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Anthony Green
Agora Theatre — Cleveland, OH

Anthony Green is best known as the vocalist for Circa Survive, the Philadelphia post-hardcore band that's spent two decades perfecting a particular brand of angular, atmospheric heaviness. Before that, he was the original singer for Saosin, the Orange County mathcore outfit whose 2003 demo basically defined a generation's taste in discordant drums and soaring vocals. His thing is an almost liquid voice that can shift from whisper to wail without losing its emotional heft, usually over arrangements that are deliberately weird—lots of odd time signatures, dissonant guitars that somehow resolve into something catchy. Green's solo work explores similar territory but lets him breathe a bit more, trading some of the post-hardcore scaffolding for something closer to alternative rock. He's released a few solo albums that feel like the sound of someone figuring out who he is when he's not locked into a band's template. He's the kind of singer who makes people care about progressive song structures because the songs actually feel like they need to be that complicated.

Green commands a room with minimal theatrics—just his voice and the band's tightness. Crowds lean in rather than leap. He hits the emotional notes and people feel it visibly. Not a singalong moment so much as a listening moment, which somehow hits harder.

Known for Nightmare, Everything Goes On, Young Mountain, Oscillate, Sorrow

Anthony Green brought a deep, introspective set to Mahall's 20 Lanes on July 16, 2025, leaning heavily into the quieter corners of his catalog. Opening with "Springtime Out the Van Window" set an intimate tone that carried through standouts like "The First Day of Work at the Microscope Store" and "Holding Someone's Hair Back"—the kind of specific, narrative-driven tracks that reveal what keeps people coming back. He worked through nineteen songs total, closing with "Devil's Song (This Feels Like a Nightmare)," which felt appropriately heavy for a room that seemed to hang on every word.

Cleveland's indie and alternative rock scene has always had room for artists who favor restraint and specificity over flash. Green fits that lineage—he's more interested in the small gestures and quiet moments that define a song than in filling every available space. The city's venues like Mahall's have built their reputation on hosting exactly this kind of performer: someone whose audience consists of people who showed up because they actually wanted to hear the songs, not because they heard about it on TikTok.

Stay in Ohio City, where Victorian brownstones meet serious coffee shops and galleries. Dinner at Fairmount, where chef Jonathon Sawyer sources locally and cooks with real technique—expect seasonal American food that doesn't announce itself. Spend an afternoon at the Cleveland Museum of Art, which is free and genuinely excellent. Walk through the West Side Market before the show, grab something you don't need, and feel the bones of the city. The whole neighborhood has that working-class dignity that makes Cleveland distinct.

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