Concert Reviews
Neil Young & the chrome hearts, Pine Knob, August 13, 2025
live music is better | bumperstickers should be issued
Concert Reviews
Daniel Lanois Trio, Aeolian Hall, London, Ontario, July 11, 2025
The Daniel Lanois Trio played two nights at the Aeolian Hall in London, Ontario, an ancient and gorgeous venue a two-hour drive from Detroit that is apparently one of the top 10 halls in Canada, according to the CBC. It was an intimate space with great resonance and that is
Concert Reviews
Michael Monroe, the Machine Shop, Flint, MI, April 5, 2025
He’s one of those people who was born to be onstage.
Patti Smith
A Celebration of Patti Smith, Carnegie Hall, March 26, 2025
My favorite element has always been figuring out what songs the artists decide they want to perform and how they interpret them.
Concert Reviews
Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve, Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI, March 8, 2025
they call her Natasha when she looks like Elsie
Springsteen
remnants: Springsteen & U2, World AIDS Day Concert, Times Square, December 1, 2014
“LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MR. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN"
Concert Reviews
Low Cut Connie live, Columbus, OH, November 19, 2024
Rough fuckin' week in America / I wanna throw my haircut against that wall
Concert Reviews
remnants: Welcome to the Occupation, R.E.M. at MSG, November 4, 2004
Let’s put our heads together/and start a new country up.
Springsteen
"a fighting prayer for our country" - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Toronto, November 6, 2024
Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't.
Concert Reviews
remnants: Big Star's Third, March 26, 2011
Big Star remains the mythical beast it was when I first heard about them in the 80s, and rightly so.
Concert Reviews
Notes on PJ Harvey: Cathedral Theater, Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI, 9-28-24
What on record is deep and multilayered becomes a living, breathing organism onstage
Concert Reviews
remnants: The Replacements, West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, Queens, September 19, 2014
For my second Replacements show in a week, tonight we are in Queens.