Show Reviews

by Donte Kirby Dancing dancing dancing. Avan Lava along with El Malito and the 33rd Century turned the audience at MilkBoy into dancing machines. South Philly’s El Malito and the 33rd Century kicked off the evening with a Latin infused alternative hip hop sound. Before he Read More

by Geno Thackara Sofar Sounds is a very well-kept open secret. Never heard of the name? I hadn’t before last week either. (It’s abbreviated from SOngs From A Room, which is worth mentioning just because I always give points for a good Leonard Cohen reference.) It Read More

by Dan Williams The TLA went dark and the massive upstage scaffold began to glow.  Silhouettes of ukuleles and other instruments hanging throughout came into focus.  Soon, bathed in shadows, five figures resembling druids walked to center stage while a heavy rhyt Read More

by Matt Kelchner Saturday night one of Philadelphia’s most buzzed about artists Hop Along took to the stage at Union Transfer to celebrate the release of their latest album, Painted Shut. From the band’s signing to Saddle Creek earlier this year to the record’s release on May Read More

by Geno Thackara It started with a scary flashback. Waiting on the stairway up to Milkboy’s second floor, for a minute I was taken straight back to MTV’s early days with one of those semi-cheesy synthesizer hooks that were so big once upon a time. It was the sound of Read More

by Matt Kelchner There is a seemingly constant flow of catchy, infectious pop music coming from the Scandinavian section of Europe. Such as been a fact for quite some time now. Whether it’s Denmark, Sweden or Norway, there is a long list of artists who have, and continue, to Read More