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by Alexandra Healey After spending fifteen minutes trying to find parking, I quickly walked to Underground Arts in order to get a good spot inside for the two British based bands, Everything Everything and The Joy Formidable, playing later. The venue was packed once I went Read More

by Donte Kirby Chicago’s Wilde Belle and London’s Django Django had the crowd at Union Transfer moving their hips with their genre blending sounds. Wild Belle, composed of siblings Elliot and Natalie Bergman, opened up the evening with sultry tones and dark melodies. In a song, Read More

by Donte Kirby From the DJ super groups Major Lazer and Diplo to the solo phenomenon of Alison Wonderland and Porter Robinson, for two days Philadelphia got some of the best EDM has to offer at the Mad Decent Block Party. After seven years running, each year of Mad Decent becomes Read More

by Donte Kirby Mother Mother and The Burgeoning were electric on stage at the Voltage Lounge Thursday night. Hometown boys The Burgeoning opened the night playing songs mostly from their upcoming EP.  Songs had a mellow vibe that would transition into a more high energy Read More

by Donte Kirby “We bring regional, national and international acts all under one roof,” said the host of June’s Communion Club night at the Milkboy. Anyone’s who’s been to a Communion knows that in the ever rotating cast of acts there’s always Read More

by Donte Kirby Melancholy and filled with a longing for a woman you can’t have. A sentiment that has written more records than anyone cares to count. Damian Rice channels the grief of a lovelorn man in varying forms across the ten tracks of O. “No love, no glory/ No hero in her Read More