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The Homophones
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The Homophones @ the North Star Bar, Philadelphia (6/3/09)
If The Hidden Cameras stripped-down their sound and traded Joel Gibb for a baritone version of Moz dressed in a David Byrne-esque First Communion-style white suit, the result would be The Homophones. Yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s the best description that’s ever [...]
St. Vincent
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St. Vincent @ the First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia (5/21/09)
Let it be said that I love St. Vincent (a.k.a. Annie Clark) and I’ll end my gushing at that. If you’re interested, you can read a review that I wrote for Junkmedia.org from a St. Vincent show I attended 2 years ago… [...]
No Doubt
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No Doubt @ The Borgata, Atlantic City, NJ (5/2/09)
I’m a total No Doubt fanboy, so I was completely psyched to shoot this show. The last time I saw them perform live was in 2000 (when Gwen had pink hair and braces) at Electric Factory (a.k.a. Shit Factory) in Philly. [...]
Tinted Windows
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Tinted Windows @ The Borgata, Atlantic City, NJ (5/2/09)
Tinted Windows is a power-pop supergroup consisting of guys from Hanson (Taylor Hanson), Smashing Pumpkins (James Iha), Fountains of Wayne (Adam Schlesinger), and Cheap Trick (Bun E. Carlos)… as you can see, they pretty much got the full demographic age spectrum covered. [...]
Ra Ra Riot
If you’ve been a reader of this site for any amount of time (particularly when it was known as Blog del Jalapeño), you’ll know that Ra Ra Riot is my all-time most blogged about act. Their set at the Tower Theatre (opening for Death Cab for Cutie) was the fifth time I’ve had the [...]
Death Cab for Cutie
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Death Cab for Cutie @ the Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA (4/7/09)
I’ll admit it… I didn’t catch on to Death Cab for Cutie until after their 2003 release, Transatlanticism. I’ll state for the record, though, that my fandom does not correlate directly with those hordes that first heard about Death [...]