LOTUS, COSBY SWEATER and ROGUE CHIMP AT SHERMAN THEATER
Photos by Pati Bobeck Lotus -- no stranger to Northeastern Pa. after years of gigs at the River Street Jazz Cafe and the Sherman Theater -- returned to the Sherman Thursday night. The show was ope...
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ARCADE FIRE HITS THE MARK
By Michael Lello There are a handful of bands in rock history that have made high-minded and uncompromising music and still achieved arena-level acceptance. Montreal’s Arcade Fire, a band that sees ...
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PHOTO GALLERY: BLACK CROWES IN BETHLEHEM
Photos by Jesse Faatz The Black Crowes returned to the region Wednesday night for a show at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center, and photographer Jesse Faatz was there to capture the festivities. Jes...
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CARRABBA’S ROOTS SHOW WITH TWIN FORKS
By Michael Lello Gang vocals and foot stomps are big business these days, so it’s natural to cast a cynical ear toward an artist jumping onto the roots rock wave. Like Twin Forks, the new Americana ...
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MOTORHEAD SOLDIERS ON
By Mike Irwin In the world of heavy metal, few if any artists are as much a constant as Motorhead is. Never trying to be the flashiest or the most famous, the band instead hammers away like a giant ...
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ALICE COOPER’S NIGHTMARE ON MARKET STREET
By Michael Lello Photos by Jim Gavenus WILKES-BARRE – In an era of Miley Cyrus’ twerks and Rihanna’s Instagram feed, an entertainer has to go to cartoonish extremes to engage, never mind, shock, a...
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MMJ LEADS THE CHARGE AT CBGB FESTIVAL
By Nikki M. Mascali Photos by Kyle Roarty NEW YORK -- When CBGB OMFUG opened in 1973, it was intended to be a home for country, bluegrass, blues and “Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers.” Thou...
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THE FLAMING LIPS’ FAR-OUT FESTIVAL PIER TRIP
IMG_7161 By Michael Lello Photos by Jason Riedmiller PHILADELPHIA – Good psychedelic rock, by its very definition, defies definition. The...
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SISTER SPARROW WARMS UP THE SHERMAN
IMG_2382 By Michael Lello Photos by Jesse Faatz STROUDSBURG -- The upbeat soulful rockers Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds played an e...
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YUCK MOVES FORWARD
By Michael Lello If any band could be excused for taking a second-album nosedive, it’s Yuck. The British ’90s alt-rock revivalists’ lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Daniel Blumberg left the b...
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