Olivia Vaughn

By Ryan O’Connell Photo by Olivia Vaughn On a damp fall Monday night at Philly Rising, a packed, yet well-organized open mic night at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, the Josh and Pete Band are set to go on at 10pm, in the Lightning Round. The hope is that someone drop outs Read More

By W.T. Edwards Photos by Olivia Vaughn “Are you ready to do Motion Capture?” These were the last seven words I heard before finding myself dancing to an unknown hip-hop song in an effort to be immortalized in The Movements of South Street motion capture library. Read More

By Alexandra Jones Photos by Olivia Vaughn Illustration by Drew Dunlap Being human is hard. Most people will concede that being a lady human poses its own set of unique, societally-imposed challenges. And if you take a look at our culture, it’s easy to get the impression Read More

By Kirk Greenwood Photo by Olivia Vaughn Kill You in the Face-it’s an ironically off-putting name for a band whose upbeat, poppy sound seems to jive more with their MySpace claim of being “all around nice guys” than the morbid mental image the name conjures. The Read More

By Raymond Simon Photo by Olivia Vaughn Even a casual listen to Christie Lenée’s instrumental, “Evolution,” reveals that she’s not your run-of-the-mill folkie. In a little more than six minutes, the piece skillfully blends elements of modern classical Read More

By Juliet DeRose Photos by Olivia Vaughn “I don’t want to deal with promotions or sleazy booking agents, I just want to make music.” It’s a late summer night in Fishtown as Marc Neibauer, the mastermind behind local band, Eat Your Birthday Cake, reveals Read More