Tag Archives: Live Concerts

Concert promotion is dicey business under the best of circumstances, and apparently these were not they. Just a day before its scheduled Aug. 19-21 aural assault on New Jersey aggro fans, the ninth-annual Hellfest — “a barricade-free, circle pit induced festival” with 188 acts, to have taken place at Trenton …

If there ever was a more unlikely pairing of band and town, one doesn’t spring to mind.

Go and see theatre as it’s meant to be performed.

It isn't often an artist or a band comes around that a parent enjoys as much as their kids, but Steven Page (of Barenaked ladies) is one. So when my son discovered he would be promoting The Vanity Project with an in store performance and signing at Borders in Ann …

..."I've found a new crop of songwriters that I connect with just as deeply."

Even if those weren’t the good old days, there were some damn good days.

Last week, some peculiar and fortunate alignment of the planets brought both of my favorite musical artists to my home state of Connecticut within two days of each other. This same alignment also had some influence on the capricious Ticketmaster gods, as I was able to get really great seats …

Living in the Gleam of an Unsheathed Sword was my first introduction to Earth, the band comprised of guitarist, Dylan Carlson and percussionist, A. Davies. The music is very heavy and quite dark at times. I suppose this might be considered characteristic of heavy metal, but it quickly became evident …

A concert in the Key of Me is far more rewarding. You can feed your ego while appearing to do something important.

But as Elvis Costello said years latter “What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding”.