Ortliebs

Written and photographed by : Max Bennett A three-band bill at Ortlieb’s in Northern Liberties on July 20 offered up moody post-punk, blistering three-guitar rock, and a very funny Midwest screamo set to officially welcome hometown rockers Rat Jester to the Philly music scene. Read More

written by Maria Arroyo This past weekend was Will Brown‘s single release party at Ortlieb’s! Opening the show was a high impact, alt-electro band, Lovecartel. Throughout their set, they displayed incredible energy and musical moments. Lead singer Ash Kernen kept my Read More

written by Maria Arroyo A few days ago I had the chance to do an in-person interview with Ash Kernen, the lead singer of  Lovecartel, and Will Brown, who also plays Lovecartel, but is premiering his solo single release tonight at Ortliebs. I first met Kernen at last year’s Read More

written by Maria Arroyo This past Friday, June’s Landing and The Great Enough opened for the rock/indie outfit, Brother Starling, who just released their latest album, The Weight of Change. We ran into The Great Enough at Philly’s very own Orlieb’s where they Read More

By Adam McGrath Wednesday night at Ortlieb’s, the Philly music community came out in force as a dozen different acts put their spin on a track from Nirvana’s Nevermind album, which celebrates its 25th anniversary on September 24. This was night two of the tribute, as a completely Read More

by Adelie Salagnac From appearances on national television or selling out historic venues, to almost breaking up, Run River North’s journey has been a wild one. The members of this California-based Korean-American indie folk-rock band had to learn the hard way what being a band Read More