I’M TWENTY-TWO NOW, BUT I WON’T BE FOR LONG: SUNFLOWER BEAN AT ELSEWHERE
Sunflower Bean just might be saving Rock & Roll, and I’m not sure how many people know it. When they first formed in 2013,…
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PANCAKE PICKS: THE BEST SHOWS OF THE WEEK FOR 11-27-17
That Thanksgiving weekend food coma won’t last forever, so once you regain consciousness, we’ve got your plans all figured out. Push through the tryptophan…
777 WORDS ON PIXIES, SUNFLOWER BEAN, & FANDOM IN NEW HAVEN
“That was Frank Black!” I shouted from the passenger seat of a car driving down Elm towards College Street Music Hall around seven o’clock,…
PANCAKES & WHISKEY’S FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2016
There’s no denying it’s been a tough year. With a string of heartbreaking celebrity deaths and the weight of our vitriolic election on our…
F*CK 2016: P&W LOOKS AT THE YEAR IN MUSIC FROM BOWIE TO COHEN; KANYE TO CHILDISH GAMBINO & EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN
Before I go any further, fuck 2016. Yes, this is a recap of all the great music we had the pleasure of hearing for…
BRIGHT AND EARLY WITH SUNFLOWER BEAN
Sunflower Bean gets pegged in the popular press as one of those bands that wears their inspirations on their sleeves. Black Sabbath, The Kinks,…
SUNDAY AT BONNAROO WITH DEAD AND COMPANY, WEEN, KURT VILE AND MORE
Sundays at Bonnaroo are always bittersweet. The faces you have been seeing for the past couple of days are going to be gone come…
NORTHSIDE DAY ONE CAPTIVATED THE CROWDS
My Northside Festival started over at the House of Vans, the former factory building complex, turned indoor skate park, that also becomes a free…
SUNFLOWER BEAN UNLEASH HUMAN CEREMONY UPON A SOLD OUT BOWERY BALLROOM
Brooklyn’s newest tuneful towering trio Sunflower Bean, had a huge sold-out show at the Bowery Ballroom that was the record release show for their first…
PANCAKE PICKS: THE BEST SHOWS OF THE WEEK FOR 2-22-16
Feel that glorious, 50-degree, light jacket weather? Let’s hope it sticks, because warmer weather means more shows, and we’ve got some awesome ones to send…