February 2011

By Jason Sendaula South Philadelphia’s J1 Studios is an ever-expanding comic book and multimedia studio founded by local artist Jason Richardson. Beginning with comics, the company has expanded into video games, cover art and a variety of freelance engagements. During an Read More

By Jennifer Koch Photo by Mike Dillon “I own a human skull. Every artist should own a human skull.” If you are at all interested in tattoos and horror, you know his name. And if you don’t know his name, it will ring loud and clear after you see his work. Read More

By Jen Levins Photo by Mike Dillon Never let the words “I just learned this today so it might be a train wreck” escape your mouth while you’re on stage. NEVER. Welcome to my open mic survival guide for the New Year. I’m guessing that a few of you have been Read More

By Brian Kindle “We’ll be your wrecking ball tonight!” Alex Levine of the So So Glos is fond of proclaiming at live shows, followed immediately by an imperative to “get up on your feet!” Backed by urgent, jangling guitar, a galloping rhythm section, Read More

By Izzy Cihak “We’ll all be gardening on rooftops and we’ll have to know jujitsu to defend our lives,” she tells me within our first minute of conversation. This was preceded by the prophetic, “Five years from now the internet as we know it will not Read More

By Raymond Simon Photo by Percy Bright “I often refer to the music of The Bailey Hounds as ‘cemetery blues’,” says Ryan Petrillo, the band’s lead singer and principal lyricist. “I’d like to imagine all these songs being sung in the Read More