Folkadelphia Session: Yellow Red Sparks
Unless you live under the proverbial rock, you’ve seen the intersection between acoustic music and pop-influenced hit songwriting explode with mass-appeal bands who pepper radio stations, award shows,...
View ArticleOf Montreal packs World Cafe Live for Free At Noon
Photos by Elizabeth Mazenko Athens Georgia, psych-pop outfit Of Montreal brought their ever-evolving, organically pensive sound to World Cafe Live’s stage, packing Friday’s Free At Noon performance....
View ArticleScottish troubadours Frightened Rabbit step up their show at Electric Factory...
All photos by Rachel Barrish | rachelbarrish.com On Sunday evening the Scottish brethren in Frightened Rabbit consumed the stage at the Electric Factory. Having previously played at a sold out show at...
View ArticlePhotos: Kurt Vile headlines Union Transfer for the second time this year
All photos by Megan Kelly This past weekend, Philly’s Kurt Vile and his band The Violators returned home to Philly for their second headlining show of 2013 at Union Transfer. It’s been a landmark year...
View ArticleThe Key Studio Sessions: Weird Hot
As a bandleader and songwriter, Shawn Kilroy is big into synthesis: working with a room of seven or eight or ten other players – the crew he calls Weird Hot – using the varied group to drawing from an...
View ArticleLa Santa Cecilia rocked the inaugural World Cafe Latin Roots live broadcast
All photos by Laura Jane Brubaker | laurajanebrubaker.tumblr.com Los Angeles-based Mexican-American band La Santa Cecilia brought their lively show to World Cafe Live on Tuesday night for the first...
View ArticleReview: David Cook dazzles at World Cafe Live
David Cook | Photo by Katrina Murray Despite not knowing what day it was, David Cook gave Philly a great show this week at World Cafe Live. The Houston singer-songwriter (and American Idol champ)...
View ArticlePhotos from night one of Man Man’s double-header at Union Transfer
All photos by Rachel Barrish | rachelbarrish.com Philadelphia’s Man Man kicked off their two-night stand at Union Transfer last night, and even though it was technically not yet Halloween, the guys...
View ArticleBrett Dennen keeps it fun, rocking and witty at today’s Free At Noon
Photos by Elizabeth Mazenko “You don’t have to clap for that,” singer and guitarist Brett Dennen told the audience after mentioning that he just celebrated a birthday. “You get it, it’s the first thing...
View ArticlePhoto recap, review and set list: Colin Meloy covered The Kinks, played...
Photo by Chris Sikich | countfeed.tumblr.com All photos and review by Chris Sikich. On Saturday the Keswick Theatre was the setting for an impassioned mix of the macabre, the prurient and the fantastic...
View ArticleFolkadelphia Session: Richard Youngs
What impresses me about British musician Richard Youngs is his ability to craft compelling songs regardless of structure, form, or medium. Since about 1990, Youngs, under his own name, has been...
View ArticleSallie Ford and The Outside Sound and Mount Moriah played the North Star Bar
All photos by Chris Sikich | countfeed.tumblr.com Sunday night at North Star saw a paring of artists touring off of two of the year’s greatest albums: headliners Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside and...
View ArticlePhotos: August Burns Red at Union Transfer
All photos by Megan Kelly Lancaster metal outfit August Burns Red headlined Union Transfer last Friday, touring in support of their June release Rescue & Restore. Check out photos from the show in...
View ArticleReview: Polica enchants a small but devoted Union Transfer crowd
All photos by Melody Chiang Minneapolis based act, Polica graced the stage at Union Transfer Tuesday night, playing to a small but devoted crowd. Frontwoman Channy Leaneagh’s dreamy distorted vocals,...
View ArticleThe Head and the Heart harmonize for a sold-out Free at Noon crowd
Photos by: Elizabeth Mazenko Seattle indie-folk phenomenon The Head and the Heart packed World Café Live for a sold out Free at Noon performance today. Keeping the energy up and the attitude light, the...
View ArticlePhotos: Sir Sly, Bel Heir and Magic Man at Boot and Saddle
All photos by Laura Jane Brubaker | laurajanebrubaker.tumblr.com Dance-happy L.A. indie crew Sir Sly popped up in South Philly a couple Sundays ago, headlining Boot And Saddle with the like-mined...
View ArticleReview: The Dismemberment Plan takes Union Transfer on a time machine to the 90s
All photos by Jennifer Brady | www.behance.net/JennBrady When The Dismemberment Plan formed in 1993 (in Washington, D.C., as frontman Travis Morrison is fond of constantly reminding us), who knew that...
View ArticleReview: A sold out Union Transfer crowd swoons for James Blake
All photos by Melody Chiang UK born electro pop sensation James Blake entranced a sold out Union Transfer crowd on Monday night with a soulful performance that was nothing short of spellbinding. The...
View ArticleFolkadelphia Session: Chris Forsyth | Mary Lattimore | Jeff Zeigler (aka the...
Maybe it was a stroke of genius or maybe it was heat stroke, but during the dog days of this summer, an idea struck me that I knew had to pursue. One of those “ah ha!” moments. We’d wrangle together a...
View ArticleReview: Shoegaze icons My Bloody Valentine’s return to Philly is mixed, but...
My Bloody Valentine plays Philadelphia for the first time in 21 years | Photo by Abi Reimold | abireimoldphoto.com Last night legendary Dublin shoegaze outfit My Bloody Valentine played in Philadelphia...
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