June 1, 2012

The 5th annual Roots Picnic is quickly approaching, to take place on June 2nd and 3rd at Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing. There’s a hip line-up this year, including De La Soul, James Murphy, Kid Cudi, Wale, and Rakim. Diplo (one half of Major Lazer, is aalso set to perform), St. Read More

Edward Everett, Amy Miller, and Adam Smith make up Panic Years, a talented trio opening for Switchfoot at Radio 104.5’s Summer Block Party. Enticed by the prominent music scene in Philadelphia, they brought their talent here in 2008 and have been gaining popularity and praises Read More

As was the case for a lot of people in the pre-hipster age, my introduction to The Beta Band was made through John Cusack and the brilliantly bipolar character he played in the 2000 film, High Fidelity. In one of the more iconic scenes in that movie, Cusack, all 80s club-kid hair Read More

Chicago-based R&B/soul group The Right Now is getting people dancing in the aisles with every concert they perform. Versed in jazz, funk, and then some, the septet just released their second album, Gets Over You. And it is hard to get over with Stefani Berecz’s dark and Read More

“Faith is not a genre….it’s a faith”, says Andrew Shirley, guitarist for the California-bred group, Switchfoot. It’s an issue the band has been trying to super cede for the majority of their career. It’s not exactly a surprising revelation when Read More

A band who chose to be partially funded by the KickStarter Campaign, a process where eager fans sponsored the early recording process, Stepdad has come a long way. The band started when member Ryan McCarthy attended a solo show of fellow band member, ultramark. Ultramark had been Read More