Mercury Girls

by Bryan Culver I know we live in a moderately large city—one that knows how to pack a music venue—but it’s easy to forget that Philly is often an auto-include on any band’s touring itinerary. Johnny Brenda’s—for the unacquainted, you’ve been missing out.  The rowdy Phishtown Read More

by Ziggy Merritt When making something as elemental as pop music one does not have to go far to stumble upon a few chords and a melody. Making good pop music is an entirely different beast. For the members of Baltimore-based band, Wildhoney, this is the challenge. Having gone Read More

by Ziggy Merritt Few nights of the year leave you hankering for aspirin and three glasses of ice cold water the day after. Of these nights, New Year’s Eve remains one of the few that the entire globe can celebrate in all of its Dionysian delight. Hearing the call to help usher in Read More

by Ziggy Merritt From their debut, Scribble Mural Comic Journal, to their most recent double-EP, Planning Weed Like It’s Acid/Life Is Loss, the shifting membership of pop wizards, A Sunny Day in Glasgow has enjoyed continual success. Many of their releases easily work their way Read More

By Ziggy Merritt Thursday night at PhilaMOCA started off as many nights do within the stark confines of this particular venue: with a slow, steady trickle of guests filling in the limited space well after the show began at 8pm. Performing for a crowd greedily consuming the Read More