Eels Wind Down the Lockdown Hurricane Tour at Webster Hall
There is an excruciatingly long wait for the Eels after the lights go down. The entire spoken word track “A Good Day to Be…
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Ben Folds: What Matters Most Tour Opening Night 06.13.23
If I had known in 2019 that the last concert I would have shot for nearly four years was LeAnn Rimes, I would have…
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Premiere: White Elephant Orchestra “Here Comes the Rain Again”
White Elephant Orchestra is the new musical project by Los Angeles based Canadian Andy Stochansky. The mellifluent cover of the Eurythmics classic “Here Comes…
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Eels Triumphantly Return from their Triumphant Return 05.01.19
Life is short. See your favorite bands as many times as you can. The Eels returned to New York less than a year since…
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Punch Brothers @ College St. Music Hall, New Haven
It’s the second night of the Punch Brothers’ spring tour and I’m convinced the quintet are not actually musicians, but sharks in dapper suits….
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Darren Jessee, Lowpines @ Rockwood Music Hall
Mr. Bongos darts between the closing subway doors at the last possible second. What follows is a four stop history lesson that could rival…
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The Posies 30th Anniversary Tour 06.14.18
Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow beckon the audience closer. The intimate 225 seat arts and culture venue at Fairfield Theater Company’s Stage One has…
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The Triumphant Return of the Eels 06.08.18
Lansdowne Street in Boston, Massachusetts is shut down and packed with people. There’s a Red Sox game directly opposite the House of Blues. I…
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Chris Barron @ Cafe 9, New Haven, CT
“Do you want to cover the dude from the Spin Doctors?” my editor emails me. It’s an inside joke here at Surviving the Golden…
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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 40th Anniversary Tour
It’s 7:30pm and I’m power walking to the Xfinity Theater in Hartford, Connecticut. I should have already checked in with security, but I’m still…
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