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(03/21/13 9:42am)
If you think you're a campus power player, think again. These social media butterflies have taken obsessive to whole 'nother level. Their affinity for Foursquare, the app that lets you "check in" to your favorite locations, has transformed them from mere students to almighty mayors. These guys spend way more time at Van Pelt/Smoke's/the Pottruck juice bar than you do, and they're proud of it. Meet them here.
(02/21/13 10:59am)
Beach Fossils’ second full–length album, "Clash The Truth," sounds like a sophomore slump. With its 2010 debut, the group seemed like a standout contender among the litany of other Brooklyn dream–pop bands (think Real Estate and Cloud Nothings). But rather than mature into a more expansive, richer sound, Beach Fossils simply continued to make lethargic lo–fi pop. The album opener “Clash the Truth” is perhaps the most energetic—you can easily imagine people getting down to this anthemic song at shows. But it fails to set the tone because what follows on the album is pure haze. The exception comes in the form of “Birthday," which utterly rocks. But in general, the novelty of Dustin Pasyeur’s voice wears off with each track and marks "Clash The Truth" as uninspiring noise.
(02/14/13 10:55am)
(02/13/13 9:38am)
I’ve always had a dream about starting a blog. Well, not a blog. A microblog. About microbreweries, those gutsy small–scale bars or pubs that produce their own beer. That’s a cute idea, right? Don’t steal it from me. Anyway, if I were to start this blog, the first bar I’d cover is Dock Street Brewery.
(02/07/13 5:00pm)
wait guys guess where I am
(01/24/13 10:50am)
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(01/24/13 10:42am)
We scoured old yearbooks to see what Penn was like through the ages. They might not have had muploads, but they still got loaded.
(07/26/12 2:00am)
Name: Pulak Mittal
Major: Computer Science (doing a dual degree with Wharton)
The gig: Software Engineering Intern at Facebook
(07/18/12 12:00pm)
The mud’s still not dry on our shoes but we haven’t stopped thinking about the fun we had and great sets we saw at this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago. It was three days packed with memorable performances, driving rain, and more hipsters than we’ve ever seen in a single location. We came, saw and conquered, and here’s what we have to tell you*:
(07/13/12 4:00pm)
For the uninitiated, Pitchfork.com is one of the most prominent taste-makers in indie music. Every year, the site puts on a festival featuring some of the biggest names in alternative music — and some not–so–big. Because Pitchfork believes in the little guy. And thinks you should listen to them. We do too.
(07/12/12 2:00pm)
Follow the Phillies: the Phillies' next two away series are in Denver and Los Angeles. For under $5 (stubhub.com), you can pretend Coors Field is Citizens Bank Park at tomorrow night's game. Act now an you can do the same for under a dollar at Dodger Stadium on Monday.
(07/07/12 12:00am)
Last year, Street sent two editors to the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago to cover the weekend’s best shows. This year, we want to bring the music to you. If you can’t afford the $45–a–day festival passes (not to mention the airfare and a place to crash), check out these homegrown concerts featuring some of Pitchfork’s most anticipated independent music acts. They’re all under $30 and they’re just a SEPTA ride away.
(06/24/12 9:00pm)
Someone once told me that women can’t connect to music as well as men can. This instigator — a good friend of mine — believed that women can play music and sing, but that compared side-by-side with a male musician, they’d invariably pale. Women, he said, lack something that is as indescribable as it is essential. Commitment? I asked. Passion? Soul? He couldn’t say.
(06/14/12 10:30am)
Have some jams with that taco.
(06/03/12 12:30am)
It's the second night of Philly Beer Week — we hope you're drunk by now. If you're not, stay home, pick up a pack of whatever and park it. We'll be reporting live from Smokin' Betty's where we're helping to celebrate the babes who love a good brew as much as the next guy. See you at 9.*
(05/24/12 10:00am)
Let's put it this way: If Union Transfer and Making Time had a baby, it'd look a lot like Morgan’s Pier. Backed by Union Transfer's owners and David Pianka of Making Time, Morgan's Pier is the newest addition to Philly’s music scene — put it on your hit list.
(05/21/12 10:00am)
*We track the best songs for all your sun kissed, beach babed, cruisin’–with–the–top–down–and–volume–up days.
(04/19/12 9:41am)
Fling weekend was hard for me. Between the student bands covering 2010 hits in the Lower Quad and revisiting my freshman dorm in the Nipple, I was flooded with the sights and sounds of a freshman year past. One particularly evocative sound was Neon Trees’ “Animal” — when I heard it on Friday, I remembered the sheer number of impromptu dance parties it inspired, and subsequently burst into tears.
(04/12/12 9:49am)
Reptar
Who: Vaguely tropical, ridiculously catchy indie rock; they sound like the Local Natives on uppers.
What time: 2:00 to 2:40
What that means in Fling Standard Time: You just set foot into Lower Quad, spiked lemonade in hand. The day is all sparkling and new and teeming with possibilities, like a newborn baby unicorn.
Should you go: Absolutely. These tunes will make you feel as fresh as the not–yet–soiled grass beneath your feet. Shake off your inhibitions (and shoes) and dance like you don’t give a what.
Before you go: Listen to “Stuck in my Id”
(04/11/12 4:05pm)
Written vertically up the front stairs of the ICA, the words PEOPLE TOO CHANGE serve as a greeting to visitors approaching graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister’s long–anticipated exhibition “The Happy Show” that opened this Wednesday. Though this is neither the first nor the last platitude of the exhibition, it is, perhaps, the one that best represents its core. Sagmeister’s multimedia interactive show is composed of many moments, all revolving around one question: can we train our minds to be happy, the same way we train our bodies to run faster?