Articles by Matthew Coakley

“You can’t say indie rock is dead. It’s just being taken over by women.” This quote is from up-and-coming indie artist Sophie Allison, better known…

Breaking news: local college indie head likes Mac DeMarco. To be honest, I spent a lot of time trying to avoid the hype surrounding the…

Self-described as an “online cowboy in the wild-west days of the World Wide Web,” indie rock artist Alex Cameron is slated to release his second…

Philadelphia-based indie rock group The War on Drugs just released their fourth full-length album, “A Deeper Understanding,” Aug. 25 through Atlantic Records. The highly anticipated…

Aug. 10 was the perfect night for a Whitney concert in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The temperature was just right and the light upon Deal…

Chicago’s Grant Park was the place to be Aug. 3-6. Lollapalooza, Chicago’s most well-known annual music festival, is known worldwide as somewhat of a tastemaker…

Have you ever wanted to defy gravity? Or maybe just to be more popular? Well, you’re not alone. In fact, there was once a young…

“Come to the Fun Home / That’s the Bechdel Funeral Home, baby!” This is how our main character, at this point a very young Alison…

Nothing has the power to unite people quite like the power of music. This is one of the central themes of “Motown: The Musical,” a…

There’s nothing better than a great concert to get rid of the Monday blues. On Monday, May 22, Union Transfer was the place to be.…