by Adam McGrath The Technicolors have been honing their particular brand of guitar rock while relentlessly touring the country over the past two years. Their debut album Listener draws a straight line through the past 40 years of rock history, but still has a decidedly Read More

by Jane Roser It would be Murphy’s Law that I have to be in New York Wednesday night when Langhorne Slim is performing at Philly’s Union Transfer. An artist I have highly respected and admired for awhile, Langhorne is no stranger to the Keystone state. Taking his Read More

Deer Tick Negativity Reviewed by: Jane Roser     When you have a band that’s named after a blood-sucking parasite you know that they’ll either be a load of crap or the coolest thing on the planet. Check Deer Tick off as the latter. Founded about six years Read More

CHVRCHES The Bones of What You Believe Reviewed by: Nate Adams I was ready to hate CHVRCHES long before I heard the opening notes of “The Mother We Share,” the first song on the band’s debut album, The Bones of What You Believe. Between their instant blog hype (on the back of one Read More

Kings of Leon Mechanical Bull Reviewed by: Nate Adams Kings of Leon need a win. Ever since “Sex on Fire” put them atop the rock charts, playing in the stadiums their music always aspired to, the band’s stock steadily fallen. Between a middling fifth album, lead singer Caleb Read More

Gov’t Mule Shout Reviewed by: Robert Brind and Kathleen Larrick                                    Dirty: a superlative, sick, awesome. And that’s how Gov’t Mule’s new album opens, with a low, distorted dirty riff on “World Boss”. The album does not fail to Read More