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by Adam McGrath Chances are you’ve seen Brad Hinton on stage somewhere around the Philadelphia area, even if you didn’t know it was him at the time. Hinton has spent the better part of a decade performing in collaborative bands like Wissahickon Chicken Shack and Hezekiah Jones, Read More

By Adam McGrath The London Souls are actually based in Brooklyn, not England, and they play rock, not soul. But not much else is confusing about the powerhouse musical duo of Tash Neal (guitar/lead vocals) and Chris St. Hilaire (drums/vocals). Back in top form after Neal’s Read More

by Adam McGrath Hopefully Aly Spaltro doesn’t mind if I call her a rocker chick. The diminutive musician known as Lady Lamb more than earned the moniker upstairs at World Café Live Wednesday night. Playing to a large, youthful crowd, Spaltro and the two men who make up her rhythm Read More

by Adam McGrath For me, Saturday night’s sold-out show at Union Transfer was like paging through someone else’s photo album. (They still have those, right?) As I watched Philly’s Beach Slang bask in the warmth of a hometown show and listened to Cursive emotionally perform their Read More

by Adam McGrath I never needed any convincing that Bryan Adams is actually pretty cool. Growing up with MTV and movies like Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and The Three Musketeers, I was well aware that the Canadian rocker effortlessly rode a wave of success built on hit song Read More

by Adam McGrath Here are the shows in and around Philly that caught my eye this week. Let us know who you’re seeing with #PhillyConcerts. Friday, October 10 Iceage @ First Unitarian Church: The Danish punk band is kicking off a two-month American tour behind their third album, Read More