MODEST MOUSE BLENDS QUIRKY WITH CATCHY AT STEELSTACKS
By Michael Lello Photos by Jesse Faatz BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The best way to describe a Modest Mouse show, when it is at its best, is organized chaos. Band members switching instruments so frequently t...
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NEW ORLEANS SUSPECTS, LITTLE FEAT DUO FUNK UP ARDMORE
By Michael Lello ARDMORE, Pa. – After just a few whacks of the drums by “Mean” Willie Green, it was obvious that last Thursday night’s show at the Ardmore Music Hall– which had started off just fine ...
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SPRINGSTEEN, MORELLO PUT ON SWEET SHOW IN HERSHEY
By Michael Lester HERSHEY, Pa. -- It was worth the $100-plus price of admission, not to mention a bit comical, scanning the quizzical expressions on faces in the crowd, as Tom Morello traded guitar s...
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TUNE-YARDS TACKLES THE ODDITIES OF EXISTENCE
By Emily Votaw Merrill Garbus has made a lot of odd records that somehow manage to mesh the ever-important aspects of catchiness and playful weirdness into something that is incredibly gratifying and...
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SUSQUEHANNA BREAKDOWN HIGHLIGHTS
IMG_7051 By Michael Lello Photos by Jesse Faatz SCRANTON, Pa. -- With three stages and agreeable weather despite threats of thunderstorms...
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OF MONTREAL AT LE POISSON ROUGE
DSC_0398 Photos by Tom Roarty NEW YORK -- of Montreal played a sold-out show at the intimate Le Poisson Rouge -- 700-person capacity -- in...
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SUSQUEHANNA BREAKDOWN WARM UP KICKS OFF WEEKEND
IMG_5800 Photos by Jesse Faatz SCRANTON -- Susquehanna Breakdown Music Festival campers were treated to a pre-event night of music, includi...
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THE AMAZINGLY OVERSTUFFED SPIDER-MAN SEQUEL
By Greg Popil Spider-Man does look genuinely amazing in “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” Sequences showing Peter Parker’s alter ego swinging between skyscrapers or sharpshooting web strands to catch bad g...
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SLASHER FLICKS’ FRIGHT NIGHT IN COLUMBUS
By Emily Votaw COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Slasher Flicks is the intricately thought-out side project of Animal Collective founding member David Portner. The band is complete with perfectly placed allusions t...
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GHOST OF A SABER TOOTH TIGER’S FLOYDIAN FREAKOUTS
By Michael Lello Psychedelic rock comes in many forms, from heavy freakouts to out-there folk and everything in between. The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger on its new album “Midnight Sun” traffics in ...
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