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  By Dan Williams   “Playing the role of Alice Cooper tonight …. Me!”   That was a true statement last Thursday evening at BB&T Pavilion during band introductions.  As you no doubt know, Alice is a character played by Detroit-born Vincent Furnier.  In fac Read More

  By Kyle Ober   The 35th Annual QuickCheck New Jersey Festival of Ballooning didn’t disappoint when it was all said and done, meaning Sunday when the Balloon launches, both Am/Sunrise and PM/Sunset were quite wonderful. In fact, the PM launch was absolutely Read More

  By Lauren Rosier   The Philadelphia-based indie rock quartet, The Districts, are scheduled to release their third full-length record, Popular Manipulations, on August 10th, and it is going to be one of the biggest records in indie rock this summer.   The band’s Read More

By Ziggy Merritt   Friday night was a welcome return for the Van Pelt, a band that 20 years ago was just as hard to define as they are today. Their two original albums, Stealing from Our Favorite Thieves and Sultans of Sentiments were veritable preambles to the progression Read More

By Mandy McGee Back in 2005, the Delaware band Spinto Band released Nice and Nicely Done on Bar/None Records and the song “Oh Mandy” hit the airwaves. At the time, this album was the new cutting edge indie rock and it was obvious Spinto Band had a future. I remember Read More

  By Geno Thackara The underground Sofar (Songs From a Room) concert series still offers just about the best listening environment around, and the monthly traveling party is apparently reaching a fever pitch this season. The Philly crew managed to plan a whopping three shows Read More