Category: Alder Boutin
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Photo Gallery And Show Review: Fitz and The Tantrums in Pennsylvania
Words and Photos by Alder Boutin Fitz and The Tantrums are a well-oiled machine nearly 17 years in the making, and their comfortable familiarity with performance showed at Harrisburg’s XL Live. Drummer John Wicks’ sticks seemed to direct his body rather than the other way around; keyboardist Jeremy Ruzumna seldom needed to look down to know…
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Photo Gallery And Show Review: Taylor Acorn in Maryland
“No matter what you’re carrying, whatever struggles you’re facing, I want you to let it go,” Taylor Acorn’s recorded message played over the speakers of the Fillmore Silver Spring. “I want you to look to the person to your right and to your left and say ‘I’ve got you.’
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Photo Gallery And Show Review: Flowers For The Dead in Maryland
Grunge rock band Flowers For The Dead kicked off their summer tour in a refurbished garage planted in the middle of a rural Maryland farm.
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Photo Gallery And Show Review: AITA in Washington, D.C.
AITA headlined a night of boisterous pop punk at Pearl Street Warehouse on Friday.
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Photo Gallery And Show Review: Love For Strangers in Maryland
Math-rock band Love For Strangers celebrated the release of their EP “Gone Through Motions” with a short but sweet set Thursday night. They played at The Bassment, a venue tucked beneath Baltimore pizza shop Ema’s Corner.
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Photo Gallery and Show Review: Honey Revenge in Washington, D.C.
Honey Revenge’s Loving And Losing Tour is a breath of fresh air in the pop rock scene. The stacked lineup – featuring bubble-grunge duo Daisy Grenade, metal spitfire Vana, and soul punk band Nightlife – is a haven for many underrepresented folks.
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Photo Gallery And Show Review: Lyn Lapid In Pennsylvania
“Are you guys Philly good tonight?” Lyn Lapid asked the packed house at Brooklyn Bowl to groans and laughter. “I just came up with that.”
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Photo Gallery and Show Review: Um, Jennifer? In Pennsylvania
On Friday, Um, Jennifer? embodied this phrase while opening for Deadbeat Girl in Philadelphia at God’s Automatic Body.
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Um, Jennifer? On Exes, Human Rights, and Giving Compliments
Elijah “Eli” Scarpati and Fig Regan are a breath of fresh air, and they take themselves about as seriously as their band name, which refers to a fabricated entity named Jennifer who watches over them.
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Photo Gallery And Show Review: Mint Green in Pennsylvania
On May 10, alternative rock band Mint Green opened for rock artist Worriers at South Street’s bar and venue Nikki Lopez.
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