AC Newman

Newman brought his latest solo effort, Shut Down the Streets, to shimmery, harmonious life with layers of woodwinds, keyboards, and melodica.

But, the band’s biggest strength on this night would be in moments that relied less on subtlety and those that gave in to the space’s demands for loud, muscular rock. Selections from Newman’s second album, Get Guilty, excelled in this setting, with “The Palace at 4 A.M”, “Prophets”, and “The Heartbreak Rides”

First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia on October 25, 2012

Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia on March 17, 2009

Lee's Palace on March 12, 2009

The seasoned-frontman-goes-solo shtick is a feat attempted by few, panned by many, and rarely (if ever) more successful than its spawn. That is, unless your name is A.C. Newman. As the leading man for the Canadian-based supergroup The New Pornographers, Newman has helped to pen four wide-ranging, exquisite, a

Show Date: February 21, 2009 A.C. Newman's new release Get Guilty is chock full o' pop, and brilliant, well-produced pleasing pop at that. Touring in support of Get Guilty, A.C. Newman brought his band and the cheeky, but charming, Dent May & his Magnificent Ukulele to Neumo's on Saturday February 21st. De