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Suki Waterhouse (Fillmore Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, September 21, 2026)

Posted in Charlotte Lawrence, Emmma, Philadelphia, PA, Suki Waterhouse, The Met Philadelphia on September 23, 2026| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: September 21, 2026] Suki Waterhouse

My daughter and I saw Suki Waterhouse at All Things Go.  She hadn’t released Memoir of a Sparklemuffin yet, although she did play two songs from it (but not ones I really liked).  My takeaway from her set (not having heard her before) was that I liked her, although I found her songs a little slow, but my overall impression was really positive.  Although I honestly couldn’t really remember her songs.

Since then she has released three songs that WXPN has played a bunch which I love.  I regretted not going to see her last time she was in town, so I was pretty psyched when my wife said she’d love to see her as well.

By the time her set was to start, the young girls had al moved into place in front of us.  Since most of her fans are tiny, I was pretty pleased, until the tiny girls in front of us waved their tall friends over.  The really tall one was off to the side, but the shorter one was a major camera user.  Which was pretty annoying except that she put the camera up high enough that I could see clearly through her arms.   Interestingly. the  guy in the hat who filmed all of Charlotte, didn’t film any of Suki.  Go figure.

The lights dimmed and all of Somewhere Over the Rainbow played.  I do enjoy a walk on song, but it had been pretty long since Charlotte went off and this song is pretty long…  But all was forgiven when the band came out and the lights illuminated the giant heart shaped mirror ball that was on stage.

And then Suki came out and simply owned the stage.  I’ve seen a lot of shows and a lot of shows in this venue and I don’t know if it was the lighting or just her amazing star power, but she seemed enormous up there–like she glowed and it was perfectly easy to see every move she made.  But before she even came down the (mirrored) stairs, she stood on the platform in a Blondie cut off shirt, a shoulder shrug, sparkly shorts and tall boots.  She posed like a model and then the music started. (more…)

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Charlotte Lawrence (Fillmore Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, September 21, 2026) [SUKI WATERHOUSE]

Posted in Charlotte Lawrence, Emmma, Philadelphia, PA, Suki Waterhouse, The Met Philadelphia on September 22, 2026| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: September 21, 2026] Charlotte Lawrence

I hadn’t heard of Charlotte Lawrence before this show.  I listened to a few songs and liked her.  It turns out that, like Suki Waterhouse, she is an actress (in the show Bad Monkey which I hadn’t heard of), model and singer.

She came out on stage with her band and, I was pleased to her, rocked harder than her records.  Her records had a bit more pop sheen, but live, her band rocked (her guitar player even opened the show by running a beer bottle up and down the neck of his guitar generating interesting sounds–although they were all dressed so preppy, it was hard to take them seriously as rockers).  But that’s okay because they were great.  

Less great was the guy in the baseball hat who held his phone up very high (and was standing right in front of us) for each song and during her talking bits as well.  It was rather much.

I enjoyed Charlotte’s voice immediately–powerful and soaring high.  And the songs were catchy, too.

Before the second song, she said it was written about an asshole and anyone who could relate to that should dance along.  So that was pretty funny.  As was her intro to the third song which was also about an asshole (everyone say fuck you johnny).

I laughed a but when she bemoaned that she missed be young and wild and free (she’s 26), but who knows what her life is like.  And then before the next song, she started crying and said that she lost someone yesterday but she really wanted to keep on with the show.  (I see on previous setlists that at this time she was going to sing a song called Bodybag which, jeez, that’s rough.  It’s a piano ballad and they had unveiled Suki’s piano for this set.  I assume she was supposed to play the piano for this song.  But, damn, how could she play a song like that right now?

