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By Raymond Simon Music lovers who enjoy well-crafted songs and dynamic live performances should take note of the John Salamone Band. Together for roughly two years, this quartet from the Philadelphia suburbs is poised to reach a broader audience. The band-featuring bassist Brian Read More

By Brenda Hillegas Reed Kendall, founder of the eclectic Philly folk rock act, Up the Chain, has been strumming his acoustic six-string since you were just a kid (he was too, but he was playing the guitar at the time.) Having just finished producing his new album, we figured it Read More

By Brian Kindle “We’ll be your wrecking ball tonight!” Alex Levine of the So So Glos is fond of proclaiming at live shows, followed immediately by an imperative to “get up on your feet!” Backed by urgent, jangling guitar, a galloping rhythm section, Read More

By Brenda Hillegas Photo by Zack Gross RES hasn’t had the chance to sit down in ten years. The Philadelphia born singer is a blend of rock, soul and indie pop. In 2001, she released a debut album with a video in heavy rotation on VH1. A year later, her third single reached Read More

By Andrew Pomager Robert Pollard’s Guided by Voices (GBV) is one of those definitive indie-rock bands. When contemporary indie bands start to find their way from novel to missing-the-point, one play of Alien Lanes is a reminder of what rock should sound like. And unlike so Read More

By Jessica Selby Born and raised in Chicago, Todd Carey moved to Los Angeles in the late 90s to study music at the University of Southern California. Then he began fronting the Los Angeles improv band, Telepathy. But despite causing the band so much success, Carey returned to his Read More