Photo Recap: Shorty Boy Boy headlines benefit for Boston Marathon victims
Photo By: Rachel Del Sordo Last night fans flocked to the North Star Bar for a special concert in support of the victims of the Boston Marathon tragedy. Headliners Shorty Boy Boy put on an outrageous...
View ArticleRecap: On an On preforms this week’s Free at Noon
Synth-rock newcomers On an On gave a captivating performance at this weeks intimate Free at Noon concert. On an On have recently released their debut album Give In which is available for download on...
View ArticleReview: The “Thunderstorm Tour” with SSLYBY, Ha Ha Tonka, and Ezra Furman
“We’ve been calling this the thunderstorm tour.” Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin’s Phil Dickey slightly chuckles while thanking the audience for coming out in a downpour. He goes on to explain...
View ArticleThe Key Studio Sessions: Vacationer
All photos by Abi Reimold | AbiReimoldPhoto.com As much of the greater Philadelphia region is packing up their cars, crossing their fingers for good weather and shoving off for several days down the...
View ArticleMixtapes, Modern Baseball and more amp up the energy in The Barbary
Photo By: Rachel Del Sordo Even torrential downpours and horrific traffic could not stop fans from coming out to this punk show. The Friday night lineup started off with performance from Cleveland pop...
View ArticleRecap: Questlove and D’Angelo, Brothers In Arms, hold TLA in a funk soul rapture
Questlove and D’Angelo brought their Brothers In Arms show to the TLA last night. While The Roots came out and joined the duo for “Lady,” and later performed a cover of Parliament’s “Do That Stuff,”...
View ArticlePhoto Recap: Philly 4th of July Jam on the Parkway with The Roots
Questlove and The Roots All photos by Noah Silvestry | Silvestography.tumblr.com Last Thursday evening, July 4th, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway filled with the sounds of music and the excitement of...
View ArticleSurprises and horses as mewithoutYou, Rocky Votolato and Auctioneer wrap up...
mewithoutYou | Photo by John Vettese It was the last night of tour, so surprises naturally came out of the woodwork when mewithoutYou headlined The Depot in York on Saturday – everything from...
View ArticleThe Key Studio Sessions: Katie Frank and the Pheromones
She started out last year as a solo songwriter with an acoustic guitar, but it didn’t take Philly’s Katie Frank long to round up a band of rootsy country-rock players. The Elizabethtown native (and a...
View ArticleShe & Him nicely outshine their records at The Mann, but with mixed results...
She & Him | Photo by Noah Silvestry | silvestography.tumblr.com All photos by Noah Silvestry | silvestography.tumblr.com American indie duo She & Him made a stop at Philadelphia’s Mann Center...
View ArticleA magical night with Belle & Sebastian and Yo La Tengo (review, photos, setlist)
Belle and Sebastian | Photo by John Vettese It’s hard to describe a Belle & Sebastian show without first describing—or attempting to describe—what exactly Belle & Sebastian mean to us. What...
View ArticleRecap: The Front Bottoms threw a crazy party at World Cafe Live
The Front Bottoms | Photo by Rachel Del Sordo To my knowledge, last night was the first time a wacky waving inflatable arm-flaling tube man was set off on the World Cafe Live. Leave it to Jersey dudes...
View ArticleJoseph Arthur played to a packed house for Free at Noon (photos, audio, setlist)
Joseph Arthur | Photo by Abi Reimold | AbiReimoldPhoto.comAll Photos by Abi Reimold | AbiReimoldPhoto.com Singer, songwriter and XPN favorite Joseph Arthur played Free at Noon to a packed house today....
View ArticleBosnian Rainbows headline Underground Arts with a transfixing set (photos,...
Bosnian Rainbows | Photo by Chris Sikich | countfeed.tumblr.com All photos by Chris Sikich | countfeed.tumblr.com Bosnian Rainbows made its second Philadelphia visit of the year last night to...
View ArticleFolkadelphia Session: Laura Stevenson
When we invited Laura Stevenson to record a session with us, we had already heard her latest, greatest, and third album, Wheel. What impressed us was not just the obvious musical growth from her...
View ArticleSavages live up to their name at Union Transfer (photos, review, setlist)
Savages | Photo by Chris Sikich | countfeed.tumblr.comAll photos by Chris Sikich | countfeed.tumblr.com Living up to their name, the all-female British rock quartet Savages unleashed their rough-hewn...
View ArticleWire “reinvent their second wheel” at Union Transfer (review, photos)
It was more than 35 years ago that Wire’s debut record, Pink Flag, first dropped, but according to front man Colin Newman, the band still considers themselves current—and still strives towards the...
View ArticleSweating it out at MilkBoy with Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside (photos,...
Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside | Photo by Chris Sikich | countfeed.tumblr.com A sweaty crowd at Milkboy on Wednesday melted in the rich vocals of Sallie Ford and the rockin’ beats of her band The...
View ArticleA cozy night out with San Fermin at World Cafe Live (review, photos)
San Fermin | Photo by Noah Zuares I love watching new bands play at small venues. Partially for the intimacy of the venue and yes, partly because, let’s admit it it’s a cool feeling to know a band...
View ArticleIn Review: Warped Tour at the Susquehanna Bank Center
The Wonder Years | Photo by Rachel Del Sordo Last Friday, the Vans Warped Tour punk rock music festival invaded the Camden Waterfront. Currently in its eighteenth year, the tour has branched out from...
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