Dopapod @ The Blockley September 14th, 2011 by Kelly Wassinger The crowd was bumping to the contagious sounds of Dopapod, a Boston-based experimental-funk band this past Wednesday at The Blockely in Philadelphia, Pa. You couldn’t help but move your feet as Eli Winderman (keyboard), Rob Compa ...
Eris Temple Arts/Certain Circuits Presents Discordinalia – Goddess Night Friday September 16th, 7pm-12am At the Ellen Powell Tiberino Memorial Museum 3819 Hamilton Street, Philadelphia PA http://tiberinomuseum.org/Tiberino_Museum/MUSEUM.html Ursula Rucker (feature performer) Bonnie ...
Peter Bjorn and John w/Memoryhouse and Work Drugs Sept 10th, 2011 The Trocadero Philadelphia PA With their three previous concerts cancelled due to drummer John Eriksson’s shoulder injury, Peter Bjorn and John headlined the Trocadero last weekend with Philadelphia natives Work Drugs and ...
“We tune because we care about your ears.” Strings were continuously twanged, tuned, and tested in between songs of the foot-stomping, bluegrass bash I attended yesterday at Snipes Farm in Morrisville, PA. I arrived in the late-afternoon to catch the Jersey Corn Pickers, ...
In early 2010, after years of slugging it out in clubs, Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews released his acclaimed national debut, “Backatown.” In the frenetic year that followed, he and backing band Orleans Avenue logged some 200 performances across five continents in a furious globe-trotting tour. ...
For my money it’s the side stages at any festival that present the most surprise. Such was the case at this year’s Hot August Blues Festival. Annapolis, MD based band, Sweet Leda, rocked the crowd from the get go of their set. Just as last year’s festival provided for me the discovery of ...
Nashville’s music scene has begun to branch out in recent years. Country, pop artists and singer songwriters still liter the streets of Broadway, but dark dingy clubs like The End and The Basement are thriving in Nashville as it grows into the big city it always wanted to be. Last night ...
End your Summer with 4 days of jam. In it’s inaugural year, SteelJam is set to run September 2-5 at the newly opened SteelStacks arts & cultural campus. The Festival will host over 50 performances in 4 different indoor and outdoor venues to create an epic gathering of jam bands. ...
The Dave Matthews Band Caravan wrapped on Sunday to what may have been the most action packed day of the entire event. Over 13 bands and artists took the stage to a near sellout and raucous crowd at the Bader Field in Atlantic City. With three festival stages and thousands of concert goers, ...
Last night at the Del Mar Racetracks, in Del Mar California, Weezer played to a packed crowd where “the turf meets the surf”. As Amtrak trains rolled by in the background, the very rowdy crowd which staggered down from the races was ready for their set to begin, and it was well ...