She pulled through and sang her bouncier song Fear of Falling and then asked if we’d like to hear a new song.  She started Like a Girl but had to quit after verse or two.  Fortunately, the crowd was really supportive of her and sent their best vibes her way.  I couldn’t help but think about how at a normal job when this happens, you would take a few days off, but I can’t imagine trying to be emotive on stage during this. (more…)

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Laufey / Suki Waterhouse (XFinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia PA, October 24, 2025) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: October 24, 2025] Laufey / Suki Waterhouse

I first heard Laufey on WXPN and liked the weird, unexpected song she had released, Silver Lining.  It was a fun breath of unusual jazzy standard style music.  I assumed it was kind of a fluke song like when Bjork released It’s Oh So Quiet (Laufey is also Icelandic).  But then I found out that that is the kind of music Laufey releases–jazz pop standards.  Nothing wrong with it, indeed, I like it in small doses, but I wouldn’t want to see a full concert of it.  And that’s how I know I’m completely out of step with the world because she played XFinity Mobile Arena, the largest venue in Philly.

I blew off seeing Suki Waterhouse earlier this year and regret it.  I would like to see her, but this would be a terrible way to see her, I suspect.

And on a purely personal level, we came to this venue the night before for Billie Eilish–I can’t imagine going to this huge place two nights in a row.

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Suki Waterhouse / Bully (Franklin Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, December 10, 2024) [DID NOT ATTEND]

Posted in Brontez Purnell, Bully, Franklin Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, Suki Waterhouse on December 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »

[DID NOT ATTEND: December 10, 2024] Suki Waterhouse / Bully

Of all of the shows that I didn’t go to this year, this one intrigued me the most.  And I thought about going pretty much right up until the day of.

The reason I didn’t go is because I had shows the day before and two shows later in the week.  And I wasn’t entirely sure if I liked Suki.  My daughter and I saw her performed at All Things Go and I remember liking her a lot more than I thought I would, but not really remembering her show at all.

I really like the song I’ve been hearing on the radio and now (after the show) I’ve been hearing another one I really like.  Maybe I should have gone.

Although I really don’t like Franklin Music Hall.

I have seen Bully once and would really like to see her/them again (I mean, this show really was calling to me), but I had heard that the Bully set might be solo and I prefer her with a band.  There’s a photo from the show with someone else on stage with her, but it sounds like she played a few solo songs as well.

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Lana Del Rey–All Things Go Music Festival [Day 2] (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, October 1, 2023)

Posted in Alex G, All Things Go, Alvvays, Arlo Parks, Boygenius, Carly Rae Jepsen, Columbia, MD, Dayglow, Ella Jane, Ethel Cain, Flecther, Free Range, Hemlocke Springs, Jensen McRae, Juliana Madrid, Lana Del Ray, Last Dinosaurs, Leith Ross, Lizzie McAlpine, Maggie Rogers, Meet Me @ The Altar, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Mt. Joy, Muna, No Vacation, Peach Pit, Raye, Samia, Sudan Archives, Suki Waterhouse, Tegan and Sara, Tommy Lefroy, Vacations, Vundabar on October 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: October 1, 2023] Lana Del Rey

Sometime in April, my daughter asked if we could go to the All Things Go Festival.  I had never heard of this Festival and assumed the answer was no.  But then I saw that it was at the Merriweather Post Pavilion which is exactly three hours away from us.  So when tickets went on sale, I managed to get two pre-sale tickets for Sunday.  And then when they went on proper sale, I managed to score two more for Saturday.

Sunday was  the far more important day for music.  I mean, the whole reason she wanted to go was to see boygenius (and Lana Del Rey).  But this was a great day of music to be sure.

While Muna was playing on the other stage, the Lana Del Rey crew assembled the stage for the final act.  I didn’t understand why boygenius was late in starting.  But they finished at 8, when they were supposed to.  The Lana set was fully in place before Muna finished.

