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Tom is a Brooklyn based writer, blogger, and amateur photographer with a passion for music and travel. He has worked across the spectrum of the music business from publishing to radio. Currently he has a blog focused on self-growth, manages the Brooklyn-based Teddy Midnight, and can be seen on the streets of New York with his camera in hand. Follow on Instagram @t.d.see Pro-tip: any conflict with Tom can easily be resolved by handing him a zebra cake.

Album Reviews

Hearing Aide: Acidhead ‘Distractions’

Tom Dillon Nov 14, 2019

Distractions, the debut album from the Brooklyn-based Acidhead coming out on November 15, is a moving opening statement. It's an honest delivery of feelings and emotions that are often the very essence of being distracted. The…

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SPAGA Dazzles at (Le) Poisson Rouge

Tom Dillon Sep 12, 2019

On September 7, the Greenwich Village event space (Le) Poisson Rouge was set for an intimate evening with SPAGA, a quasi-jazz project from the mind and fingers of Disco Biscuits keyboard player Aron Magner. Tables were draped with black…

Funk/Soul/R&B

Karl Denson Brings Tiny Universe, Big Smiles to Jersey City

Tom Dillon Aug 6, 2019

Karl Denson's Tiny Universe brought their brand of optimistic funk to White Eagle Hall in Jersey City on July 31 for an enthusiastic Wednesday night crowd. With them for an opening set of reggae and saxophone showmanship was DeLa and…

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Black Pumas Give Their Soul to a Sold Out Mercury Lounge

Tom Dillon Aug 2, 2019

On an otherwise status quo Monday night in New York City, Black Pumas waited patiently in the shadows, ready to unleash their new take on familiar sounds to a curious and anticipatory sold out audience at the Mercury Lounge. Feeding off…

Blues/Jazz

Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe to Play Historic White Eagle

Tom Dillon Jul 30, 2019

World renowned jazz/funk saxophonist Karl Denson is set to bring his 7-piece Tiny Universe to the historic White Eagle Hall in Jersey City on Wednesday, July 31. Tickets are available here via Eventbrite. Karl Denson is a founding…

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The Beans Deliver Magic at Garcia’s with Cycles and The Jauntee

Tom Dillon Jul 29, 2019

On Thursday July 25, three bands from Denver, Colorado descended on Port Chester, New York for a night of musical magic at Garcia’s, the bar adjacent the famed Capitol Theatre with Cycles, The Jauntee, and Magic Beans who have all had an…

Jam/Progressive

Hearing Aide: Dopapod ‘Emit Time’

Tom Dillon May 22, 2019

Some say that time is an illusion, a human construct, a shimmer in the otherwise bright light of life. The passage of time, however, is a certainty, leaving its trace strewn throughout the landscape and in between the years as they come…

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Marco Benevento Joyously Delivers at Historic White Eagle

Tom Dillon May 7, 2019

“We’re having sooooooo much friggin' fun on this little run of shows!” quipped Marco Benevento in an Instagram post on the afternoon of May 3. Later that night, the sentiment became overtly obvious as Benevento and Co. brought their…

Jam/Progressive

Marco Benevento Preps for Colorful Summer at White Eagle

Tom Dillon May 1, 2019

Beginning tomorrow, keyboard maestro, Marco Benevento, will kick off a string of 10 summer tour dates with room for more to be added along the way. The experimental rock and jazz pianist will play two dates before hitting White Eagle Hall…

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Trey Anastasio’s Ghosts of the Forest Bestows Intimate Precision On NYC

Tom Dillon Apr 13, 2019

Last night Trey Anastasio brought his newest project, the emotionally charged Ghosts of the Forest, to New York City for the first of a two night run at the United Palace Theatre. A departure from the improvisational jam routine, GOTF…