Show Reviews

by Jaz Bowens Sylvan Esso (Amelia Randall Meath from Mountain Man and DJ Nick Sanborn) along with Minor Alps (Matthew Caws of Nada Surf and Juliana Hatfield from Blake Babies and Some Girls) performed at World Cafe Live on Friday night. The slight rain didn’t stop too many people Read More

by Donte Kirby DJ DNGR GRDN (Danger Garden) and the USA Rum Tour brought a taste of Puerto Rico’s sound along with a taste of rum to Philly’s Cuba Libre. DNGR GRDN’s sound of house was funky and disco infused with an added level of performance whenever he went to the drum machine Read More

by Samantha Weinraub One graying, long-bearded man in a tie-dye t -shirt makes eye contact at a bubbly, curly-haired woman in a flowing dress from across the room, and then they proceed to shimmy their way towards each other, smiling all the while. The crowd parts, to make way Read More

by Angel Park In honor of the 40th anniversary of Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions, Philadelphia based jazz band Aaron and The Spell performed on Wednesday at The World Cafe. The show mesmerized their all-ages audience, and the room was filled with nothing but smiles during the hour Read More

by Ricky Haldis It was a dark and chilly Autumn night when I found myself walking along the desolate Main Street in the heart of West Chester. The small college town seemed abandoned, absent of any activity within the rows of stores and houses. As I neared my destination, a Read More

by Jaz Bowens If you walked into the TLA on Wed. Nov. 20th, you would have thought it was a Saturday night and no one had work the next day. It was a large turnout and though the venue wasn’t packed, Escort and JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound filled up the place with their Read More