Of all of the performers at this festival, Lana was the person I was least interested in seeing.  My take on Lana is that she plays a random melody on the piano (or guitar) and then looks out the window and literally describes what’s in front of her in a bored monotone.  I never would have guessed that she actually had a beautiful voice, because all I ever hear from her is bored monotone. (more…)

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Muna–All Things Go Music Festival [Day 2] (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, October 1, 2023)

Posted in Alex G, All Things Go, Alvvays, Arlo Parks, Boygenius, Carly Rae Jepsen, Columbia, MD, Dayglow, Ella Jane, Ethel Cain, Flecther, Free Range, Hemlocke Springs, Jensen McRae, Juliana Madrid, Lana Del Ray, Last Dinosaurs, Leith Ross, Lizzie McAlpine, Maggie Rogers, Meet Me @ The Altar, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Mt. Joy, Muna, No Vacation, Peach Pit, Raye, Samia, Sudan Archives, Suki Waterhouse, Tegan and Sara, Tommy Lefroy, Vacations, Vundabar on October 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: October 1, 2023] Muna

Sometime in April, my daughter asked if we could go to the All Things Go Festival.  I had never heard of this Festival and assumed the answer was no.  But then I saw that it was at the Merriweather Post Pavilion which is exactly three hours away from us.  So when tickets went on sale, I managed to get two pre-sale tickets for Sunday.  And then when they went on proper sale, I managed to score two more for Saturday.

Sunday was  the far more important day for music.  I mean, the whole reason she wanted to go was to see boygenius (and Lana Del Rey).  But this was a great day of music to be sure.

I didn’t really know Muna all that well before this show.  I knew that they were signed to Phoebe Bridgers’ label and that she joined them on stage a lot.  I also knew Silk Chiffon which was a highly touted song.  I kind of liked it.  There was something about it that I didn’t quite like but I couldn’t put my finger on it.

It probably would have been fun  to see them in person, as their set was really fun and lively.  But realistically since they went on literally right after Boygenius on a stage that was a short walk away, there was no way we would have gotten anything like a good space to be. (more…)

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boygenius–All Things Go Music Festival [Day 2] (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, October 1, 2023)

Posted in Alex G, All Things Go, Alvvays, Arlo Parks, Boygenius, Carly Rae Jepsen, Columbia, MD, Dayglow, Ella Jane, Ethel Cain, Flecther, Free Range, Hemlocke Springs, Jensen McRae, Juliana Madrid, Lana Del Ray, Last Dinosaurs, Leith Ross, Lizzie McAlpine, Maggie Rogers, Meet Me @ The Altar, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Mt. Joy, Muna, No Vacation, Peach Pit, Raye, Samia, Sudan Archives, Suki Waterhouse, Tegan and Sara, Tommy Lefroy, Vacations, Vundabar on October 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: October 1, 2023] boygenius

Sometime in April, my daughter asked if we could go to the All Things Go Festival.  I had never heard of this Festival and assumed the answer was no.  But then I saw that it was at the Merriweather Post Pavilion which is exactly three hours away from us.  So when tickets went on sale, I managed to get two pre-sale tickets for Sunday.  And then when they went on proper sale, I managed to score two more for Saturday.

Sunday was  the far more important day for music.  I mean, the whoel reason she wanted to go was to see boygenius (and Lana Del Rey).  But this was a great day of music to be sure.

Despite our plans to get to the pavilion early for boygenius, by the time we got there, every close seat was full.  We didn’t want to sit in the sun (it was HOT) so we wound up sitting much further back than I would have liked.

I have to say that I was shocked that Lana del Rey was headlining and not boygenius, because it sure seemed to me that boygenius was the biggest band on the planet at the time.  But Lana does have a much longer track record (and a lot of fans).

Boygenius was late coming on stage.  I genuinely don’t know why.  I mean, Arlo Parks had been off the stage for half an hour and the Boygenius gear was already on stage (the festival was, otherwise, very efficient).  So they went on 15 minutes late.  And what was insulting about it was that earlier in the week we were told that beabadoobie couldn’t make it so boygenius would get an extra 15 minutes.   We were prepared for a full on 90 minute show, but we lost those 15 minutes anyway.

They played The Boys Are Back in Town over the speakers and then we saw the geniuses backstage singing “Without You Without Them” as they do.

