Kurt Vile’s Next Album Cover in Mural Form in Philly

Philly’s newest mural will feature album art from Kurt Vile‘s next LP.  The piece will be located at the intersection of Front and Master streets in Fishtown.  The artwork suggests that the next album will be called Walkin on a Pretty Daze, but it has yet to be confirmed by Vile or ...

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Break Science & Michal Menert Showcase Twilight Frequency

Break Science & Michal Menert Showcase Twilight Frequency at The Blockley Words by Alex Voigt | Pictures by Mike Mauger Call me a Colorado music junkie, but I am very much addicted to the electronically composed syncopated beats of the Pretty Lights Music family.  So much so, in fact, I ...

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TSI Lounge Session: She Keeps Bees @ Kung Fu Necktie

TSI LOUNGE SESSION WHO: She Keeps Bees WHERE: Kung Fu Necktie BAND INFO: CLICK HERE We caught up with Jessica Larrabee (guitar and vocals) and Andy LaPlant (drums) at before their set at Kung Fu Necktie in Philadelphia.  We talk Elvis, the city of Philadelphia, Cheesesteaks, traveling on tour ...

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Spose & PDank Crew Bring Vacationland Rap to Philly

Spose & Pdank at Kung Fu Necktie Words & Photos by Moniker Perhaps he was just happy to get out of his home state of Maine as the weather starts to turn bitter. Maybe he was excited to be in Philadelphia for the first time. Perhaps he was just stoked to get his first real... Read More

The Pomegranates & The Hounds Below Storm Milkboy Philly

Words By: Dane Fallon    Photos By: Kristina Astad  A crew came out on a thirsty Thursday to Milkboy for an evening of music. To kick things off was “Black Dirty” from Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Like their name, they got everything in the room dirty… in a figurative, not dubstep term, kind of ...

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Robert Randolph Takes the Keswick Theatre to Church

Robert Randolph at the Keswick Theatre Words and Photos by Moniker No, Robert Randolph did not stand at the pulpit at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside Friday night and preach the word. He didn’t give a sermon and he didn’t scare you into believing what he was saying. Instead, he ...

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Motion City Soundtrack Ignites TLA

Motion City Soundtrack at the TLA Words and Photos by Moniker This past week at the TLA on South Street, Motion City Soundtrack kicked off what seems to be the return of late 1990s/early 2000s Pop Punk to Philadelphia. With local shows scheduled this fall from Sum 41, Taking Back Sunday, New ...

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Grouplove Ignites the Electric Factory with MS MR

WORDS & PHOTOS BY: TIA CONFER On the first of November, the crowd at the Electric Factory was once again captured by the love from one group that is Grouplove. There is no doubt that the band lives up to their name for their close-knit friendship is unmistakable. The night began with New ...

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The Parsnip Revolt CD Release Party Saturday at World Cafe!

Local Philadelphia rock band The Parsnip Revolt are about drop their very first album A Sunshine Report.  Don’t miss their CD Release Party this Saturday 11/3 at The World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.  See The Parsnip Revolt perform and grab a fresh copy of A Sunshine Report ...

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The xx to Reschedule Show Romped by Sandy

The historic Hurricane Sandy that wreaked havoc along the eastern seaboard earlier this week has made some tour rescheduling necessary for a lot of artists, but namely The xx.  They were supposed to hit The Electric Factory on Monday night, which was when the wrath of the ...

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