Highway 81 Revisited

Highway 81 Revisited (highway81revisited.com) has been recognized as "the top music blog on the internet since March 2011." Originally started in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and now located in New York City, Highway 81 has published interviews with a diverse range of artists, including Alice Cooper, Yoko Ono, Of Montreal, Midlake, and The Breeders, along with features on local and regional musicians. The blog also offers concert reviews and photos from shows in New York City, Philadelphia, and the Northeastern Pennsylvania-Poconos region. In addition, Highway 81 collaborates with venues and promoters to organize events and run ticket giveaway contests.

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MXMTOON FORGES PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH AUDIENCE IN RETURN TO NYC

2 weeks ago | highway81revisited.com | Michael Lello

Photos and words by Bobby Nicholas IIISinger-songwriter mxmtoon delighted Brooklyn Bowl on Thursday with her first show since she moved out of New York last year. Supporting the November release of her latest album, “Liminal Spaces,” she also performed songs from pervious releases and peppered the evening with personal stories, connecting with a crowd that included many fans that had been to her shows before.
FOR LaMP, IT'S A GROOVE THING

1 month ago | highway81revisited.com | Kat Von D |Trey Anastasio |Michael Lello

As members of the Trey Anastasio Band and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Russ Lawton, Ray Paczkowski and Scott Metzger are used to the creature comforts of the road, like tour buses and crew members to set up their gear. But with LaMP, their instrumental trio? “We have no crew people,” says Metzger, the band’s guitarist. “It’s funny. They have a van up in Vermont, but we have so much gear and merch that there’s no room for me. So I drive myself around either in my car or in a rental.
LAUREN MAYBERRY FINDS THE PROOF OF CONCEPT IN HER FIRST SOLO ALBUM

2 months ago | highway81revisited.com | Kat Von D |Trey Anastasio |Michael Lello

Having fronted the Scottish synth-pop band CHVRCHES for nearly 15 years, Lauren Mayberry has performed for millions of fans from Glastonbury to Coachella, at stadium shows supporting Coldplay and headlining big rooms on their own. A show this Thursday at Webster Hall (1,500 capacity) is part of a project that is markedly smaller in scale but not in ambition. In December, Mayberry released her first solo album, “Vicious Creature,” and is touring behind it.
MICHAEL LELLO’S FAVORITE CONCERTS OF THE YEAR

Dec 31, 2024 | highway81revisited.com | Michael Lello

1. Soulshine, Madison Square Garden, New York, Nov. 242. Iron Maiden, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, Nov. 23. Kacey Musgraves, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, Nov. 164. Guster, Brooklyn Paramount, March 295. Glenn Hansard, City Winery, New York, March 186. Phish, MVP Arena, Albany, NY, Oct. 25-277. Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers, UPAC, Kingston, NY, June 298. Ryan Adams, Carnegie Hall, New York, Nov. 279. The National, The War on Drugs and Lucius, Mann Center, Philadelphia, Sept. 1710.
MICHAEL LELLO’S FAVORITE ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

Dec 18, 2024 | highway81revisited.com | Michael Lello

1. Sarah Jarosz – “Polaroid Lovers”2. Dr. Dog – “Dr. Dog”3. Ryan Adams – “Blackhole”4. Blood Incantation – “Absolute Elsewhere”5. Lizzy McAlpine – “Older”6. Kacey Musgraves – “Deeper Well”7. Beyonce – “Cowboy Carter”8. Kerry King – “From Hell I Rise”9. Collective Soul – “Here to Eternity”10. Phish – “Evolve”
THURSTON MOORE SHARES HIS 'SONIC LIFE' AT GRAMMY MUSEUM EVENT

Dec 16, 2024 | highway81revisited.com | Michael Lello

Photos by Bobby Nicholas IIISonic Youth legend Thurston Moore performed and spoke at National Sawdust in Brooklyn on Dec. 2 as part of the Grammy Museum’s A New York Evening With series.
LIFE AFTER OLD CROW FOR WILLIE WATSON

Dec 12, 2024 | highway81revisited.com | Michael Lello

For nearly 15 years, Willie Watson has been a former member of Old Crow Medicine Show, the popular Americana band. But it wasn’t until this September that he truly became a solo artist, releasing what he considers his debut album after putting out the covers albums “Folk Singer Vol. 1” and “Vol. 2.”He held off on making what became a self-titled LP was because “I just really put myself down,” he says. “I had plenty of confidence but I was just too hard on myself.
TOKYO POLICE CLUB BRINGS FAREWELL TOUR TO IRVING PLAZA

Dec 9, 2024 | highway81revisited.com | Michael Lello

Photos by Nick DiBariToronto’s Tokyo Police Club brought its farewell tour to Irving Plaza last month for a two-night run. The group released its debut EP, “Elephant Shell,” in 2008, which led to slots at Coachella, Glastonbury and Lollapaloooza and one of its three performances on David Letterman’s show, as well as tour spot with Weezer. The band was nominated for multiple Juno and MuchMusic awards in its native Canada during its career.
DUFF McKAGAN FOLLOWS 'LIGHTHOUSE' TO LPR

Nov 13, 2024 | highway81revisited.com | Michael Lello

Photos by Bobby Nicholas III Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver founding member Duff McKagan played an intimate set at Le Poisson Rouge last week, supporting last year’s solo album “Lighthouse.” McKagan, who told the audience “I’m playing with you, not in front of you,” featured tracks from “Lighthouse” as well as covers of The Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” GnR’s “You’re Crazy,” Johnny Thunders’ “You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory” and David Bowie’s “Heroes,” which McKagan recently...
POM POM SQUAD'S HIGH SCHOOL HALLOWEEN AT MERCURY LOUNGE

Oct 27, 2024 | highway81revisited.com | Michael Lello

Photos and words by Bobby Nicholas IIILiving up to their name, Pom Pom Squad’s album release party at Mercury Lounge on October 25 felt like a high school Halloween party. After a surprise drag show featuring New York’s CORSETTE, I’m Baby and MAUVE, Pom Pom Squad came out and played the entirety, in order, of their new album “Mirror Starts Moving Without Me,” which released on the same day.