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by Lauren Rosier Philly alternative rock band, Civil Youth, has had quite the 2016 so far. The band recently returned to Philadelphia after a slew of tour dates down south in Florida and Georgia. “The shows down south were some of the best we’ve played yet,” lead vocalist Read More

by Lauren Rosier The first Radio 104.5 Block Party of 2016 took place at Festival Pier on Sunday to a music-loving crowd that braved the rainy and chilly weather to see some of the best bands in alternative music today. Philly’s own Modern Colour opened the show with an energized Read More

by Matt Kelchner It may not have been the most preferred weather for a concert hosted outdoors, but that did not stop eager fans from traveling down to South Philadelphia for this year’s 104.5 Winter Jam festival. Headlined by New Jersey’s own The Gaslight Anthem, the lineup also Read More

by Matt Kelchner “On the first record we had no concept of the places that we would eventually be playing these songs,” singer/guitarist Josiah Johnson from The Head and The Heart tells me as we talk about how far his band has come in between their last two albums. Their latest, Read More

by Matt Kelchner As the festival season begins to heat up again, Chvrches begins to prepare for another year of playing on some of the biggest stages across the country. In their short career, the three piece group from Glasgow, Scotland have managed to steadily climb the ranks Read More

by Samantha Weinraub Terrible Friends are actually great friends. Best friends, even. Vin Dammann, singer and guitarist of Terrible Friends, describes how the other three band members (Dan Tumolo, Rich Ealer, and Morgan Bartz) are his best friends, most since grade school. They Read More