GET HYPE! With our second show of the weekend, on the eve(-ish) of the CMJ, FRICTION invades Cake Shop with a lineup designed to make you stay put. Save those feet from all of the pavement pounding they’re about to do a few days later and get a jump on some of the [...]
Native Korean Rock & the Fishnets, the second show of the nite.
What one BV commenter said:
One of those moments in your life you will never forget! The songs couldn’t have been more beautiful and sincere. The MySpace demos are really the most basic rough draft of what was heard…
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I woke up on Monday morning and the first thing that came to my mind was, “holy shit, POPPED! is this week!” I couldn’t believe that nearly a full year had gone by since I started working on this year’s festival and that now we were just a few days away. I’ve mentioned [...]
With the original lineup, shoegaze icons My Bloody Valentine returned to the stage on Friday, June 13th for the first time in 16 years at London’s ICA. I wasn’t there, but many were and feedback was generally positive. After listening to the mp3s from their live set, I’m BEYOND stoked to see [...]
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I was one of the lucky few to see the sold out Dodos show at Mercury Lounge last night. I’ve been working like a dog so I didn’t catch the opening acts. The San Francisco duo of Meric Long and Logan Kroeber were joined by a third percussion/vibes/organist for this [...]
An explosive, chaotic, hypnotic, and relentless rhythm rave is what Japanoise band Boredoms brought to Starlight Ballroom last night in Philadelphia. Their nearly ninety-minute set ranged from minimal beats and ambient washes to a full on aural assault of thundering tribal percussion and crushing primal noise.
Frontman Yamatsuka Eye opened the set on a pitch [...]
I found myself standing in a loosely crowded room at The Barbary last night to see The Ruby Suns who are currently touring the States with Le Loup. It was another one of those all-ages shows that make me feel like an old man. This time, instead of being in a church basement [...]
I had a chance to check out favorites The Cribs in Houston the night before I head to Austin for SXSW. The guys played a raucously fun, but at times sloppy hour and fifteen minute set. They play many more shows at SXSW and are definitely worth seeing again and again. More [...]
I felt ancient standing among the crowd at the St. Vincent/Foreign Born/Pattern Is Movement show last night at the First Unitarian Church. Looking around I realized that I was 10-years senior (or more) to over half of the crowd, which pretty much filled a good portion of the room (Paul, this should make you [...]
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I thought I was walking into a snoozefest early on last nite as I went to check out Yelle’s first U.S. appearance ever at the Knitting Factory. She’s been like the biggest thing partywise in France. Listening to her album Pop-Up, it seems like she has a knack for sounding [...]
London-based multi-instrumentalists, Sian Alice Group, played Johnny Brenda’s last night in Philadelphia in support of their new album, 59.59 out now on Social Registry. Like the album, the band’s live show is full of delicately orchestrated, classically oriented dreamy songs that straddle the line between sonic experimentation and complex rock. I wasn’t sure [...]
Londoners Sian Alice Group dropped their debut full-length 59.59 today on Social Registry and are playing right here in Philadelphia tonight at Johnny Brenda’s with Blood On The Wall and Cause co-MOTION. Don’t miss it!
Also, check out Vice Magazine’s interview with all four bandmembers. Here
Sian Alice Group are a cute gang of friends [...]
I was reading an interview with promoter/DJ/party thrower Dave P over on Philebrity the other day about the new party he started last week called Snacks. The most interesting thing about it (besides the party itself) was that I found out Gui Boratto is playing the party at Woody’s on April 8th. I [...]
While the other contributors to this site were busy celebrating lovers day by romantically going to see Band Of Horses together (HA!), I took a different route and checked out Philly favorites A Sunny Day In Glasgow at Johnny Brenda’s.
It’s been an very long time since I’ve seen A Sunny Day In Glasgow live and [...]
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