by Mely Duong Sparkle Pony is a Philadelphia newgrass, bluegrass, folk band that surpasses labels and objectives. They cultivate and work more in depth on each aspect of song so that the final product for the audience is much more intricate than bands of a similar genre. Sparkle Read More

by Ziggy Merritt This past Friday, amorphous indie-dance collective, Making Time, celebrated the first half of their fifteenth anniversary with an unusual if ingenious pairing, Hazy dream pop rockers Lower Dens and of course the always exuberant and pulsating energy of Viet Cong Read More

by Jane Roser Dodging rubber bullets while participating in Occupy Oakland in 2011, performing a concert in a cave in Germany, touring with Dropkick Murphys and getting banned by Disney (“the best fucking show I never played”), folk-punk musician Bryan McPherson is one bad ass Read More

by Geno Thackara “Hey, want to spend a late worknight at a tiny South Philly bar to see three people who’ve never played as a trio before? Actually I don’t have any idea what they’re going to play. Actually, they probably don’t either. No, that Read More

by Geno Thackara It’s not your usual dance-pop record, it’s not your usual helping of worldbeat or drum-and-bass groove… well, it’s not your usual anything. David Byrne and Brian Eno had spent years absorbing musical ideas from around the world: Read More

by Brenda Hillegas He’ll perform as long as he’s not camping out in South Philly that is! Aries Spears was heading out the door when I called him in April. He was on his way to do some voiceover work for American Dad, one of the animated shows he has lent his voice to Read More