And then they came bounding out on stage.  (more…)

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Alex G.–All Things Go Music Festival [Day 2] (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, October 1, 2023)

Posted in Alex G, All Things Go, Alvvays, Arlo Parks, Boygenius, Carly Rae Jepsen, Columbia, MD, Dayglow, Ella Jane, Ethel Cain, Flecther, Free Range, Hemlocke Springs, Jensen McRae, Juliana Madrid, Lana Del Ray, Last Dinosaurs, Leith Ross, Lizzie McAlpine, Maggie Rogers, Meet Me @ The Altar, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Mt. Joy, Muna, No Vacation, Peach Pit, Raye, Samia, Sudan Archives, Suki Waterhouse, Tegan and Sara, Tommy Lefroy, Vacations, Vundabar on October 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: October 1, 2023] Alex G.

Sometime in April, my daughter asked if we could go to the All Things Go Festival.  I had never heard of this Festival and assumed the answer was no.  But then I saw that it was at the Merriweather Post Pavilion which is exactly three hours away from us.  So when tickets went on sale, I managed to get two pre-sale tickets for Sunday.  And then when they went on proper sale, I managed to score two more for Saturday.

Sunday was  the far more important day for music.  I mean, the whole reason she wanted to go was to see boygenius (and Lana Del Rey).  But this was a great day of music to be sure.

I had seen Alex G. once before.  He opened for Built to Spill.

At first I was a little unimpressed.  The songs are pretty simple and short–lo-fi recordings, which I do enjoy, but were not what I was expecting.  But by the middle, he had won me over.  The last five or six songs in particular were really good.  I enjoyed the unexpected screaming part of “Icehead” which did a great job playing with quiet and loud.

Recently, he released a new album and a song that sounds so much like “Runaway Train” that I can’t stand it and I have generally had a less favorable view of him.

But my daughter has started to really like him.  So I felt bad that we couldn’t see him.  Although we did get to see him on the video screens. But like with Alvvays he was more or less drowned out by everything around him.  So, you could see him fine (it was very sunny), but very few people were paying attention to him.

He played a few songs that my daughter wanted to hear, so that was cool.  But I was struck by how weird his songs were–noisy and kind of ugly-sounding.  It’s the kind of set I would normally enjoy, but it felt so strangely out of place at this festival.  It also made me wonder if many people enjoyed his set.

Alex G.

  1. S.D.O.S ♥
  2. Runner ♥
  3. Hope ∏
  4. No Bitterness ♥
  5. Ain’t It Easy ♥
  6. Mission ♥
  7. Bug ß
  8. Brick ψ
  9. Horse ψ
  10. Blessing ♥
  11. Immunity ♥
  12. Sarah ♦
  13. Mary ♦
  14. Gretel ∏
  15. After Ur Gone §
  16. Miracles ♥
  17. Forgive ♥
♥ God Save the Animals (2022)
∏ House of Sugar (2019)
ψ Rocket (2017)
ß Beach Music (2015)
§ DSU (2014)
♦ TRICK (2012)

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Arlo Parks–All Things Go Music Festival [Day 2] (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, October 1, 2023)

Posted in Alex G, All Things Go, Alvvays, Arlo Parks, Boygenius, Carly Rae Jepsen, Columbia, MD, Dayglow, Ella Jane, Ethel Cain, Flecther, Free Range, Hemlocke Springs, Jensen McRae, Juliana Madrid, Lana Del Ray, Last Dinosaurs, Leith Ross, Lizzie McAlpine, Maggie Rogers, Meet Me @ The Altar, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Mt. Joy, Muna, No Vacation, Peach Pit, Raye, Samia, Sudan Archives, Suki Waterhouse, Tegan and Sara, Tommy Lefroy, Vacations, Vundabar on October 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: October 1, 2023] All Things Go [Day 2]

Sometime in April, my daughter asked if we could go to the All Things Go Festival.  I had never heard of this Festival and assumed the answer was no.  But then I saw that it was at the Merriweather Post Pavilion which is exactly three hours away from us.  So when tickets went on sale, I managed to get two pre-sale tickets for Sunday.  And then when they went on proper sale, I managed to score two more for Saturday.

Sunday was  the far more important day for music.  I mean, the whole reason she wanted to go was to see boygenius (and Lana Del Rey).  But this was a great day of music to be sure.

