Music
Dim Lighting
Amidst the sometimes sweeping ambitions of the indie-dance scene, Fujiya & Miyagi seem content sticking with what they do best: creating extremely cool, understated electro-pop unabashedly influenced by a wide range of styles, from the Krautrock of Neu!
Goodbye Kitty
The other day, I was sitting in my freshman seminar on the origins of music. I listened in awe as my professor explained the incredible complexity of the human brain's ability to process sound, the sensitivity of the tiny hairs within our ears and the countless combinations of neuron connections that take place and cause us to perceive waves of compressed air as sound.
The Defibrillator
Neil Young On The Beach 1974 After the critical and commercial successes of After The Gold Rush and Harvest, Young released a tense series of albums now referred to as the "Ditch Trilogy." On The Beach was the first of these albums and Rolling Stone branded it "despairing." The album was rawer than anything Young had released in the '70s.
I Want Jew To Rock
The "smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet" is coming to one of the biggest venues on Penn's campus.
Oh, the places you'll go
First Unitarian Church 2125 Chestnut St., All ages In between songs this summer, a sweaty and shirtless Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver) kept asking the crowd if they were okay.
The Defibrillator
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band 1973 In 1973, Bruce Springsteen released The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, which shook up the "New Dylan" moniker that haunted his debut.
This Week In Music
Tonight: GZA Trocadero, All ages 9:00 p.m. Legendary Wu-Tang wordsmith GZA continues the nostalgia-inspired tour that finds him performing his 1995 seminal classic Liquid Swords in full.
Who's Got Soul?
Whether a quest for complete dominance of your parents' attention or an attempt to prove which child is the better of the offspring, sibling rivalry isn't new.
Oh, The Places You Will Go!
Johnny Brenda's 1201 Frankford Avenue, 21+ Brought to you by the owners of Standard Tap, Johnny Brenda's is a classic Philadelphia gastropub and music venue located in Fishtown.
Always Ford The River
It's almost impossible to analyze the Will Sheff-led Okkervil River's fifth LP without remembering their fourth.
The Defibrillator
Barry Manilow Greatest Hits 1978 I first met Barry when I was a mere child of five. And by met, I mean I ogled the cover of his 1978 Greatest Hits album, dreaming that one day, I would get to speak to this flamboyantly coiffed and spritely little songster.
The End of Tapes
Tapes 'n Tapes - Minneapolis's rags-to-riches rock boys - return to their comfort zone of clanging riffs and Jim James echo-y vocals on their second album, Walk It Off.
Festival Fun In The Sun
Need some fun to spice up your summer? Check out one of these summer festivals-the perfect excuse to road trip, get wasted and listen to music with thousands of your closest friends.
The Week In Music
Tonight: I'm From Barcelona The First Unitarian Church, All Ages If it's true that there is power in numbers, then this Swedish pop ensemble could move mountains.
Shoutgun Sounds
Indie darlings Tokyo Police Club continue the long-standing tradition of putting out blisteringly fast rock songs on Elephant Shell, a quasi-debut glistening in the wake of their 2007 EP A Lesson in Crime.
The Week in Music
4/18: Kate Nash World Cafe Live, All Ages Kate Nash is only 20 years old, but the British songstress is well on her way to a successful career.
The Defibrillator
Big Star Radio City 1974 As I watched OK Go perform this past weekend, I couldn't help but think they owed an awful lot to every power pop band that's ever come before them.
Ropeadope Records
For years people have been wondering what effect technology will have on the music industry. But it still seems like little has changed.
Defibrillator
Slum Village Fantastic Vol. 1 1997 I remember being 17 years old and going through that stage when I felt the need to shed the baby skin that had protected me for so long and interpret the world through my own perceptions.
