Category: LIVE REVIEWS

For the North American start of The Big Show Tour at Philadelphia’s Union Transfer, They Might Be Giants’ cofounding Johns

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings at the Zellerbach Theatre, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.

Jesse Malin Benefit Concert at the Beacon Theatre, New York City, featuring Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams, J Mascis, Rickie Lee

Adrianne Lenker and Suzanne Vallie at Union Transfer, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich. Suzanne Vallie

Tom Morello performed an intimate acoustic set at the Hotel Cafe in memory of Wayne Kramer of the MC5. Proceeds from

Like the very best bar band gigging for millennials chewing up mushrooms and guzzling strong fizzy water, Sturgill Simpson and

“‘Who won,’ I said, ‘the election?’” So sang D. Boon on “I Felt Like A Gringo.” By the end of

Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen and John Legend at the Liacouras Center, Philadelphia. Photos for MAGNET by Chris Sikich (top) and

Without the ability to take photos, shine a phone’s light or document a moment beyond its present, T Bone Burnett’s

Leon Bridges at the Beacon Theater, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

King Diamond and Overkill at Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, N.Y. Photos by Wes Orshoski. Overkill

Robyn Hitchcock (with Emma Swift) and Imogen Clark at City Winery, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.

Die Antwoord at Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, N.Y. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

Jeff Tweedy and Elizabeth Moen at Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, N.Y. Photos by Chris Sikich.