Music
Review: "Until The Quiet Comes" - Flying Lotus
Flying Lotus’ latest album is a jumbled experience, and fans of his 2010 near-masterpiece "Cosmogramma" might be initially disappointed.
Review: “Transcendental Youth” - The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats, like a fine wine, just get better with age. In their 14th album, “Transcendental Youth,” the indie folk band delivers jazzy instrumentals coupled with poetic storytelling.
Review: "Lightning" — Matt & Kim
“Some things are better with age / some things no longer remain,” belts out Matt Johnson of indie pop duo Matt & Kim on “Now,” a song from their newest album.
Mash-up of the Week: Clipse Virginia
Though some may find this disgusting, I never finished “Ocarina of Time” — I always found the Shadow Temple too terrifying to move on.
Bookin' It
Street talks to Brendan Bercik, head of Yarga Productions, about what goes into filling Pilam's concert calendar
A Call to Arms
Two Philly bands' mission to play house parties and build couch forts
Playlist of the Week: 10.1.2012
10/1/12 by halex on Grooveshark Enjoy our past playlists here.
Mash–Up of the Week: LCD Soundsystem X The Beatles X The Kinks
Those moments when you still can’t get enough of a good thing.
Purity Ring Concert Recap
There’s something unique about going to see a show at the First Unitarian Church. You walk downstairs to the sweaty, subterranean hall and push your way past a crowd of flannelled, snap-backed U Arts kids crammed right up to the stage.
Review: Band of Horses, “Mirage Rock”
Two years after a moderately successful third album, indie rock group Band of Horses have released their fourth, “Mirage Rock.” Fans still yearning for the plaintive and personal melodies that defined the group’s debut, “Everything All the Time,” will be disappointed by this release, which lacks tenderness and memorability.
Review: “Babel"— Mumford and Sons
Fans of folk–rock rejoice!
Looking For Shows? Try DIY
Philly has a long history of concert venue start–ups
Review: "Battle Born” — The Killers
Thirty seconds into “Flesh and Bone,” the opener on The Killers’ new album, “Battle Born,” it is easy to believe the band has not changed in eight years — the pop synths, edgy guitar chords and Brandon Flowers’ raspy vocals are reminiscent of their first studio production, “Hot Fuss.” Nonetheless, “Runaways,” undeniably the strongest track on "Battle Born," features high–soaring vocals and riveting drumbeats that showcase the group’s distinctive Springsteen and 80s rock influences in a completely new way.
Let Me Hear That Boom Boom
Fishtown community music space The Boom Room celebrates its first birthday
Hidden Gems: “Electric and Benevolent” The Extraordinaires, 2009
With the release of their newest album, "Electric and Benevolent," Philly’s own indie quintet The Extraordinaires seems poised to chisel out their own niche in the brimming East Coast indie scene.
Coexisting Giants
Indie bigwigs Grizzly Bear, St. Vincent (and David Byrne) and The xx all released new albums this week. Never heard of them? Allow us to break it down for you.
