ARTISTS UNITE FOR AMNESTY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND PUSSY RIOT
By Nikki M. Mascali BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Amnesty International not only fights for those who cannot fight for themselves and gives a voice to the voiceless around the globe, but it also throws a pretty g...
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KING RADIO DEBUTS NEW LINEUP AT IMPRESSIVE ROCKWOOD SHOW
IMG_8505 By Michael Lello Photos by Robin Palmer NEW YORK – King Radio had a few things to prove last Friday night. Performing to a packe...
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VOLLEBEKK OFFERS MERE GLIMPSE ON “NORTH AMERICANA”
By Emily Votaw Leif Vollebekk is an idealist. You can feel it in his music. The way each chorus-less, unwaveringly lonely tune wraps itself into itself until it snaps, wanders or rolls away from th...
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DR. DOG’S “B-ROOM” SHOW EARNS AN “A” AT TERMINAL 5
get-attachment (2) By Michael Lello Photos by Jason Riedmiller NEW YORK – “Consistent” isn’t the most exciting thing you can say about a b...
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FUNKY TROMBONE SHORTY HORNS IN ON KIRBY CENTER
By Michael Lester Photos by Jim Gavenus WILKES-BARRE -- Troy Andrews lowered his shiny trombone to his waist, wiped his mouth and swiveled from his dual microphones at the front of the F.M. Kirby ...
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SOLD-OUT CROWD CELEBRATES VINTAGE ANNIVERSAY
By Michael Lello Photos by Jesse Faatz and Mark Dennebaum SCRANTON -- A capacity crowd helped celebrate The Vintage's fifth anniversary Friday night with a free, all-ages concert featuring A Socia...
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SILENT LIONS NEED TO FINE TUNE THEIR ROAR TO REACH POTENTIAL
By Emily Votaw CLEVELAND -- The Grog Shop is debatably Cleveland’s most intimate venue, and there’s something to be said about pop-punk in close quarters. Not that Silent Lions are necessarily pop-p...
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NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL’S SURREAL STATE THEATRE SERENADE
By Michael Lello Photo by Jason Riedmiller ITHACA, N.Y. -- Neutral Milk Hotel released just enough music to create a sense of mystery. The Athens, Ga., group only released two proper albums (one of...
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MALKMUS AND THE JICKS WIG OUT
By Michael Lello Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks’ music is easy to listen to. The sounds are catchy and jangly, and the words are a free-flowing mishmash of wordplay and in-jokes. A very pleasant e...
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CABINET HIT THE NOTE TO WRAP UP AN EVENTFUL 2013
Cabinet_09 Photos by Jason Riedmiller Cabinet rang in the 2014 with a packed house in West Chester, Pa. The Note was the setting for three...
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