-Brenda Hillegas NonCOMM, produced by WXPN-FM, was founded by WXPN’s Music Director Dan Reed. The quick background of the event is that Dan Reed wanted to create a meeting of the minds to discuss the unique concerns of public radio stations. Since 2000, Dan and WXPN have Read More

(Sandy) Alex G Rocket Reviewed by: Ziggy Merritt For what it’s worth, sudden and impulsive name changes often lead to interesting developments in the career of any artist. From Alex G to the parenthetical of (Sandy) Alex G, the Philly-native’s latest is reflective of that Read More

Ryan Harris Brown Stranded in the Present Tense Reviewed by: Jane Roser When Nashville singer-songwriter Ryan Harris Brown spent a year and a half suffering from a devastating disease, he took all of his frustrations, fears and uncertainty and channeled them into creating his Read More

Nick Hakim Green Twins Reviewed by: Max Miller Green Twins, the debut full-length from NYC-based soul singer Nick Hakim, is marked by woozy synths and hypnagogic washes of delay. Its sonic palette draws from the same sources as Mac DeMarco’s chilled out slacker pop, vaporwave’s Read More

by Lauren Rosier Indie folk/alternative Boston-based trio, Tall Heights, and Vermont-based singer/songwriter, Henry Jamison, played to an intimate, attentive crowd of music lovers last night at the Lizard Lounge (located in the bottom level of the Chameleon Club). Tall Heights Read More

by Lauren Rosier The last time we spoke with Michael Kepko and Philadelphia’s Civil Youth it was nearly a year ago and they were voted into Radio 104.5’s top four to open the local alt-rock station’s 9th birthday celebration. Civil Youth ended up winning that contest. Now a year Read More