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by Holli Stephens There wasn’t a moment where multi-instrumentalist K Ishibashi, otherwise known as Kishi Bashi, wasn’t smiling Friday night at the TLA. The artist had just come off a new album, Lighght, and whenever his name was brought up in an opening act, it was met by a Read More

by Michelle Singer Tonight Foxy Shazam are returning to the Theatre of Living Arts to put on a show unlike any before.  They surprised fans with their new album Gonzo by releasing it out of nowhere for free online and immediately experienced a complete traffic overload with so Read More

by Jodie E. Saueraker The TLA has always induced a certain feeling from artists in Philadelphia- it’s giant marquee, grimy backstage area, the smell of weed wafting through the building, the brilliantly placed stage and its iconic location on South Street. For the thousands of Read More

by Andi Bricklin Eric Hutchinson and Saints of Valory have been on a seven-week tour with Philly being their 3rd to last stop together.  In that time both Eric and the Saints have dropped records so new that as Eric put it, and I’m paraphrasing, “If it were a baby, you wouldn’t Read More

by Adam McGrath Rows of fans screamed every lyric of the Toadies three-part set Saturday night at the TLA, even as they warded off the bouncing bodies swirling outward from the center of the floor. The seasoned Texas band absolutely crushed it as they performed their entire 1994 Read More

by Adam McGrath Guitarist Clark Vogeler joined the Texas alt-rock band, Toadies, in 1996, just as Interscope Records started to muck everything up. It was two years since “Possum Kingdom” dominated airwaves, but this was the beginning of the end of times for major label Read More