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By Raymond Simon According to Herbie Shellenberger, one of the guys behind England Belongs to Twee, Philadelphia’s oldest established permanent floating disco devoted to Oi, British punk, and indie pop, the March night when he’d booked Standard Fare to play at The Ox Read More

By Izzy Cihak Hello, hello. It’s Izzy Cihak… likely the most eccentric, cynical, and pretentious member of the Origivation family. Welcome to my column, “108 lbs and Condescending.” The title is derived from my mentor, Jack Murnighan, who once used the Read More

By Randy LoBasso Philadelphia’s City Council is sort of like the latest Michael Bay remake of a classic horror movie: Terrible. I’d like to tell you all about their should-be criminal acts upon the residents of this city, like just last month raising property taxes Read More

By Jason Sendaula Photo by Mike Dillon Formed in the late 1980s in Eugene, Oregon the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies have gone through very different sounds and line-ups in their more than 20 years of touring and recording. Through all of it the band’s front man Steve Perry Read More

By Alexandra Jones Photos by Drew Reynolds It would be wrong to call A Sunny Day in Glasgow’s April 1st Kung Fu Necktie show a homecoming. For five weeks the Philly-based sextet had been spreading the good news via their brand of dreamy, effects-laden indie rock on a tour Read More

By Andrew Moore Formerly known as Reality Stricken, Delaware Valley rockers The Escape’s recent transformation is a wee more involved than the aforementioned name change. “We felt tied down to our old name,” says lead singer Steve Angello. “We switched Read More