On “Ripped From the Dream,” Big Nobody pairs neurotic musings with music that shifts between pithy pop verses and sludgy hard rock hooks.
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Ben Folds reunites with RPO in 2020
Genre-bending musician Ben Folds will join the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra next spring in a May 8 performance at Eastman Theatre’s Kodak Hall, as part of the 2019-20 season of “Eastman Presents.” Folds last performed with the RPO at CMAC in 2014.
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Album review: ‘Photo’
Chrissie Romano Band ‘Photo’ Self-released chrissieromano.com Chrissie Romano’s voice rings out clarion-clear over her band’s smooth groove on the new album “Photo.” She doesn’t waste any time shouldering her unplugged guitar and getting to the heartbreak at the heart of it all. That’s not to say that Romano is just a young woman with a […]
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The Beautiful Ending
Lisa Canarvis is a study in passion and intensity. Whether you get caught in her piercing gaze or walloped by the siren call of her lilting voice, Canarvis is riveting. But beneath the cool burn is the undeniably palpable excitement of her new project, The Beautiful Ending. Known for her vocal work in the local […]
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RPO: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra starts off its 90th season with the bang from a sergeant’s gun: Sgt. Pepper, that is. Joined by the Classical Mystery Tour, a group that will be performing in tribute to the 45th anniversary of The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album, the RPO will also be starting the […]
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MUSIC: Twelve for ’12
When autumn leaves begin to fall, it’s not just back to school — it’s back to the clubs, where all kinds of music will be reverberating off the walls, and in your skull. There’s almost too much talent calling Rochester home lately. (That’s a good problem to have, to be sure.) And to compound this […]
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Motion City Soundtrack
The arc of a long-running band’s career is often marked by a maturation process. Songwriting changes are made to broaden signature sounds, and lyrics begin to tackle more serious subject matter than girls and booze. Minnesota’s Motion City Soundtrack is not exempt from this process. While not completely eschewing its catchy brand of straight-forward, four-chord […]
