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by Holli Stephens Union Transfer has been on a streak of bringing in unbelievably talented and creative acts to their stage. Friday night’s sold out show exceeded expectation with opener Psychic Twin and Sylvan Esso. Clad in all black, the three-piece lady synth group comprised Read More

by Holli Stephens One of the first realizations I came to on Wednesday night at Union Transfer was that I was completely underdressed for Lykke Li. Her simple and modern black style was depicted in what the audience chose to wear in support of her. I tried to hide behind my Read More

by Holli Stephens I’ve been jamming out to since my middle school days and by any means necessary I was going to find a way to get to Bethlehem to see them at Musikfest.  It was as problematic as I expected it to be. After asking around I recruited my friend Ian Louda who Read More

by Holli Stephens In his more advanced age, leader of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin became extremely paranoid. It became so serious that he surrounded himself with a pack of dogs for protection. Among his four-legged friends, his favorite was named Minka. For Ari Rubin, this Read More

by Holli Stephens There is always a little fire of anticipation that lights inside of me when I learn I’ll be going to a foreign venue or seeing a band that is new to me. I was two for two in getting the chance to see The Crookes play at the Barbary Tuesday night. The venue is Read More

by Holli Stephens Besides a few scattered groups of older girls in long tribal skirts and bearded guys talking amongst themselves, Union Transfer was pretty sparsely populated when I got there at the supposed show starting time of 8:30pm. Goat was the headlining act and I can Read More