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Placeholder electrifies a small crowd at Kung Fu Necktie
Placeholder at Kung Fu Necktie | All photos by James Breslin Local emo four-piece Placeholder put on a stunning show in the upstairs of a somewhat barren Kung Fu Necktie last night. Frontman Brandon...
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Jail Guitar Doors brings it rehabilitation-through-music program to Philadelphia
Photo by John Vettese A heavy mechanical door shuts with a reverberant thud as three musicians, arms full of instrument cases, look silently and quizzically at the prison hallways ahead of them....
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Watch Amos Lee receive a commendation from Mayor Michael Nutter at City Hall
Photo by John VetteseBefore headlining the Tower Theater last night, Philadelphia singer-songwriter Amos Lee stopped by City Hall to receive a commendation from Mayor Michael Nutter. In a short...
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Photos: Alkaline Trio and New Found Glory co-headline The Electric Factory
Alkaline Trio | Photo by Megan Kelly | keganmellyphotography.tumblr.com Aughties pop punk crews New Found Glory and Alkaline Trio brought their co-headlining tour to the Electric Factory last week. The...
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Photos: Elton John headlined Wells Fargo Center on Thanksgiving eve
Photo by Darragh Dandurand Friedman | darraghdf.wordpress.com Legendary piano man Elton John headlined Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday night in support of his 31st album, The Diving Board. Playing a...
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Review: A homecoming for Oh! Pears at Ortlieb’s
Oh! Pears | Photo by Chris Sikich | countfeed.tumblr.com On Wednesday night, Ortlieb’s played host to a free early show featuring a sort of Philadelphia homecoming for Corey Duncan and his musical...
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Review: Amos Lee brings Rivers of Song to the Tower Theater
Amos Lee | Photo by Noah Silvestry | silvestography.tumblr.com Philadelphia native Amos Lee took on Philadelphia’s historic Tower Theater Tuesday night as part of a tour supporting his most recent...
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True Stories of Free At Noon: I sang “Seven Year Ache” with Rosanne Cash
Of the 450-plus Free At Noon concerts we’ve had at XPN over the last decade, rarely – if ever – has a member of the audience been asked to come on stage to sing or dance or play a drum with a band....
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Review: Rosanne Cash previews her new album for the Free at Noon crowd
Photo by Chris Sikich | countfeed.tumblr.com The Black Friday blues were washed away by a glorious performance by Rosanne Cash at World Café Live’s Free at Noon show. Performing a set of songs that...
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Philly pays tribute to The Last Waltz for a sold-out Troc crowd, raises money...
Photo by Lisa Schaffer | skylerbug.com Saturday night’s Philadelphia tribute to The Last Waltz was a great idea coupled with precise execution, and the cooperation between the performers and the...
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Photos: Title Fight celebrated its 10-year anniversary in Glen Lyon with...
Title Fight | Photo by Allison Newbold | allynewbold.com Kingston, Pennsylvania crew Title Fight marked its ten-year anniversary this fall, and threw a big celebration in true punk rock style: with a...
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Watch PhilaMOCA’s new variety show of weirdness, Mausoleum Party
Eric Bresler, director of Philadelphia arts space PhilaMOCA, summed his philosophy up pretty nicely when we interviewed him in April. The former mausoleum turned venue in a neighborhood affectionately...
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The Key Studio Sessions: Levee Drivers
For the longest while, there was a definite refrain you’d hear about heavy roots crew Levee Drivers. “Oh man, that band is awesome, you’ve gotta hear their song ‘Tennessee Girl.’” The Philly via Bucks...
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Folkadelphia Session: Richard Buckner
With each subsequent release, Richard Buckner further solidifies his place in the pantheon of the great American songwriters, whether you’ve heard of him or not. While he’s been releasing alt-country...
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Review: MGMT brings out its psychedelic side at The Electric Factory
MGMT | Photo by Noah Silvestry | silvestography.tumblr.com Connecticut based alt-rock group MGMT paid a visit to the Electric Factory as part of their tour supporting their most recent, self-titled...
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Lucius cause double vision at today’s double-header Free At Noon
Photos by Elizabeth Mazenko Double the pleasure. Double the fun. But Lucius is heck of a lot more fun than the Double Mint twins. Sounding like a modern version of the B52s, frontwomen Jess Wolfe and...
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John Butler stirred a one man musical revolution at Free At Noon
Photos by Elizabeth Mazenko Just a man, his guitar and his looper effects pedals, Australian singer/songwriter John Butler packed World Cafe Live yesterday with a witty yet intimate Free At Noon...
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Review: Revisiting Mavericks with Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple of The dBs
Photo by Chris Sikich | countfeed.tumblr.com Last Thursday at World Café Upstairs a small but fervent crowd visited the recent past as Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple played their 1991 album Mavericks...
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Photos: The Walkmen, Sun Ra Arkestra, Spank Rock and more played Union...
The Walkmen | Photo by Matthew Shaver | www.mattshaverphoto.com Lest it be overlooked amid all the (well-deserved) attention paid to their final show, The Walkmen were just one of about nine acts on...
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Review: The charismatic Lucius joins the World Cafe Live crowd
Lucius | Photo by Noah Silvestry | silvestography.tumblr.com They hail from Brooklyn and they pack a punch. They paid a visit to World Cafe Live in support of their debut album, Wildewoman. They are...
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