Show Reviews

by Erinn Fortson The layout of indie venues is one of the reasons they are so enjoyable. These music scenes create an intimacy between the artist and audience that is not always felt when a show is held in a much larger setting. Smaller locations allow a musician to play the role Read More

Heineken Bring Nas, Wale and Q-Tip To Philly by Matt Kelchner As part of it’s nationally touring “Red Star Access” series, Dutch brew makers Heineken teamed up a hip-hop legend with one of the scene’s biggest new artists to the city of brotherly love for a Sunday afternoon of hip Read More

by Jessica Nguyen On October 6th, Local Philly band Octane played the JC Washington House.  If you’re from Philly and like going to local original shows, chances are you know of Octane. In my case, I’ve seen them way more then a few times. And each time, I walk away Read More

by Mega Jimmy A slightly heavier Adam Ant set the tone for his Trocadero show of  October 5th, postponed from February 14th, by starting the show with “Plastic Surgery”, one of his earliest singles. Adam played the hits, but otherwise was reliant on the Dirk Wears Read More

by Joseph Tingle On September 22nd, the Epic Kings & Idols Tour arrived in Philadelphia, marking the antepenultimate date of the festival tour featuring avant-garde sophomores Stolen Babies, heavy metal veterans Paradise Lost, doom legends Katatonia, and the bizarre, Read More

September 8th was a bad night weather wise for a show.  Lucky for us, Jann Klose and his keyboard player, Lars Potteiger, braved the storm (which included possible tornado warnings). The show must go on.  As the German-born, African-raised Klose sang his beautifully written Read More