Show Reviews

by Geno Thackara “Hello, Philadelphia and surrounding areas,” Colin Hay warmly greeted us Wednesday night to a light round of chuckles. The neighborhood around Glenside’s Keswick Theater was still half-coated with ice on the day after our latest monster storm, Read More

by Tiffany Taylor On Saturday Night, Radio 104.5 hosted the Griswolds at The Foundry for a sold out, high-energy evening. The Fillmore itself was absolutely packed given there was another sold out show in the main part of the venue. The entire place from bar to stage was filled Read More

by Matt Kelchner On Saturday night, Vancouver duo Japandroids took the stage for the second of back to back shows at Union Transfer. Riding high on the release of Near to the Wild Heart of Life, their recently released third album, David Prowse and Brian King unleashed a Read More

by Bryan Culver The mood inside the Boot & Saddle was profound. Blurbs of conversation broke up the otherwise silent room, as eyes were focused on the dark-red lit stage—Suuns, gloomy noise-rock auteurs hailing from Montreal, were preparing their instruments for their next Read More

by Bryan Culver Identify which of the following statements is false: (1) I live and work in Philadelphia; (2) I spend an inordinate amount of time listening to, dissecting, and writing about music; (3) I often attend live shows.  If you answered (3) you are spot on the money. Read More

by Tiffany Taylor On January 30th, Union Transfer hosted bands LVL UP and Cloud Nothings for a show that absolutely set the tone for an awesome week. The place was packed; Cloud Nothings are promoting their new album Life Without Sound and had LVL UP accompany them as their only Read More