Category Archives: Live Reviews

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01.08.2013 Matt Pond/Jukebox the Ghost, Arch Street Tavern, Hartford

Matt Pond (photos by Adam Tercyak-Morgan) Jukebox the Ghost (Photos by Audra Napolitano) On Jukebox the Ghost‘s track “Say When,” guitarist Tommy Siegel sings “Expensive tickets to a crowded place.”…

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07.18.2012 Hayes Carll, the Redmoor, Cincinatti

Cincinatti: In a smart suburb where the classes meet, set amidst sushi shops, cafés and independently operated boutiques on a street where every other shop leaves water bowls out for…

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07.27-28.2012 Newport Folk Festival

Just off the beach, at the terminus of an avenue where some of the country’s most affluent families live one can find the venue for the annual Newport Folk Festival…

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07.20-22.2012 Firefly Music Festival, Dover International Speedway

Before the gates even opened the first day of Firefly Music Festival three day occupancy at the Dover International Speedway in Delaware, it looked as if the festivities were doomed….

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07.19.2012 Fang Island at the Arch Street Tavern, Hartford

The lead up to Fang Island‘s July 19th tour kick off show in Connecticut was an interesting one. Originally scheduled to be held in Danbury at the Heirloom Arts Theatre,…

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05.18.2012 Danny Schmidt & Carrie Elkin at The Loft, Dover

There are a lot of perks to being a music journalist: the travel, listening to live music, meeting hip people and sometimes the musicians you’ve idolized for years. As cool…

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05.09.2012 Cake at the Palace Theater, Waterbury

I was speaking to a gentleman about going to see Cake and he expressed some dismay that Cake was still together and that they were still big enough to sell…

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05.02.2012 Schoolboy Q at Toad’s Place, New Haven

When Los Angeles-based rapper, Schoolboy Q released his sophomore album, Habits & Contradictions earlier this year, it was hailed as “half gangster, half left-field” by AMG. A good portion of…

04.09.2012 Say Anything at Webster Theatre, Hartford

In 2004 when Say Anything released their first widely distributed album, …Is a Real Boy, it was a revolution to me. I was largely over emo but Say Anything mixed…

04.06.2012 Shovels and Rope at The World Café, Philadelphia

I fall in love with a new band with the same frequency some women fall in love with a new pair of shoes in the shop window. Unfortunately, these romances…