"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 6/6/25)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are "Real Live Certified" if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critics Consensus
Based on 43 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that Akron Family is rated as a neither good nor bad live performer, with shows that lack distinction.
How long are their concerts?
How long are Akron Family concerts? Akron Family concerts usually last from 45 minutes to up to an hour and a half.
Akron/Family was an American folk-influenced experimental rock band that formed in 2002 in New York that is currently on hiatus.
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Exclaim (Canada)
April 21, 2013
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What initially looked like four random espresso aficionados knobbing on their instruments became increasingly engaging when drummer Moshe Rozenberg stepped behind the kit.
Over the span of the its 10-year history, the band has melded folk and rock and free jazz and metal into one dizzyingly splendid package — and made it listenable, to boot.
Blame it on too many run-ins with sweaty, high-as-a-kite Phish fans, or my general impatience with gratuitous guitar solos, but they’ve just never been my thing—which is perhaps why Thursday’s Akron/Family show deserves such high praise.
Crafting an indigenous vibe with some pagan artifacts a frilled turquoise Cherokee quilt is draped over Miles Seaton’s keyboard as the band shuffles unassumingly onto the stage.
Admittedly in most contexts vinegar -- as a beverage -- tastes terrible but without anything to drink for an extended period of time it must be pretty damn refreshing.
Add the spacious seating on the upper balcony and the fact that I live a block and a half away, and it’s pretty much one of my favorite places to get fat and watch bad movies.
