by Geno Thackara There’s music you love right away. There’s some that takes time to grow with a little familiarity. Then there’s the kind of thing that, for no discernible reason, might lurk in the back of your mind for ages before someday nudging you again and Read More

by Zach Fraley It was a busy year for the United States in 2003. American forces captured Baghdad and crippled Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq, Finding Nemo was released nationwide, and in Portland, Oregon, a psychedelic and progressive-rock band called Garmonbozia underwent a Read More

by Ziggy Merritt Saturday night’s show at the Electric Factory opened with one of the first North American tour stops for the newly minted FFS, a supergroup collaboration of Franz Ferdinand and Sparks that has also spawned an album of the same name. It was a night of surprising Read More

by Matt Kelchner With one of the first crisp fall nights and after days of rain, Destroyer paid a visit to Underground Arts hot on the heels of the release of their tenth studio album, Poison Season. The mastermind behind it all, Dan Bejar, has built and reconstructed the makeup Read More

by Lauren Rosier Australian’s Mansionair opened up a sold out show for the Scottish band, Chvrches, Thursday night at Philly’s Electric Factory, and they blew the crowd away. The electronic pop rock trio played about a half hour set to a packed house. Mansionair just Read More

by Zach Fraley The world has gotten smaller over time thanks to the invention of so many reliable and fast transportation mechanisms. This has not only allowed bands to travel great distances in one day to play a show, but it has allowed new bands to form that could never have Read More