Built to Spill @ the Spaceland Ballroom – Hamden, CT Nov. 5th, 2013
In what I can only describe as one of the best live shows I’ve seen in close to a decade, Built to Spill rocked…
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The Sea and Cake @ Arch St. Tavern – Hartford, CT
The last time I saw the Sea and Cake was in 1996 in Philadelphia at a seedy joint called Upstairs at Nick’s. The bill…
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Quasi @ Cafe Nine – New Haven, CT
Despite an agonizingly long commute from D.C. due to bad weather, Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss (Quasi) overcame some early technical difficulties and played a…
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Pinback @ Spaceland Ballroom 9.12.13
Generally my pre-concert routine is to pour myself a drink, clean my lenses, pack up my gear, and populate a flash drive with a…
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The Flaming Lips & Spiritualized at The Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, CT
Spectacle! Spectacle! Spectacle! Not in the Debordian sense, but rather in a dazzling display of sight and sound orchestrated by The Flaming Lips at…
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The Mantles @ BAR, New Haven, CT
“You guys ready for a joke?” poses frontman Michael Olivares while glancing over his shoulder at the rest of the band as if to…
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Low at Spaceland Ballroom, Hamden, CT
It was March 29th, 1994, the day I would see Low for the very first time. At the risk of dating myself, here is…
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