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Lumineers, Cold War Kids Headline Part Two of Radio 104.5’s Birthday Bash

Photos by Erika Reinsel Lumineers, Cold War Kids Headline Part Two of Radio 104.5's Birthday Bash Radio 104.5, Philadelphia's amazing alternative rock station (an entity that...

ALBUM REVIEW: BRUCE HORNSBY, ‘REHAB REUNION’

Written by Andrew Howie When I first threw on the new Bruce Hornsby album, Rehab Reunion, I didn’t know what to expect. Hornsby is a...

Maxwell’s “blackSUMMERS’night” is an R&B dream

Written by Angelo Gingerelli Twenty years after his debut album (1996’s Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite) and seven years after the first entry in this trilogy...

Mumford & Sons Became the Kings of Queens for One Night in June

POP-BREAK LIVE: MUMFORD & SONS AT FORREST HILLS STADIUM Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York welcomed Mumford and Sons on June 16th. The British...

Phillip Phillips Talks New Music, Life After ‘Idol,’ and Tells a Bruce Story

American Idol was one of the most insanely popular television series of the past 20 years. This spring, the series aired its final episode,...

Luke Bryan Brings Kill the Lights Tour to PNC Bank Arts Center

Photos by Kim Wessels POP-BREAK LIVE: LUKE BRYAN AT PNC BANK ARTS CENTER With the debut of his fifth studio album, Kill the Lights, Luke Bryan...

Motion City Soundtrack’s Says Farewell to NYC at Irving Plaza

POP-BREAK LIVE MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK AT IRVING PLAZA After nearly 15 years, the Minnesota-born pop punk/emo/alt rock outfit known as Motion City Soundtrack have called...

Billy Joel Dedicates Rare Song to Orlando Victims at 76th MSG Show

Pop-Break Live: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden Billy Joel. Madison Square Garden. Chills go up your spine thinking about it. While Joel is years deep into...

Album Review: DJ Shadow, ‘The Mountain Will Fall’

Written By: Angelo Gingerelli Since pioneering Trip-Hop in the early 90’s and releasing arguably the genre’s best album with 1996’s Entroducing… California’s DJ Shadow has...

Pierce the Veil at Irving Plaza – We Screamed, We Crowd Surfed, We Sweated Throughout the Night

Words and Photos by MJ Rawls A sold out show and a line that wrapped around a block of Irving Plaza was a clear indicator...

Farewell, Ocean Avenue — Yellowcard Announce Final Album, Tour

Written by Nicole Feleo “There’s a place off Ocean Avenue, where I used to sit and talk with you. We were both 18 and it...

Album Review: Fruit Bats, ‘Absolute Loser’

By Andrew Howie I first discovered Fruit Bats back in college. One of my friends and I who always shared music got hold of 2009’s...