“We’re The Great SOCIO, the guitarless rock band,” lead vocalist and trumpeter Alberto Muñoz told patrons of the Grape Room early Sunday morning, July 29. In spite of missing the staple instrument of rock, The Great SOCIO kicks out enough firepower to cover Rage Against the Read More

Jeffrey Gaines is possibly one of the more honest musicians that you’ll meet in the business. Be it lyrical or conceptual, Gaines’ approach to music is as bare as a performer can make themselves appear. There is always a hype or façade associated with playing music, but Read More

In May, I took the bus from Philadelphia to DC so I could check out my friend Miranda Mulholland perform at the Rock and Roll Hotel with her band, The Great Lake Swimmers. After a few beers and some pie over at Dangerously Delicious Pies, my pal encouraged my friends and I to get Read More

July 28th! FREE! 4:00 PM! Piazza at Schmidt’s in Northern Liberties! Coming up on Saturday, July 28th is Radio 104.5’s fourth concert in the Summer Block Party series. The headlining performance will be by Of Monsters and Men, following collaboration band JJAMZ and local musician Read More

July 7th! FREE! 4PM-7PM Piazza at Schmidt’s in Northern Liberties Radio 104.5’s third Summer Block Party of the summer is on July 7th. IAMDYNAMITE and local band Steppin’ Razor will be starting the night off, followed by The Dirty Heads. These bands have new albums coming out and Read More

“The old rockabilly bands used to always be ‘Somebody and the Somebodies’,” explains Jim Rotramel whose rockabilly band, Skinny Jim and the Number 9 Blacktops, probably never graced your iPod. The band is based in Illinois, the southern tip to be exact, Read More