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by Holli Stephens Sunday afternoons around 3pm most people find comfort in taking the day off to relax or catch up on a good book. But right on the corner of Spring Garden and 37th cars, vans, and bikes alike parked outside to witness the June series of Sofar Sounds. The intimate Read More

by Bill Repko An acute case of train lag had me slumped in my seat, teetering between hypnopompic stoicism and wayward excitement. I spotted my first hipster; she wore a white tee, cuffed jean shorts, braid-necklace, a pair of gilded sandals, and a glum expression. Since the Read More

by Michele Zipkin Never had I heard more stylistic diversity in one set than I’d heard from Meshell Ndegeocello at World Cafe Live this past Friday night. Accompanied by seasoned players including Chris Bruce on guitar, Jebin Bruni on keyboard, Abraham Brown on drums, and Paul Read More

by Holli Stephens There wasn’t a moment where multi-instrumentalist K Ishibashi, otherwise known as Kishi Bashi, wasn’t smiling Friday night at the TLA. The artist had just come off a new album, Lighght, and whenever his name was brought up in an opening act, it was met by a Read More

by Donte Kirby The last Communion Club Night in Philly (just until September) was this Thursday. The evening showcased a variety of different music, as always, at Underground Arts. The first act of the night in the black box area of Underground Arts was Dirty Dollhouse. For those Read More

by Ari Roth Future’s Thursday night show started off slow. Tour opener Rico Love was somewhat disappointing; few of his songs have much staying power, and even the best ones, particularly the hit single “They Don’t Know,” are marred by an unsettlingly Read More