Hinds & Goodbye Honolulu – U Street Music Hall – Washington, DC – March 10, 2016 Scroll through concert photos below! Photos by Chris Sikich © 2016 #AnaPerrote #CarlottaCosials #Hinds #March10 #ConcertPhotography #AmberGrimbergen #washington #UStreetMusicHall #DC #AdeMartin #2016 #ChrisSikich #ConcertPhotos #GoodbyeHonolulu #DistrictofColumbia

Patty Griffin, Sara Watkins and Anais Mitchell – Jorgensen Auditorium – UCONN – Storrs, Connecticut – March 5, 2016 – Photo by Chris...

Patty Griffin, Sara Watkins and Anais Mitchell – Jorgensen Auditorium – UCONN – Storrs, Connecticut – March 5, 2016 Scroll through...

Dressy Bessy – Boot & Saddle – Philadelphia, PA – February 13, 2016 – Photo by Chris Sikich © 2016 Dressy Bessy, Old Monk & The Not Fur Longs – Boot & Saddle – Philadelphia, PA – February 13, 2016 Despite inhuman wind chill factors outside, Saturday night was a rock and roll workshop inside Boot & Saddle. The garage rock aesthetics of Dressy Bessy brought out a sizable Philly contingent to dance along to a swift 20-song set. Fronted by the electric antics of Tammy Ealom, the

Dressy Bessy, Old Monk & The Not Fur Longs – Boot & Saddle – Philadelphia, PA – February 13, 2016 Scroll through concert photos below! Photos by Chris Sikich © 2016 #February13 #ConcertPhotography #DressBessy #TheNotFurLongs #OldMonk #2016 #PA #BootampSaddle #philadelphia #ChrisSikich #ConcertPhotos

Wilco – DAR Constitution Hall – Washington, DC – February 7, 2016 – Photo by Chris Sikich © 2016 Wilco & Steve Gunn – DAR Constitution Hall – Washington, DC – February 7, 2016 I never even felt the littlest bit like there was a choice — live music would always win out over pigskin, especially when the live experience is in the form of Wilco. Certainly one of the finest modern rock outfits, the Chicago-based six-piece delivered a fine night of music at Washington, D.C.’s D.A.R

Wilco & Steve Gunn – DAR Constitution Hall – Washington, DC – February 7, 2016 Click on thumbnails to see full-sized pictures! Photos by Chris Sikich © 2016 #Wilco #ConcertPhotography #washington #DARConstitutionHall #SteveGunn #DC #ChrisSikich #ConcertPhotos #DistrictofColumbia

Mothers – Milkboy – Philadelphia, PA – February 4, 2016 – Photo by Chris Sikich © 2016 Mothers – Milkboy -Philadelphia, PA – February 4, 2016 Coming out of the brilliant scene of Athens, Georgia is Mothers, a four-piece that specializes in angular, understated mini-jams. Playing first on the bill of the Communion line-up at MilkBoy last Thursday, their buzz certainly brought out a solid contingent. Led by the vocal and writing backbone of the band, Kristine Leschper, Mothers

Mothers – Milkboy -Philadelphia, PA – February 4, 2016 Click on thumbnails to see full-sized pictures! Photos by Chris Sikich © 2016 #February4 #MilkBoy #Mothers #ConcertPhotography #2016 #PA #philadelphia #ChrisSikich #ConcertPhotos

Robyn Hitchcock – Sellersville Theater – Sellersville, Pennsylvania – January 28, 2016 – Photo by Chris Sikich © 2016 Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift – Sellersville Theater – Sellersville, Pennsylvania – January 28, 2016 On the occasion of my 23rd live experience of Robyn Hitchcock this past Thursday at Sellersville Theatre, Hitchcock was in fine, if not slightly nasally solo form. He took a respectable crowd on a trip through his vast catalog, dipping into the depths of his odd

Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift – Sellersville Theater – Sellersville, PA – January 28, 2016 Click on thumbnails to see full-sized pictures. Photos by Chris Sikich © 2016 #pennsylvania #EmmaSwift #SellersvilleTheater #ConcertPhotography #Sellersville #concert #2016 #January28 #RobynHitchcock #ChrisSikich #ConcertPhotos

Torres – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia PA – January 20, 2016 – Photo by Chris Sikich © 2016 Torres & Palehound – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA – January 20, 2016 Last Wednesday Torres held court over an enthralled Johnny Brenda’s crowd. Playing mainly from the brilliant 2015 Sprinter , Mackenzie Scott, aka Torres, showed off the expansive rock territory of nine tracks. From the enthralling title track anthem to the other-worldly reaches of “New Skin” and the show opene

Torres & Palehound – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia PA – January 20, 2016 Click on thumbnails to see full pictures. Photos by Chris Sikich © 2016 #Palehound #ConcertPhotography #January20 #Torres #JohnnyBrendas #PopEntertainmentcom #2016 #ChrisSikich #ConcertPhotos

So Pitted – First Unitarian Church – Philadelphia, PA – January 12, 2016 – Photo by Chris Sikich © 2016 METZ, Bully & So Pitted – First Unitarian Church – Philadelphia, PA – January 12, 2016 Tuesday night at the First Unitarian Church was a triple ode to punk rock. Opening the show was So Pitted, playing their first ever set of East Coast dates. Based out of Hawaii, they darkened the barely lit room to a blue hue and blasted some thrashing guitars and drums into the ears of t

Bully, METZ & So Pitted – First Unitarian Church – Philadelphia, PA – January 12, 2016 Click on thumbnails for full size photos Photos by Chris Sikich © 2016 #PunkRock #January12 #FirstUnitarianChurch #Bully #ConcertPhotography #METZ #2016 #PA #philadelphia #ChrisSikich #ConcertPhotos #SoPitted

Sleater-Kinney – Kings Theatre – Brooklyn, NY – December 12, 2015 - Photo by Chris Sikich © 2015 Sleater-Kinney & Torres – Kings Theatre – Brooklyn, NY – December 12, 2015 If I were to choose a band of the year, it certainly would be Sleater-Kinney. Their return to rock after an eight year hiatus produced the massive achievement of No Cities to Love and a jaw-dropping live show. Their stop at Union Transfer in Philadelphia in February produced a concert that shook me to my

Aimee Mann & Ted Leo – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA – December 11, 2015 - Photo by Chris Sikich © 2015. Aimee Mann & Ted Leo with Liz Phair, Jonathan Coulton and John Roderick – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA – December 11, 2015 Last Friday, Christmas came early to Union Transfer in the form of The Aimee Mann and Ted Leo Christmas Show. Aimee Mann & Ted Leo – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA – December 11, 2015 - Photo by Chris Sikich © 2015. With their great banter

Sleater-Kinney & Torres – Kings Theatre – Brooklyn, NY – December 12, 2015 Click thumbnails to see enlarged photos. Photos by Chris...

Aimee Mann & Ted Leo with Liz Phair, Jonathan Coulton and John Roderick – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA – December 11, 2015 Click on...

Okkervil River – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY – November 23, 2015 – Photo ©2015 Chris Sikich. All rights reserved. Okkervil River – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY – November 23, 2015 With ten years out in the aural universe, Okkervil River’s Black Sheep Boy seems even more layered and nuanced then when it debuted. And to hear the album live in 2015, it inches ever closer to a live being. This past Monday ended a three-night stand at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City wh