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by Erinn Fortson   Steve Ryan is as jovial as his music during our telephone conversation. I can almost hear him smiling on the other end of the line when he responds to my questions. I ask him how he remains positive in his music when often times it is so easy to dwell on Read More

by Jessica Nguyen Core Effect is a rock band with a heavy vibe, strong in every element of the band- vocals, bass, guitar and drums. The group formed in Detroit nearly a decade ago.  With the ability to tour alongside bands like Seether, Papa Roach, Tantric and Saving Able, Core Read More

by Dana Giusti What were you doing when you were 16? Cheerleading at football games? Studying for the SATS? If you were Nick Perri, you were touring all over the world with some of the biggest rock and roll bands of all time. Perri, a Philadelphia native, dropped out of high Read More

by Erin Sullivan “Sometimes you have to take a chance”. We all at some point have taken a chance to get what we want out of life. The quote represents the moment when Jeff Todd, the lead singer of Meadows Fortune, stood in Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee with his Read More

By Dan Emmons   Australian retro-dance pop band Gold Fields brought their show to the TLA last week as part of their February-March US and Canada tour.  The tour came through Philadelphia as a pit stop on its way to SXSW to promote their single “Dark Again”  off Read More

by Janelle Engle If you take one part whimsical, two parts nerdy and a whole lot of love you get a good idea of what ‘The Ones You Loved are all about. This husband and wife pairing, Tyler & Camille De Larm from Dallas, Texas have a way with playful electronic rhythms Read More