Posts by Cathy Poulton

Rival Sons brought their Darkfighter tour to Philadelphia’s Franklin Music Hall on Saturday 6/3. The band is touring in support of Darkfighter their highly anticipated follow-up to 2019’s Grammy-nominated Feral Roots album that dropped on Friday, June 2nd. The show opened up with the female-fronted Starcrawler led by Arrow De Wilde and the band tore […]

It’s been quite 2022 for Måneskin. The Italian pop glam rockers band recently won an AMA a week ago for their cover of the Frankie Vallie/Four Seasons song “Beggin”, and received a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. The band just announced the release of a new forthcoming LP called RUSH! due in January and […]

Butch Walker and his band kicked off their headlining show at Philadelphia’s Brooklyn Bowl on October 25th with the high-energy song “Bodegas and Blood,” and from there it never really slowed down.  The set was a nice mix of new and old and drew from albums like Stay Gold, The Spade, and American Love Story.

My Chemical Romance made a return to its nearby New Jersey stomping grounds with a sold-out performance at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center on August 29th. Opening with their new tune “Foundations of Decay,” the band performed all the big ones including “Teenagers,” I’m Not Okay ( I Promise),” “Hang “Em High,” “Vampire Money,” “Give ‘Em Hell, Kid” […]

Frank Turner hit Philadelphia’s Fillmore on June 19th amidst his “50 states in 50 days” tour that wraps up in Honolulu in August. The only other artist to have done this previously was George Thorogood in 1981. I “Well, I’ve been unable to tour properly for a couple of years now, and always said that […]

It seems almost impossible that Tori Amos celebrated the 30th Anniversary of her debut album Little Earthquakes in January this year. It was a game-changer of an album and sounds as fresh today as it did then. 15 albums later, Amos is still an artistic innovator with an increasingly devoted following as evident by her […]

LP made their way to Philadelphia’s Fillmore on May 1st in support of their newest album Churches. LP brought along South African artist Nick Leng whose dreamy indie-pop and charismatic appearance won over the tough Philly audience. The setlist for the night was heavy on the new album, as LP switched off between guitar and […]

Following one of the past year’s strongest pandemic live series with Tough Cookies (over 100 chapters!), Adam Weiner lead Low Cut Connie back to its real-live shindigs. This hometown show at Philadelphia’s Fillmore on October 14th was a big full circle for the hardest working man in rock- who schvitzed, shouted and boogied with a […]

Heartless Bastards led by the irresistible rock flair of Erika Wennerstrom brought their full-fledged musical presentation to the World Cafe in Philadelphia, PA on 10/1/21. Austins’ Tele Novella offered a colorful array of paisley draped rock to open the evening. Photos by Cathy Poulton.

Silversun Pickups have kept their modern alt flame going for quite some time now following their breakout Coachella 2007 performance. The Silverlake (LA) band has been touring in support of their return to form fifth album, 2019’s Widow’s Weeds. The New Regime opened which is led by lan Rubin who has played drums with Nine […]