Reviews

Derek Evry Down to the Wire Reviewed By: Lara Supan   Down to the Wire covers more rock genres in six songs than most people do in a lifetime. Derek Evry’s new EP has straight rock, hard rock, soft rock, surf rock, and pop rock, just to name a few. It starts out with Read More

Strand of Oaks Heal Reviewed by: Brian Roser   It’s amazing the effect that pain can have on art. Would Shakespeare’s Hamlet have been as masterful if he had not lost his son, Hamnet a few years before? Could Dylan Thomas have written his masterpiece “Do Not Go Gentle Into Read More

Emmy Wildwood Mean Love Reviewed by: Rebecca Robinson   Warning: Do not listen to this album for the first time with headphones. Many people prefer the total immersion and access to the subtle nuances of the music that headphones provide, but this album has a few sudden Read More

by Jaz Bowens The longest day of the year brought many bands, fans, and comic book enthusiast into the city thanks to Make Music Philly and the Philadelphia Comic Con. Venues around the city were packed for the night, but the place to be was on 12th and Callowhill at The Read More

by Donte Kirby Gold and Youth, a four piece from Vancouver opened the night to a sparse crowd. That didn’t stop the band from playing with the energy and enthusiasm of a full room. The band’s sound was dark, yet uptempo and danceable to the degree of a genuine two Read More

by Meaghan Paulosky Having survived winter’s never-ending “polar vortex,” Philadelphians are starting to realize the warmth they begged for can be just as unpleasant. June 18th saw the year’s first heat wave and the city was none too pleased. But for those who braved through the Read More