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by Geno Thackara Put a guitar in Richard Thompson’s hands and wonderful things happen. He can keep it simple and let the song tell the story, he could embellish it with a solo incorporating anything from English folk to old-school jazz, or he might just decide to flatten Read More

by Matt Kelchner On a hazy and humid Sunday night, Bethany Cosentino, Bobb Bruno and the rest of Best Coast stopped by Union Transfer as part of their current tour supporting the recently released California Nights. Along for the night were tour mates Bully, who have their debut Read More

by Ziggy Merritt This past Friday, amorphous indie-dance collective, Making Time, celebrated the first half of their fifteenth anniversary with an unusual if ingenious pairing, Hazy dream pop rockers Lower Dens and of course the always exuberant and pulsating energy of Viet Cong Read More

by Geno Thackara “Hey, want to spend a late worknight at a tiny South Philly bar to see three people who’ve never played as a trio before? Actually I don’t have any idea what they’re going to play. Actually, they probably don’t either. No, that Read More

by Shannon Fox It was a bustling Friday night on South Street when The Black Moon’s hit the stage at Legendary Dobbs after following a successful show at World Café Live the previous week. With many of the members having grown up in Philadelphia this was some sort of homecoming Read More

by Donte Kirby “We bring regional, national and international acts all under one roof,” said the host of June’s Communion Club night at the Milkboy. Anyone’s who’s been to a Communion knows that in the ever rotating cast of acts there’s always Read More