Singer/songwriter Richard Shindell appeared recently in Massachusetts
Concert Reviews
Being that we (us, being Allison Johnelle Boron and Rob Ross, respectively, both of Popdose) were at City Winery in New York on Sunday night (March 16th) to see the…
At this point, I think I’ve lost count on how many times I’ve seen Richard Barone and Nick Celeste perform; that’s how much I enjoy seeing/hearing them. They never fail…
It isn’t often you get to see a true musical giant up so close and personal. Seeing Booker T. Jones, the man whose name is (to me) most synonymous with…
Few bands have recovered from the kind of turmoil that engulfed Paramore following the release of its third album, the excellent Brand New Eyes, and led to an acrimonious split…
There’s nothing more pleasing – especially in a day and age where concert ticket prices are criminally high – than to get your money’s worth and then some from a…
Seeing The Bongos live is always a joyful event. But last night was the first time I had the chance to see them on the heels of a new album…
Two music legends unite in a remarkable collaboration
Headlining a benefit for the family of venue friend and local business owner, Silvio Dibello, local singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Chris Neptune and his backing band served up a memorable…
If the Replacements had played every concert as well as they did on Sunday night at Riot Fest in Chicago’s Humboldt Park, they would have been as big as they…
Kenny Loggins and the Blue Sky Riders returned to Cleveland. We were there.
Outside Lands came and went last weekend, blowing in and out of the Golden Gate Park with the signature stomp, rock, and dazzle that’s it’s become equanimous with since Another…
So it came to pass that Maxwell’s in Hoboken closed on July 31st. This was difficult for me to digest, even after ample time had gone by since it was…
Platters That Matter podcasters brave the summer heat for Ben Folds Five live.
High Sierra Music Festival is easily one of the happiest places on earth. People return year after year (after year). They bring their kids. They fill up inflatable pools. They…
Playing a large festival is both a blessing and a curse, especially for up and coming bands. The blessing – The band is playing to a larger audience than you’d…
A review of the tribute to Big Star’s “Third” album at Chicago’s Park West
If you search for the “Best music festivals of 2013”, you will find lots of lists – here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Even our own Popdose festival…
Must resist making a corny pun… must resist. Oh, what the hell. It’s the “Time of the Season” – the summer season, of course – for Central Park’s favorite performance…
The only thing I experienced last night that was more intense than Tomahawk was the near-Biblical thunderstorm I drove through on the way home.
On a damp evening at City Winery in New York, a cheerful crowd gathered for the second of three shows featuring Dave Davies of the Kinks. Not having toured in…
A sold out crowd mobbed the Independent last Wednesday night to see one of DFA Records’ finest, the nu-disco exclamatory rock band Holy Ghost! Fresh off the completion of a…
”Is Rice-A-Roni really the San Francisco treat? It seems more like kale is the San Francisco treat. Or Mission burritos. I’ve been here quite a few times now and I…
The Gaslight Anthem and a 1200 of their dedicated fans came to the Ventura Theater for a two-hour show of righteous music from the Jersey band.
Ronnie Spector is more than her powerhouse voice, more than her tumultuous marriage to one of the most notorious producers-turned-accused-murderers of all time, and even more than the mile-high hairdos…
Music festival season is upon us! Do you Roo, or do you Hickey?
The years fell away as Graham Parker & the Rumour stunned a RI crowd
An animated crowd gathered at 1015 Folsom for some energizing midweek house music mayhem with London DJ group The 2 Bears this past Wednesday. The dance floor instantly snapped into…
Working without a set list Los Lobos just let it rip in Fall River
Alt-J (so named for the neato triangle you can make using your keyboard—∆) headlined a sold-out show at the Fillmore the other night. The band got together in 2007 at…