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Cage the Elephant give it their all at the Mann Center
Cage the Elephant | Photo by Jeremy Zimmerman | http://jeremy-zim.com/ It was over before it even began. Cage the Elephant‘s Matt Schultz didn’t even have to move a muscle to have the screaming crowd...
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Mac De Marco fills the Factory with energy and emotion
Mac De Marco | Photo by Doug Interrante for WXPN For me, live music is always about the experience. Taking music that provides the soundtrack to one’s life and injecting yourself with its rhythms by...
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Hearts on their sleeves, The Avett Brothers joyfully bring True Sadness to...
The Avett Brothers | Photo by Hope Helmuth for WXPN | hopehelmuth.com Despite the threat of rain and thunderstorms, The Mann Center filled with committed fans prepared for Saturday evening’s concert by...
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NonCOMM Recap: Amos Lee’s Philly pride shines in a soulful homecoming
Amos Lee | Photo by Sydney Schaefer for WXPN Amos Lee wasn’t shy about reminding tonight’s NonCOMM crowd about his Philly roots. He referred to a new song as a “jawn,” and mentioned what an honor it...
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Photos: Modern Baseball preview Holy Ghost at Long in the Tooth
Modern Baseball In-store Concert | photo by John Vettese The day before they released Holy Ghost, Modern Baseball played an in-store set at Long in the Tooth for people who pre-ordered the new LP. The...
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Strong emotions felt during an intimate Rogue Wave concert at Johnny Brenda’s
Rogue Wave | photo by Matthew Shaver | www.brightloud.com “There but for the grace of God…” Words that could potentially apply to a wide variety of situations, but quite often in music it is the luck...
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Hopelessly devoted to rocking: Courtney Barnett at the Electric Factory
Courtney Barnett | Photo by Michelle Montgomery for WXPN | michellemontgomeryphotography.com Aussie singer-songwriter/guitarist Courtney Barnett and her band rocked it out out the Electric Factory on...
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Eagle In The Streets: Connor Barwin’s 3rd Annual Make the World Better...
Connor Barwin | photo by Jeremy Zimmerman | jeremy-zim.com No sports jokes in this one, I promise. And even more surprisingly, on Friday night when the 3rd annual Make the World Better benefit show...
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Roots Picnic was bigger and better than ever at Festival Pier
Ibeyi @ The 9th Annual Roots Picnic | photo by Wendy McCardle It’s hard to believe another Roots Picnic has come and gone. The feeling is particularly bittersweet this year, in post-Nutter...
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Lord Huron take a sold-out Fillmore crowd on a sonic journey
Lord Huron | photo by Doug Interrante Lord Huron has a way of capturing one’s imagination and running wild with it. Leading listeners on a journey that elicits the need for adventure in us all. On...
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A day too short, Governors Ball still brought the heat
Gov Ball | Photo by Rachel Barrish for WXPN Festivals and I have such a love/hate relationship. Not only as a music lover and someone who works in the industry, but as a general human being. There’s...
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Intimate Communion: The Tallest Man on Earth astounds at the TLA
The Tallest Man on Earth | photo by Jeremy Zimmerman | jeremy-zim.com “I think the first time I played here in Philadelphia — that was in 2008, opening for Bon Iver at the Trocadero — I was only this...
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Royce da 5’9″ is worth the wait at Underground Arts
Royce | photo by Matthew Shaver | www.brightloud.com We all know the saying “Good things come to those who wait.” Royce da 5’9 is definitely one of those good things. The modern hip-hop landscape...
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Sixteen Years Later and Worth the Wait: At The Drive In show The Fillmore how...
For many people in last night’s sold-out crowd at The Fillmore, June 13th was a day they had been waiting sixteen years for. It had been that long since At The Drive In played a show in Philadelphia;...
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The High Key Portrait Series: Birdie Busch
Birdie Busch | Photo by Josh Pelta-Heller for WXPN | hellerhound.com “High Key” is a series of profiles conceived with the intent to tell the story of Philly’s diverse musical legacy by spotlighting...
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Slingshot Dakota returns home for a record release party at the Blast Furnace...
Slingshot Dakota | Photo by Sydney Schaefer for WXPN | sydneyschaeferphotos.com Lehigh Valley power couple Carly Comando and Tom Patterson – better known as Slingshot Dakota – played a record release...
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Thy Friends Profanely Rage: mewithoutYou celebrates the long homecoming at...
mewithoutYou | photo by Jeremy Zimmerman | jeremy-zim.com Thursday marked one year of mewithoutYou’s most recent record, Pale Horses, and what a year it’s been. When I interviewed frontman and...
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Firefly Sunday recap: Mumford and Sons, Earth Wind and Fire, Ludacris,...
Mumford and Sons | Photo by John Vettese for WXPN The fifth annual Firefly Music Festival came to a close yesterday with a day of beautiful weather and stellar performances, from a high-energy set from...
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Thrice prove they’re not to be forgotten at The Fillmore
Thrice | photo by Matthew Shaver | http://www.brightloud.com/ Thrice is a rock band with a curse, one that began at a tumultuous time for rock music. The early 00s were ripe lands for something new,...
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Defending folk’s good name, Kevin Morby pulls out the stops at Boot and Saddle
Kevin Morby| Photo By Noah Silvestry | silvestography.com Six months ago, a friend of mine suggested I check out a guy named Kevin Morby. “Sounds like Bob Dylan,” I remember thinking to myself. Since...
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