Tag: concert
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Feb 20th, Cat Power at The Paramount
By Chloe Ivy-Curwen I arrived at the Paramount theater on February 20th, it was cold and dark, but not raining. This was my first time at a concert alone, and I’m so grateful that it was to see Cat power performing her album The Greatest. My introduction to Cat Power would be where most people…
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A Sea of Swaying Bodies: Billie Marten Live at The Crocodile
By Lindy Rybloom You find me on an afternoon in March. Although it is technically the beginning of spring,you’d never be able to guess because the weather will tell you the opposite. Before I step out ofthe door, I’m sure to put on two pairs of socks, a thermal layer underneath my pants, and forgood…
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Ohio Boys, Beautiful Music: A Caamp Concert at Dune Peninsula
Photos and writing by Frances Edwards-Hughes. A rolled-out Persian rug, brass lamps to light up their pedals, stacks of shitty romcom books, and incense burning. Jeans with paint on them, and hats worn a hundred times—the sweat marks turning the blue fabric green. Yellow and red. Sunshine and loving. Caamp articulates their band’s music through…
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Hovvdy Brings Their Contagious Warmth and Careful Lyricism to The Crocodile
Review and photos by: Frannie Edwards-Hughes Sweet, love in its early days, a Southern summer, a walk by yourself when the sun’s going down—or maybe it’s coming up—praying for a friend every night, getting older each day, it’s all familiar, I don’t recognize myself from a year ago. This is what Hovvdy sounds like to…
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Going on a Lunar Vacation
By Sara Guillen-Alvarado The sun slips into my car through the open window as I drive down Love Lane. It’s a perfect temperature on a random July morning. I am 17, I am a soon-to-be high school senior, I have just been broken up with a week earlier, and I am listening to Lunar Vacation’s…
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KUPS International: Artists supporting Palestine and Sudan in the UK
By Jake von Haken Artists For Aid concert poster, 2024 On July 4th 2024, I had the opportunity to see a very special concert put on by Sudanese-Canadian artist Mustafa, which had over three thousand people in attendance. This was the second edition of his “Artists for Aid” series in which he raises money for…
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Bas Live From Seattle:
Written by Dominic LaFratta, Photos by Max Ketterer We Only Talk About Real Shit When We’re Fucked Up Tour As bright white lights danced off the hanging disco ball about the concert venue, and an angelic voice operatically anointed the audience, Bas emerged onto the stage with a presence of pure grandeur. The crowd erupted. “I…
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There’s Always Room For New Music: Interview With Babehoven (03/19/24)
By Lindy Rybloom and Tate DeCarlo Indie band Babehoven has been releasing music since 2017, making them a defining artist in the scene for over half a decade. Drawing inspiration from alternative-country, Babehoven consists of Maya Bon and Ryan Albert–a powerhouse duo whose newest album thrives off of collaboration. The two find themselves in Hudson,…
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KUPS International: Taiwan’s Vibrant and Worldly Jazz Scene
By Rhae Schulz-O’Neil It’s Saturday night in the northern Zhongshan district (中山区) of Taipei (台北) Taiwan and, tucked away in the unsuspecting jazz bar Sappho, people young and old flood in for a taste of live music. The bar, which exclusively houses live Jazz Tuesday through Saturday, at first glance doesn’t seem to have that…
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Rubblebucket at The Crocodile
February 7th, 2023 By Simon Plotkin Photos and Art by Rhae Shulz-O’Neil There is this strange, beautiful feeling that arises when you engage with something totally and utterly unique. Some examples: you see two bugs having sex on a leaf so battered by wind that you cannot fathom how the little rascals are able to…