July 2010

By Julianne Cassidy Photo by Steve Double Under a moonlit sky, down through the winding roads of Chichester, England, a mist seems to create figures in the distance. But wait, are those people? Spirits? Jessica Davies and Katherine Blamire are the Smoke Fairies. Like the Read More

By Sophia Varoumas Photo by Gregg Nixon Ever go to a show stag? A full on show, for hours, spending it with yourself-actually people watching, semi-socializing and anticipating the conversation you will have with the band you know you’re about to meet? Waiting and Read More

By Jessica Renk I knew when the guy next to me put Band-aids over his nipple rings. I knew during the opening act, when a dancer hung from a scarlet curtain and contorted herself into an upside-down split twelve feet above the stage. I knew by the energy that was building in the Read More

By Jason Sendaula Photos by Justin Adams & Dallas Raines for Silvertower Studios Ryan Tennis is a Philadelphia-based singer/songwriter and is one of the winners of this year’s Philadelphia Songwriter Project. He was recently a featured performer at the Read More

By Alexandra Jones They’ve been around for eight years and five acclaimed albums, but Canada’s Frog Eyes may have just figured out the power of music. Their newest, Paul’s Tomb, was called “a great example of everything they do right” by one of our Read More

By Raymond Simon “You studied cinema, you said you knew the price of fame,” Glenn Donaldson sings on “Sculpture Gardens,” a tune on the Art Museum’s debut record, Rough Frame. When asked about that song, Josh Alper, the other half of the duo behind Read More