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Mitski headlines an all-star punk lineup at PhilaMOCA
When I first walked into PhilaMOCA on a rainy Tuesday evening for the absolutely stacked quadruple-bill featuring I Tried to Run Away When I Was Six, PWR BTTM, Palehound, and Mitski, nearly everyone...
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EL VY embraces the unexpected at Union Transfer
They might suggest their band name is like the plural of Elvis, but Matt Berninger of The National and Brent Knopf of Ramona Falls and Menonmena are not trying to emulate the king with EL VY. Rather...
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Son Little fights distractions, slays at Johnny Brenda’s homecoming
As we mentioned in our preview of Son Little’s homecoming show at Johnny Brenda’s last Friday, nothing stops him from putting on a tight, compelling show. Even though Aaron Livingston dealt with...
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A Hail of Hair and Hot Lamps: My Morning Jacket powers through a Tower...
There’s often a marked shift in stage presence between opening and headlining bands, an amplification of the energy or the crowd command – or even more fundamentally the volume of the show – that tends...
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Rhiannon Giddens delivers a stunning set at The Grand
Historian. Feminist. Folklorist. Re-appropriator. Carolina Chocolate Drop. These are some of Rhiannon Giddens’ attributes. They certainly do not even begin to tell the story of her musicianship and...
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Furious, Unforgettable: Slow Magic wows Union Transfer
Producer and beat maker Slow Magic took the stage to a packed Union Transfer crowd Thursday night with much anticipation since his last visit at Boot & Saddle. When the colorful tribal mask...
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Studies in Contrast: Matt Pond PA and Laura Stevenson don’t back down at The...
Matt Pond PA | Photo by Matthew Shaver | brightloud.com There was always an interesting contrast in singer and songwriter Matt Pond when he lived in Philadelphia. Under the nom-de-stage matt pond PA,...
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Dawes powers through a set at The Grand Opera House
Dawes | Photo by Hope Helmuth | hopehelmuth.com The historic Grand Opera House in Wilmington was host to a special evening this Sunday with Hiss Golden Messenger and the proven powerhouse that is...
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The Get Up Kids celebrate two decades with a sold out Troc
The Get Up Kids | Photo by Matthew Shaver | brightloud.com 20 years is a long time in the music industry. Plenty of popular musicians change bands, change styles, or change mediums. For smaller bands...
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The Arcs bridge soul and psychedelia at The Fillmore
The Arcs | Photo by Hope Helmuth | hopehelmuth.com Wednesday night, The Arcs weaved a tapestry of psychedelic sound with in the walls of The Fillmore. The group is the new rock outfit of Dan Auerbach,...
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Foals engage in “not recommended behavior”, conquer Union Transfer
Foals | Photo by Cameron Pollack | cameronpollackphotography.com I’ve given the title “best show of 2015” in my head to four shows so far this year, each one being eclipsed by the subsequent. In what...
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The High Key Portrait Series: Zeek Burse and Paralee Knight
Zeek Burse and Paralee Knight | photo by Josh Pelta-Heller | koalafoto.com “High Key” is a series of profiles conceived with the intent to tell the story of Philly’s diverse musical legacy by...
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Good Old War illuminates Union Transfer for a homecoming show
Good Old War | Photo by Cameron Pollack | cameronpollackphotography.com I adore Philadelphia and I adore its music, and so when I got the opportunity to come home at the end of a far-too-long semester...
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Clutch channeled the spirit of Lemmy at The Electric Factory
Clutch | Photo by Joe Del Tufo | deltufophotography.com On the night that Lemmy Kilmister died, two members of Clutch stepped on the stage donning Motorhead t-shirts. I like to think they had them...
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PHL to ATL: A disposable camera travelogue from RECPhilly’s music roadtrip
Team RECPhilly mobbin out at Atanta’s A3C conference | Photo via RECPhilly This fall, Philly music startup RECPhilly rounded up about a dozen and a half members of its extended fam, piled in two vans...
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The Key Presents: Foxing
Foxing | Photo by Jeremy Zimmerman | jeremy-zim.com Foxing are a force of nature. Anyone who’s seen the St. Louis post-emo six-piece in the past year-and-a-half of relentless touring can attest to that...
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Load-In to Load-Out: The Districts pack it in for a celebratory Electric...
The Districts’ guitar cases line the Electric Factory stage | Photo by John Vettese It’s a special occasion the first time a Philly artist headlines the cavernous Callowhill venue The Electric Factory....
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Hard work pays off, Hardwork Movement packs it in at KFN
Hardwork Movement | Photo by John Vettese for WXPN “I do not think Kung Fu Necktie knew what they were getting into when they agreed to have us play here,” Jeremy Keys told a packed house at the...
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Alessia Cara delivers a cathartic performance at the TLA
Alessia Cara | Photo by Morgan Smith for WXPN | phobymo.com As much as Alessia Cara‘s songs might be about finding yourself, the singer-songwriter’s self-possessed nature betrays an old soul; as her...
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“A Rock Version of Cirque du Soleil”: Muse brings Sunday night madness to...
Muse | Photo by Joe del Tufo for WXPN | deltufophotography.com It is to their credit that Muse have been able to build such a massive following in the US. The are a catchier, edgier, cousin of...
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