Sonny and The Sunsets live in concert.
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Sonny and The Sunsets

11
critic concert reviews
rock

How good are they LIVE?

Live Rating  

75
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Based on 
11
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Critics Consensus

Based on 11 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that Sonny and The Sunsets is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths. Sonny and The Sunsets concert reviews describe live shows and performances as rhythmic and eccentric.

How long are their concerts?

How long are Sonny and The Sunsets concerts? Sonny and The Sunsets concerts usually last around 45 minutes.

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Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
San Francisco, California, United States
Bio
Sonny Smith began playing Jimmy Yancey covers on piano in little mountain town clubs of Colorado when he was 18. These piano gigs led him to Denver and then into Central America where he busked up and down the Telemanca Coast with a couple friends in a band.
Has Performed With
Magic Trick
Artist Website

Critic Concert Reviews

The Music (Australia)

November 21, 2013
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The trio knocked out ramshackle, skeletal post-punk songs built around restless melodies and rhythmic edge.

Exclaim (Canada)

July 25, 2011
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Even openers the Sandwitches conceded that when it came to stage banter they were clearly outclassed.

LA Record (USA)

March 30, 2015
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With their latest album Talent Night at the Ashram, Sonny & The Sunsets performed a whole host of new songs, including “The Application” in which Smith tells the story of someone filling out an application “to be a man.

Panic Manual (Canada)

September 11, 2014
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Sonny and The Sunsets Live In Concert In the USA

No Country For New Nashville (USA)

August 28, 2014
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were in town, but was unable to attend himself. So I stepped up to take the asignment on short notice.

KEXP (USA)

September 7, 2013
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Eccentric frontman Sonny Smith is no stranger to diversity — back in 2010 he did an art project where he invented 100 fictitious bands and then wrote and recorded a single for each one.

The Bay Bridged (USA)

June 12, 2013
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It was the release date of the new Sonny & the Sunsets LP Antenna to the Afterworld on Polyvinyl and a ton of people came out to celebrate.

Past critic reviews published in

Surviving the Golden Age (USA), The Bay Bridged (USA), NOW Magazine (Canada), Grimy Goods (USA)

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Latest Release

Self Awareness Through Macrame (25 August 2023)