Arts & Entertainment
Album Review: "It's About Time"
"It's About Time" - Todd Terje Whether you love or hate the snark of its title, Norwegian producer Todd Terje’s (Terje Olsen) debut LP “It’s Album Time” is excellent. It’s smart, exceptionally well–done electronic music that falls somewhere in the vicinity of the disco genre.
Haiku Reviews
Roses are red. Fling was sweet. Get back into the beat with Haikus from Street.
Album Review: "Built on Glass"
"Built on Glass" - Chet Faker Though not new to the game, Chet Faker drops his debut album this month, with the smooth single “Talk is Cheap” already released in February.
Best of Online Streaming
Choosing a streaming TV service is kind of like choosing a dessert. It’s full of regret and if you could afford it, you would eat all of them.
Album Review: "Z"
"Z" - SZA At the top of the year, red–hot hip–hop label Top Dawg Entertainment boasted that it was going to release six albums in 2014.
Best of Philly: Movie Theater Edition
Sometimes the Rave doesn’t have every movie your cinematic appetite craves (pun intended), so we’ve made a simple guide to Philly’s most accessible theaters with suggestions for which indie installments you can go see right now. Point is, the Ritz rules.
Best of Penn: TV References Edition
Hollywood, scared that the masses might not get the joke otherwise, generally sticks to plot lines about attending Harvard, Yale, and Princeton to suggest that a character is smart. Below are some instances where a Penn (okay OR a Wharton) reference trampled that trope.
Taste and Vision: Art Where You Eat
Take your snacks with a side of eye candy
Recap: Best and Worst Song Lyrics of the Year
Whether it’s because they’re the lyrics of a virtuoso or because you can’t get them out of your head, we all know the words.
The Best Artsy Dates in Philly
Dinner and a movie? You can do better.
Penn Celebrates the Fab Four
It’s been 50 years since The Beatles first arrived in the United States to perform for television icon Ed Sullivan's weekly variety show.
Music Video Monday: "Dismantling Summer" by The Wonder Years
Pop punk doesn’t have to be a middle school guilty pleasure anymore. Philadelphia’s “The Wonder Years” are raw, honest and yeah, okay, pretty catchy.
A Guide to Religious Films
We heard “Noah” was a pretty good movie, considering it’s all religious and stuff. In light of the holiday threeway coming up, we thought we’d revisit some religious classics.
Album Review: Tremors
"Tremors" Sohn Sohn, the Londoner residing in Vienna, finally released a debut album after his first tracks were posted on SoundCloud in 2012 and packed shows at SXSW.
Album Review: Enclosure
"Enclosure" John Frusciante Former RHCP guitarist John Frusciante has had a stylistically indefinable solo career, and “Enclosure” continues this trend.
Haiku Reviews
Roses are red / Haikus are sweet / Fling is tomorrow / But right now read Street.
Review: “Endless Source,” at the Locks Gallery
“Endless Source” Through April 30th Locks Gallery 600 Washington Square South Free locksgallery.com There was no wine left at the Locks Gallery’s First Friday reception a mere two hours after the show opened.
Artist Profile: Abby (Abigail) Graham
Abigail Graham Year: 2016 Major: Linguistics Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Website: in10words.tumblr.com I met Abby Graham through a friend and since we were talking about exchanges and different forms of contact between people, her Tumblr project came up in the conversation.
