by Christian Pezzino Calling all hackers! Drexel University will host the first official Philadelphia Music Hack Day at its Expressive and Creative Interaction Technologies (ExCITe) Center on May 18th and 19th. The 24-hour marathon event attracts coders, developers, and musicians Read More

The Wonder Years The Greatest Generation Reviewed by Jessica Dooley     Returning from 2011’s Suburbia: I’ve Given You All And Now I’m Nothing, The Wonder Years continue on with the same bravado and themes of their previous release, this time with a concept album Read More

by Brian Hanshaw Top O’ the mornin’, Philly!   St. Patrick’s Day is long gone, but festival season is approaching. Philadelphia residents are lucky enough to live within an hour or two of many Celtic/Irish/Scottish/Folk festivals. And at those festivals, you can hear the best Read More

by Michele Zipkin The four sisters who compose the Irish band Screaming Orphans are unique in all the world.  No one else can quite create their pop, rock and Gaelic-influenced songs.  “As a band we’re very much the sum of parts.  If something happened to one of us, we’d cease to Read More

by Michele Zipkin If I had listened to Lady Lamb the Beekeeper’s performance with my eyes closed, I never would have imagined that such a petite young lady could generate such raw, powerful vocals.  Aly Spaltro, who plays under the above-mentioned moniker, has poise and musical Read More

Marc Silver A Miners’ Town Reviewed by Stephen Krock     As you step into Marc Silver’s A Miners’ Town, you are immediately greeted with a strong, dusty breeze rolling tumbleweeds across the street and an overwhelming sense of epic Americana. The Read More