by Lexi Bissonnette  Saint Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, green beer and shamrocks fill the bars and people are getting ready to celebrate. What better way to do so than with Irish/Celtic music and pub crawls?  Philadelphia has a bunch of wonderful ones to chose from, Read More

Metronomy Love Letters Reviewed by: Samantha Weinraub   Remember in the final scene of Hair, when everyone streams onto the grassy field, and “Let the Sun Shine” plays in the background? That is the visual title track “Love Letters” conjures.  I dare you to try and not bob Read More

September Girls Cursing the Sea Reviewed by: Stephen Krock   Dublin-based noise pop quintet, September Girls, resume their noisemaking with Cursing the Sea. It is at once an ethereal chorus of pop goddess vocals and tinny, earthbound garage rock, with guitar riffs that ebb Read More

La Dispute Rooms Of The House Reviewed by: Sebastian Mackay   It’s rare that a band comes along and sits at the front of their genre. But that’s exactly what La Dispute have done and they’ve done it since their first album came out. On each of their records music and poetry Read More

Elbow The Take Off and Landing of Everything Reviewed by: Jane Roser   Released today by Fiction/Concord Records, The Take Off and Landing of Everything is UK alternative rock band Elbow’s 6th studio album. It sees the band taking a new approach to writing and Read More

by Adam McGrath The buzz surrounding Philly blues-rock band John the Conqueror has officially become a roar. Center City’s MilkBoy was packed with friends and fans Friday night to celebrate the release of the up-and-coming group’s second album, The Good Life (Alive Naturalsound). Read More