by Jane Roser “The Rooster’s Wife” is a heartbreaking Civil War themed song about a slave speaking to his mistress which Rhiannon Giddens delivers with such beautiful honesty and emotion it’s hard to believe that she didn’t start playing the banjo or Read More

by Brittney Corridean The adjective “Epic” has been thrown around to describe many teen/tween films that have hit the screen in the last couple years. But for something to truly be epic, it would have to exemplify a generation- be something so completely original it’s Read More

by Adam McGrath The Philly artist and reality show winner is in residency at Ortlieb’s this month. Hemming may be a relatively new creation, but Candice Martello has been doing the songwriting thing for most of her young life. Before landing a life-changing gig on a VH1 reality Read More

Waxahatchee Ivy Tripp Reviewed by: Lauren Rosier     Ivy Tripp is Katie Crutchfield’s third record under the moniker Waxahatchee following 2013’s Cerulean Salt and her 2012 debut American Weekend. Crutchfield is a singer-songwriter who plays awesome indie rock music and Read More

The Mountain Goats Beat the Champ Reviewed by: Brian Roser     Is this supposed to be funny? It’s about professional wrestling, so my first thought was that yes, it was. The second track, however, is about his unironic childhood love of the sport, or rather the Read More

Ray Wylie Hubbard The Ruffian’s Misfortune Reviewed by: Jane Roser     Ray Wylie Hubbard is sort of like outlaw country music’s James Bond in the sense that nobody does it better and makes me feel sad for the rest (I’m looking at you bro-country). Read More