Reviews

by Andi Bricklin It’s always great to see a show at the World Café Live.  It’s a beautiful venue, with great sound, but it’s especially exciting when the air is electrified with the excitement of NonCOMM.  We were lucky enough to be able to check out Day two of the 14th Annual Read More

by Holli Stephens I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect in attending a show at First Unitarian Church. Its outside appearance seemed pretty ordinary in a religious architecture sense—there was black fencing around the perimeter, the building was made of stone, and had many Read More

by Kyle Kochan It’s been years since my last consumption of live music in Philadelphia.  Not since Interpol came through town pre Turn on the Bright Lights release at the now defunct Club Transit on Spring Garden.  Oh how I forgot the flagrant bellicose nature of the Read More

by Lara Supan “Well, that was unexpected.” Matt Andersen is a larger than life guy, but he sure fits perfectly on a big stage. As he threw back his head to hit the first note, a friend who had come to see the opening band and knew nothing of Andersen’s talent was shocked to hear Read More

by Lara Supan “It was one of those days, you know? Those days where you say ‘at least I get to go do a job that I like doing tonight.’” Clad in black lace and cowboy boots, Amy Speace took the stage without fanfare and started right into her first piece, “Land Like a Bird.” It Read More

Here are a few of Amy Ecklund’s shots from the 104.5 Birthday Show at the Susquehanna Bank Center. Check out the complete set of pictures taken by our writers over on the Facebook page.  Read More