BARONESS ON AVOIDING REPETITION, AIRBNB RECORDING AND ACCESSIBLE PROG
Whether sequestering themselves in an Airbnb to make an album or dropping down to smaller venues to play shows with the setlists curated by the audience, Baroness, six albums into its career, is not g...
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BLUES TRAVELER CONTINUES LONG HAUL WITH STOP AT SHERMAN THEATER
The music of Blues Traveler was everywhere in the mid-'90s. Hits like "Run-Around" and "The Hook" were all over radio and MTV, and every college dorm room seemed to have a copy of the "four" album on ...
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LIFE OF AGONY’S ALAN ROBERT: ‘OUR LEGACY MATTERS’
By Keith Perks Life of Agony are out on the road with Sick of it All for their 30 Sick Years of Agony Tour, which is a celebration of the 30th anniversary of “River Runs Red,” the band’s debut albu...
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THE MENZINGERS WITH AARON WEST AT THE SHERMAN THEATER
Photos by Keith Perks Philadelphia punk band The Menzingers, along with support act Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties, performed at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, Pa., this fall. Formed i...
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ZERO REVISITS KNOTTY HISTORY WITH LIVE ALBUM & EAST COAST DATES
If you put on the cleverly titled new live album from Zero, "Naught Again," you'll be transported back to the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, almost 30 years ago to the week. You'll hear a...
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ENERGETIC CLUTCH, WITH THE SWORD AND NATE BERGMAN, ROCKS SHERMAN THEATER
Photos and review by Keith Perks Clutch, the "masters of riff," embarked on a giant, 38-date spring tour recently that made its way to the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, Pa., on May 1 with openers...
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CABINET CHARTS NEW TERRITORY ON ‘THE SUGARHOUSE SESSIONS’
Cabinet initially won over fans as a fast-picking, jamming bluegrass band, but the band's new album, "The Sugarhouse Sessions," shows a lot has changed in 15 years. "We're not a bluegrass band," th...
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LIFE OF AGONY HARDER AND HEAVIER THAN EVER AT SHERMAN THEATER
Photos and words by Keith Perks STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Alt-metal vets Life of Agony finally got back on the road with its Lost at 2022 Northeast Tour that started in Teaneck, New Jersey. The band had s...
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LIFE OF AGONY ‘LOST AT 2022’ TOUR SET FOR SHERMAN THEATER, WARSAW DATES
Photo and words by Keith Perks Life of Agony are kicking off its "Lost at 2022 Tour" this week in Teaneck, N.J. The tour will make several stops throughout the northeast, including Saturday, Jan. 2...
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GOJIRA, WITH ALIEN WEAPONRY AND KNOCKED LOOSE, SHOW METAL ‘FORTITUDE’ AT SHERMAN THEATER
Review and photos by Keith Perks France's Gojira has come stateside once again and brought its unmatched metal sound to the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, Pa., on Oct. 25. I shot the band at Kn...
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