alvvays

2017 was filled with amazing new music! From folk to hip-hop, there was something for everyone. Some of our staff put together a list of their favorite albums of 2017. Ashley Paskill (Writer) Lorde-Melodrama Lorde continues to amaze with her latest album. It provokes a lot of Read More

by Matt Kelchner Back in the first few weeks of 2014, Yuck and Alvvays were working their way around the country and paid a visit to the corners of Frankford and Girard for a stop at Johnny Brenda’s. Locals Hurry were tapped as the openers for the show. Last Wednesday the two met Read More

By Adam McGrath Who said music has to be polished to be good? Quality songwriting rises above fancy production or slick marketing, which is why the world took notice when Scotsman Gary McClure released a low fidelity but impressive collection of 8-track recordings online late Read More

by Matt Kelchner On a wet, dreary Tuesday night, The Decemberists made their return to Philadelphia and the Academy of Music. The fabled, beautiful theatre housed the band on their previous headlining tour and it served as the same for their current one as well. With the release Read More

Alvvays Self-Titled Reviewed by: Ari Roth   Rather than the barbed wire harshness applied to early noise pop, the “beautiful layer of crud” on Alvvays’ “dark, sugary songs” is smooth and warm, like a river that has buffeted a stone for decades and polished off its edges. Read More

by Ari Roth Alvvays make music infused with the kind of starry-eyed, fleeting wistfulness that is forever linked to the experience of being a teenager and feeling as if they world is unfolding before you for the first time. Although their lyrics cover a wider range of subjec Read More