band shows in it...
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ALBUM REVIEW: ANTHRAX — “ANTHEMS”
Unlike many of its peers in heavy-metal world, Anthrax is a band that has never fallen into the trap of taking itself too seriously. In the past, the New York thrash-metal outfit has filled some of t...
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CONCERT REVIEW: NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS, BEACON THEATRE
By Nikki M. Mascali You don’t just go see a Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds concert. You experience it, and the music permeates you like the sweat that clung to singer Cave’s crisp white shirt by show’s ...
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CONCERT REVIEW: MY MORNING JACKET, BAND OF HORSES IN PHILADELPHIA
IMG_7144a Jim James of My Morning Jacket (File photos by Jason Riedmiller) The Mann Center for the Performing Arts is tucked away in the Cent...
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CONCERT REVIEW: WILCO IN COOPERSTOWN
Ivory rags hang from the stage like chains of clouds. A Belgian style farmhouse is visible through the strands of swaying rags at Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, N.Y. Tents dot the rolling hills li...
ReadmorePHOTO GALLERY: TED LEO, EWW YABOO, LANGOR
Photos by Jason Riedmiller Ted Leo brought his solo tour to the Vintage Theater in Scranton last Saturday, and Jason Riedmiller captured some of the images from Leo's set, as well as opening acts E...
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