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Halloween (Warehouse on Watts, Philadelphia, PA, June 16, 2025) [LIP CRITIC]

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[ATTENDED: June 16, 2025] Halloween

I first heard about Warehouse on Watts back in 2021, when some kind of Yves Tumor Halloween show was being presented there.  I didn’t understand what was happening that night and really had no idea what to think of this venue.  I’ve only been interested in the venue one other time since then, but I didn’t go to it.  But here at last was someone (Hello Mary) that I really wanted to see and they were playing there.

Imagine my surprise to find out it’s a block away from The Met Philly.  It’s a cool, small club with a short stage and walls that you can lean against if need be.  I really liked it and would happily go back.

So I arrived really early and was able to check out the place a but before Halloween started.  I can’t believe that in 2025 a band can call themselves Halloween and there’s no real conflict.  Has no one ever called their band Halloween before?

Halloween is a Philly based band and they play an interesting mix of sounds.  They are probably based around shoegaze, with fuzzy swirling guitars.  The vocals are quiet ( I often couldn’t hear them, but I could tell there was singing).  Guitarist Sia Dokos (who also sang lead sometimes) played really cool interesting chords and noises and I wished that I was on their side of the stage to really see what was going on). (more…)

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Mike’s Dead / The Haunt / Crucial Device / Death Valley Dreams (Warehouse on Watts, Philadelphia, PA, June 2, 2023) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: June 2, 2023] Mike’s Dead / The Haunt / Crucial Device / Death Valley Dreams

The only reason I know about this show is because my friend Ryan Williams is in Death Valley Dreams.  He’s a great guitar player who has been bouncing around with bands for a while.  I’ve never actually seen him play live, and this was one where I thought I might be able to make the show.

But a Friday night show one very short notice (I found out two days ago) was really hard to secure.  So it didn’t happen.

I have never heard of Mike’s Dead.  His bio says:

Combining elements of legendary industrial/ hard rock groups such as Rammstein, Nine Inch Nails, & Limp Bizkit with modern trap/ electronic elements,  American rapper & producer, Mike’s Dead, has paved his own lane as a multifaceted artist.

Had I gone to this show, I probably would have left during this set.  Or, maybe he pulled it all together in a way I might have liked.

I have seen The Haunt open for The Hu and frankly I’m surprised that they weren’t the headliners.  But maybe they’re not that famous.  About that 2021 show,  I wrote

The Haunt, formerly known as AnastasiaMax are from South Florida. The band consists of siblings, Anastasia Grace Haunt (lead vocals), and Maxamillion Haunt (vocals, guitar and production).

Anastasia has an amazing voice–really power and diversity.  Max sang lead and harmony vocals and their voices sounded fantastic together.  The set was great and I felt like they really won over the audience.

Crucial Device is a ‘synth-punk’ band formed in 2022 by Steve Saputelli, leader of the 90’s industrial-cyberpunk originators Punch Drunk.  According to his bio, he is an active multi-instrumentalist and production enthusiast, he also built and performed with his own animatronic, signal controlled band members!

I’d totally want to see them if t here were animatronic players!

I only found out that Ryan was in Death Valley Dreams a few days ago.  I hadn’t even heard of the band before that.  Their bio (from before Ryan joined–I think he’s just a touring keyboard player at  the moemnt) says

Death Valley Dreams combines haunting guitar textures, infectious melodies, dark and thought-provoking lyrics, pulsing grooves, and almost nostalgic-sounding synth atmospheres. As one fan described, “It’s as if The Cars got David Bowie to sing and played something that could have been on The Lost Boys soundtrack.” The sound is familiar yet fresh and unique.

That Cars/Bowie thing is pretty accurate actually.

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Making Time Pure Halloween™ Feat Yves Tumor (Warehouse on Watts, Philadelphia, PA, October 29, 2021) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: October 29, 2021] Pure Halloween with Yves Tumor

Yves Tumor is a fascinating musician and I would really like to see them live.

I was really surprised when I saw this announcement that they’d be playing in Philly in a club I’d never heard of.

I already had tickets to see Mannequin Pussy for that night, but this show seemed to start after that one.  And yet, from this write up, I couldn’t tell what was going on or if Yves Tumor was even actually going to be there:

Making Time Pure Halloween™ Feat Yves Tumor
Warehouse on Watts
Fri 29 Oct 2021, 8:00 PM EDT

Dear Philadelphia….. I can fee THE THRILL of PURE HALLOWEEN PUMPING through my veins, Philadelphia !!! (more…)

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