Category: LIVE REVIEWS

Kate Pierson at City Winery, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.

Alison Moyet at Webster Hall, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

Put aside Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale and Bob Mothersbaugh’s long-held conviction of devolution and its grand, defining thesis statement of

Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory at Union Transfer, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.

Martha Wainwright at World Cafe Live, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.

Have you ever witnessed a more smiling Nick Cave—his Bad Seeds, too—than you have during his 2025 tour for latest

Orla Gartland and Fightmaster at Underground Arts, Philadelphia, Photos by Chris Sikich. Fightmaster

The Brothers at Madison Square Garden, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

Lucy Dacus is the sound of young love. I know this because as soon as Dacus—one-time Philadelphian, one-time boygenius—began to

To the accompaniment of a chamber section that sounded like it was sliding off the Titanic, a cool-blue guitarist with

Beth Gibbons at the Beacon Theater, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski

Alan Sparhawk and Bill Nace at PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich. Bill Nace

Beth Gibbons ended her engrossing set at the Met with a giddy little jump, a rapid, enthusiastic wave to the

Tsunami and Ida at Underground Arts, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.