After each full band show in New York, Chris Carrabba would announce that day a midnight secret show at a smaller intimate venue. The midnight show was at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn. Armed with only his acoustic guitar, Chris Carrabba played to a sold out crowd of 300 fans. This was truly a magical moment… Read More Dashboard Confessional – Knitting Factory – Brooklyn, NY – 1/20/17
Kicking off 2017, Dashboard Confessional embarked on a national small club headlining tour. With most dates selling out within an hour of going on sale, Chris Carrabba and company extended their visit to New York City by playing Irving Plaza three nights in a row. Last minute openers added to the tour was This Wild Life.… Read More Dashboard Confessional / Vinyl Theatre / This Wild Life – Irving Plaza – New York, NY – 1/19/17
The Ataris came through Stanhope, NJ on their last tour in support of their latest E.P. October In This Railroad Earth. An E.P. featuring old song/ideas that never seen the light of day until now. Think early Ataris, …Anywhere But Here and Blue Skies, Broken Hearts, Next 12 Exits era. Playing two songs from the album along with other… Read More The Ataris / PLP / Matt Fed / Stereo Jo – Stanhope House – Stanhope, NJ – 8/31/16
Streetlight Manifesto made their return to New York City a few days shy of Halloween with Chris Murray and Sycamore Smith. Sycamore Smith opened the show with his folky kazoo anthems in which the crowd sang and clapped along. It was a surprise to see Chris Murray take the stage since Dan Potthast was billed as… Read More Streetlight Manifesto / Chris Murray / Sycamore Smith – Playstation Theater – New York, NY – 10/28/16
On June 10th Eli Paperboy Reed released his latest album My Way Home, a return to form album if you will. With so many record label woes, one would think Eli would give up, but he didn’t. He came back better than ever. The album was released while he was overseas on tour, but as soon as… Read More Eli Paperboy Reed / PEP – Union Pool – Brooklyn, NY – 6/16/16
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