Music

Rockers stay moody on self-titled album Paul Banks has the second most ominous voice in indie rock today (Tom Smith of Editors takes first prize). While Interpol has surely crafted valuable tracks in the past the part of them that is most singularly Interpol is Banks’s cavernous, almost nefarious bellow.
September 16, 2010 at 2:22 am

On their latest LP, indie rock veterans get lost in the details. As coy and ironic as the modern indie landscape may be, The Walkmen have always aimed for the gut of both their fan base and their steady, shifting musical output.
September 16, 2010 at 2:14 am

We know that by now, summer seems like a sad, distant memory. As you struggle to get into the school grind, take a look back at some of summer’s happenings in music both in Philly and beyond.
September 16, 2010 at 1:51 am

1. Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse — "Revenge" 2. Lady Gaga — "Teeth" 3. Sleigh Bells — "Rill Rill" 4. Big Boi — "Shutterbugg" 5. Wavves — "Post-Acid" 6. Kanye West — "Power" 7. LCD Soundsystem — "Drunk Girls" 8. Foals — "Miami" 9. Neon Indian — "Deadbeat Summer" 10. M.I.A.
August 4, 2010 at 9:46 pm

Netherfriends is Shawn Rosenblatt, a 23-year-old Chicagoan-via-Suburban Philadelphia who produces buoyant psychedelic pop that ranges from frustrated to ecstatic in tone.
July 28, 2010 at 10:56 pm

Born out of a bedroom psych-folk project by singer-guitarist Luke Temple, Here We Go Magic has bloomed into a buzzworthy indie rock act with two albums under its belt.
July 28, 2010 at 10:51 pm

Like a typical suburban family’s home, Dark Night of the Soul is a collaboration on multiple levels.
July 28, 2010 at 10:17 pm

For the most part, tracing the genealogy of most current cutting-edge bands is pretty straightforward.
July 21, 2010 at 10:03 pm

CHICAGO — Over the past several years, the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago’s Union Park has valiantly worked to separate itself from the usual crop of summer festivals, attracting attendees with an ear for interesting bands and a yearning for more comfortable, personal concert experiences.
July 21, 2010 at 9:12 pm

The sound that dominates today’s dance floor is a heady mixture of R&B and techno, whose building beats and naughty lyrics are best characterized by the likes of Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Ke$ha, the new divas of nightlife.
July 14, 2010 at 10:46 pm

In yet another summer of Gaga’s reign, it’s nearly impossible for any other female artist to avoid the dreaded comparison.
July 14, 2010 at 10:37 pm

Let me preface this review by saying 3Oh!3 is not trying to be the next Coldplay. Their music isn’t for the reviewers or the critics.
July 7, 2010 at 9:36 pm

The best adults are the ones that retain some sense of youth on the inside. When they released their frenetic debut, A Lesson in Crime, Tokyo Police Club were kids.
June 23, 2010 at 10:14 pm

Recovery, the title of Eminem’s seventh studio album is fitting in more ways than one. While alluding to rehabilitation from a prescription drug addiction, it also references a recovery of his lyrical prowess.
June 23, 2010 at 9:59 pm

Considering that Beyonce and the meteoric Lady Gaga currently dominate the pop music star-scape, the news that now-antiquated Christina Aguilera has released a new album, her first since 2006’s Back to Basics, may seem no cause for commotion.
June 16, 2010 at 8:54 pm

The Shins on acid? The Shins if the Shins cared less about showcasing lead singer James Mercer? The Shins with MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden at the helm?
June 16, 2010 at 6:28 pm

Like their 2006 debut Everything All The Time, Band of Horses’ third release, Infinite Arms, opens with what is possibly its best song.
June 2, 2010 at 9:40 pm

On a fundamental level, the two-man band is one of the most constraining paradigms in rock n’ roll.
June 2, 2010 at 9:36 pm

The much-hyped sophomore album has proven an enigma for most bands. More often than not, indie buzz bands release follow-up albums that are intentionally completely different from their first, if only to show that they don’t want to be the same as they were (even if they really are the same as they were). Lately, these sophomore albums have tended to disappoint early fans while at the same time pleasantly surprising many reviewers.
May 26, 2010 at 9:45 pm

Four-piece Seattle-based indie-prog band Minus the Bear recently released their fourth album, OMNI, three years after the critical and commerical success of their last LP.
May 26, 2010 at 9:41 pm