The Roots …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin Reviewed by: Ari Roth   It takes more than three minutes for the first verse from “Black Thought” to kick in on The Roots’ new album. Before that, an extended Nina Simone sample, muffled and unsettling drums and Read More

by Mely Duong Rubicon Cross, a band known for its vibrant melodic core enhanced by ferocious and aggressive rifts, first began when CJ Snare, vocalist of Firehouse, asked Chris Green, guitarist of PRIDE, to collaborate.  Honored, Green quickly agreed, allowing their solo project Read More

by Matt Kelchner It’s been a few years since we last had a new full length album from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. The last was the well received sophomore effort, Belong, in 2011. After a few singles and an EP in 2012, we have not heard much from The Pains of Being Pure at Read More

by Donte Kirby Owen Pallet and Doldrums brought their unique brands of music to Johnny Brenda’s Thursday night, leaving Philly fans eager for the Canadians’ return. Doldrums, a four piece from Montréal that include both drums and a beat machine opened the show. They were Read More

by Holli Stephens A stranger’s living room is an unlikely place to hold an official concert. But the concept behind Songs from a Room otherwise known as Sofar Sounds—featuring up-and-coming artists in the most intimate room of a household on behalf of music, brings the Read More

by Ari Roth Swans at Union Transfer reminded me why I love live music so much. Opener Jenny Hval, who released one of my favorite albums of last year, Innocence is Kinky, expanded her uncomfortably intimate, almost confrontationally, bare-bones songs into considerably fuller Read More