March 14, 2026 – Around 7 PM, the room at Philly’s TLA exploded. They went straight into high energy, determined to leave everything they had on stage. Telescreens stepped onto the stage to a packed house. Front man and lead guitarist Jackson Hamm, Austin Brenner on bass and synth, Josiah Valerius on keyboards and synth, and Oliver Graf behind the drum kit created a massive pulse of energy through the sold-out TLA floor.
Photos + Review by Steve Cerf @stevecerf
Telescreens move with relentless high energy, and the performance continued just as it began, with vibrancy and a catalog that dominates. Their setlist was banger after banger, and there wasn’t a moment to catch your breath, which made it impossible to be anything but present.
Jack Hamm, the band’s lead singer and frontman, is not a regular performer, but rather a force of nature. He throws himself into the music, thrashing and moving as if every lyric were passing through him physically. Even with all the movement, his vocal stayed strong. Hamm brought a burning passion to every song he sang, and even a stranger to the music could see why they got their reputation as an energetic powerhouse.
Hamm was rocking out on stage as usual, and he and his groovy group knocked every song out of the park. Bandmates Brenner, Valerius, and Graf stayed locked in instrumentally. Their sound was large and clear. You could hear every detail without losing the feeling of live chaos.
The crowd was fully under their spell until the last chord was strummed and the final note sung. Telescreens always give you everything they got, and they gave Philly one hell of a show. Telescreens didn’t just put on a concert. They created an experience the crowd will remember for a long time.
Beautiful chaos.
