Category: LIVE REVIEWS

Live Review: Bob Dylan, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 19, 2023
Ever since his surprise move from strummed acoustic guitars to amped-up electrification in 1965, fans of Bob Dylan have repeatedly

Live Review: Codeine, New York City, Nov. 9, 2023
September, 1993. That’s the last time I saw Codeine play live, and it was a revelation. Codeine performed a lengthy,

Live Review: Japanese Breakfast, Crooks & Nannies, Sarah Sherman, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 31, 2023
The album cycle for Japanese Breakfast’s breakthrough Jubilee, released in spring 2021, ended with a jubilant Halloween show at The

Live Review: Remembering Sinéad, New York City, Oct. 29, 2023
Remembering Sinéad—a talent-packed tribute at City Winery New York City—had a tough mission. Not just because remembering Sinéad O’Connor means

Live Review: Squirrel Flower, Truth Club, Boo Boo Spoiler, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 27, 2023
Kicking off Halloweekend at the Ukie Club, Squirrel Flower conjured an otherworldly essence, harmonizing with the ghost in the machine.

Live Review: Depeche Mode, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 25, 2023
Ever since the release of 1989’s 101 (the dense live album and documentary focused on the band’s famed 1988 Rose

Live Review: Faye Webster, Upchuck, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 21, 2023
Apparently, Upchuck got into punk rock for all the right reasons. “I can’t really play anything else,” said guitarist Mikey

Courtney Barnett And Anjimile At The First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia
Courtney Barnett and Anjimile at the First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich. Anjimile

Live Review: Oceans Calling Festival 2023
Photo by Ismael Quintanilla III On a brisk fall weekend straddling the end of September and beginning of October, 40,000

Live Review: The Breeders, Screaming Females, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 20, 2023
Thirty years on, experiencing the Breeders’ Last Splash in its entirety is pure joy. There’s Kim Deal’s raspy, off-kilter yet

Red Hot Chili Peppers At Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA
Red Hot Chili Peppers at Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, Pa. Photos by Evan Albuck.

Live Review: P!nk, Brandi Carlile, Grouplove, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 19, 2023
Wherever she plays, P!nk puts on a thrilling show with her aerial stunts and monster bops, but seeing a local

Tedeschi Trucks Band, Lukas Nelson + POTR And Norah Jones At Madison Square Garden, New York City
Tedeschi Trucks Band, Lukas Nelson + POTR and Norah Jones at Madison Square Garden, New York City. Photos by Wes

Slowdive And Drab Majesty At The Citizens House Of Blues, Boston
Slowdive brought its Everything Is Alive tour—its first U.S. dates since 2017—to the Citizens House Of Blues in Boston. Shoegaze

Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.: The Sea.Hear.Now Fest Turns Five With Foo Fighters, Weezer, Greta Van Fleet, Nathaniel Rateliff, Mt. Joy, Beach Boys And More
The fifth Sea.Hear.Now Fest took over Asbury Park, N.J, this month with help from the Foo Fighters, Weezer, Greta Van

Duran Duran At Forest Hills Stadium, Queens, NY
Duran Duran at Forest Hills Stadium, Queens, N.Y. Photos by Wes Orshoski.