I have wanted to see Arlo Parks for a while.  Last September I could have gone to see her, but I didn’t feel like going to Franklin Music Hall that night.

I had already purchased tickets to see her in the Spring at Union Transfer.  So I didn’t feel the need to see her.  But she was right in the middle of Ethel Cain and boygenius so we weren’t going anywhere.

I also assumed that Arlo Parks would have a bigger fan base than Ethel Cain (who I had never heard of).  Mostly this was because Arlo came after Ethel, but also, as I say, I’d never heard of Ethel.  But I was completely wrong about that.  People didn’t leave for Arlo, but the applause for Arlo was quite subdued compared to what Ethel got.

One of the reasons I didn’t want to see Arlo at Franklin Music Hall was because I feel like her music is very personal and not suited to a big stage.  And That turned out to be true more or less.  Arlo tends to hunch over and kind of squat as she sings and while it’s not a matter of lack of projection, she’s not very outward facing.

Her voice sounded great and the songs were excellent, but as a performer it was too understated for a big stadium like this.  Interestingly, later on, when she sang a song with Muna, she was far more ebullient and fun.

I’m curious to see her now where she’s headlining to see if things are any different.  And, of course, I would actually like to see her, rather than seeing her on a big screen.

ARLO PARKS

  1. Bruiseless ∑
  2. Weightless ∑
  3. Blades ∑
  4. Caroline ¥
  5. Eugene ¥
  6. Dog Rose ∑
  7. Hurt ¥
  8. Too Good ¥
  9. Sophie ♦
  10. Devotion ∑
  11. Softly §

∑ My Soft Machine (2023)
§ Single (2022)
¥ Collapsed in Sunbeams (2021)
♦ Sophie EP (2019)

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Alvvays–All Things Go Music Festival [Day 2] (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, October 1, 2023)

Posted in Alex G, All Things Go, Alvvays, Arlo Parks, Boygenius, Carly Rae Jepsen, Columbia, MD, Dayglow, Ella Jane, Ethel Cain, Flecther, Free Range, Hemlocke Springs, Jensen McRae, Juliana Madrid, Lana Del Ray, Last Dinosaurs, Leith Ross, Lizzie McAlpine, Maggie Rogers, Meet Me @ The Altar, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Mt. Joy, Muna, No Vacation, Peach Pit, Raye, Samia, Sudan Archives, Suki Waterhouse, Tegan and Sara, Tommy Lefroy, Vacations, Vundabar on October 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: October 1, 2023] Alvvays

Sometime in April, my daughter asked if we could go to the All Things Go Festival.  I had never heard of this Festival and assumed the answer was no.  But then I saw that it was at the Merriweather Post Pavilion which is exactly three hours away from us.  So when tickets went on sale, I managed to get two pre-sale tickets for Sunday.  And then when they went on proper sale, I managed to score two more for Saturday.

Sunday was  the far more important day for music.  I mean, the whole reason she wanted to go was to see boygenius (and Lana Del Rey).  But this was a great day of music to be sure.

I love Alvvays and have seen them twice.  I would have loved to see them again, but I knew that, given we wanted to be in  the proper place to get great boygenius seats, we’d sacrifice seeing them.  It was very cool that their show was (mostly) broadcast on the screens in the auditorium and was mostly audible.

It was interesting to see them playing in the bright summer sun (they all had to wear sunglasses) and were clearly very hot, while we were comfy in the shade of the amphitheater.

But really, it was hard to appreciate their set with people walking around and talking and with them being mostly a background show.

Bit of a bummer, but good background music.  I was happy to clearly hear a few of my favorite songs.

ALVVAYS

  1. Pharmacist ß
  2. After the Earthquake ß
  3. In Undertow ⊗
  4. Many Mirrors ß
  5. Very Online Guy ß
  6. Adult Diversion ∧
  7. Belinda Says ß
  8. Archie, Marry Me ∧
  9. Easy on Your Own? ß

ß Blue Rev (2022)
⊗ Antisocialities (2017)
∧ Alvvays (2014)

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