New Haven Musical Acts Buzz The Stacks Dan Greene, sometimes of the Mountain Movers, cast a dislocating spell on a rapt audience at the Institute Library Saturday night, with a tremolo guitar and his echo-drenched voice. Brian Slattery 14 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
LA Queer History Redux: “They Learned To Stop Interrupting” The rich queer history of Los Angeles has long been overshadowed by that of San Francisco and New York. Elissa Saywell 13 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Philadelphia PSA: Deerhoof Asks For Masks Deerhoof reminds us to mask, at Underground Arts Izzy True 11 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Three New Albums Put The Heart On The Line “Good Morning Heartache,” the opening track on Christian Sands’s latest album, Embracing Dawn, begins with a warm, gently unfolding gesture from the piano, an easing into consciousness. Brian Slattery 9 Oct 2024 · 2 min read
LA Little Weirdos Wait To Die “I feel like performing live is practice for living and dying,” Mitski declares several songs into her sold-out show at the Hollywood Bowl. She goes on to explain that in performance, she experiences it all: ecstasy, joy, awe. Madeline Connors 9 Oct 2024 · 2 min read
LA 3 Straight Shows, Lost To Gothic Night Dear diary, I’m embarking inadvisably upon a three-day marathon of unrelated shows around Greater Los Angeles, including on workdays. A.J. Urquidi 7 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
LA You’re Invited, If You Dare The title of the Dare’s 2024 debut album poses a question: What’s Wrong with New York? Here’s my take Brittany Menjivar 7 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford A Gift To End The Season Thanks to the beautiful weather we’ve had this month, it felt like summer was going to last all year long. All good things must come to an end though, and Gifted Horses gave the last lunchtime concert performance the season. Jamil Ragland 6 Oct 2024 · 2 min read
Philadelphia Softies’ Stage Return Hits Hard On Heartbreak “Write down that this is a bad song!” my recently heartbroken friend wept in my ear as I scrawled notes like an obsessive school girl about the pitch-perfect performance delivered by ‘90s sad girls, The Softies. Nora Grace-Flood 4 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Philadelphia 100 Witches Curse The Crowd Izzy at Sing Slavic Queen & Rook Game Cafe Izzy True 4 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland His Name Is Alive — Haunting Riff-Rock from Motor City His Name Is Alive The New Parish 1743 San Pablo Ave, Oakland September 22nd, 2024 Fred Noland 3 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Lucinda Williams Knows A Thing Or Two About Fighting Lucinda Williams Fox Theater 1807 Telegraph Ave, Oakland September 23rd, 2024 Fred Noland 2 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Post-Punk Legends Bring Nostalgia, Rebirth October opened with a one-two punch as the dreamy double bill of the Psychedelic Furs and The Jesus and Mary Chain turned College Street Music Hall into a post-punk version of heaven. Karen Ponzio 2 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Cornet-Piano Duo Frees Up The Space Cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum smiled from the stage at Firehouse 12 Friday night, explaining how good it was to be back there Brian Slattery 30 Sep 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford Yes, That’s A Harp in Downtown Hartford I was not expecting to see a full-sized harp when I stopped by for the latest concert in the Old State House’s Summer Series. Jamil Ragland 29 Sep 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa “Jass” As It Was Written The Sanctuary — a dimly lit Chicago nightclub where jazz, blues, and poetry collided — was a pivotal place in the movie Love Jones, where a young poet named Darius Lovehall (Larenz Tate) attempts to woo Nina Mosley (Nia Long), an aspiring photographer. Ryan Anderson 27 Sep 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa The Perks Of Being The Wallflowers I don’t think “ordinary” is pejorative. Without at least some artists finding contentment as part of a greater tradition, what would happen to jazz or ballet or opera? Becky Carman 26 Sep 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford Americana Pie Anne Marie Menta Trio Audio Feed Connecticut Old State House Hartford Sept. 24, 2024 Summer is officially over, but the Summer Series continued at the Old State House with the Jamil Ragland 25 Sep 2024 · 3 min read
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