union transfer

by Matt Kelchner On a chilly and cool fall night, Washington, DC’s own The Dismemberment Plan made a stop in Philadelphia at Union Transfer as part of their tour celebrating the release of their latest album, Uncanney Valley. The new record marks the band’s first since 2001’s Read More

by Matt Kelchner Saturday night at Union Transfer was meant to be a homecoming of sorts for Title Fight and Balance and Composure. Balance and Composure were celebrating the release of their latest album, The Things We Think We’re Missing. It was also the first show in Read More

by Jane Roser It would be Murphy’s Law that I have to be in New York Wednesday night when Langhorne Slim is performing at Philly’s Union Transfer. An artist I have highly respected and admired for awhile, Langhorne is no stranger to the Keystone state. Taking his Read More

by Matt Kelchner It was a busy night. Highlighted by a former football coach’s triumphant return and several other concerts happening around the city, the one place to be Thursday evening was at Union Transfer. Touring behind his brand new album, and first off indie giant Sub Pop Read More

by Donte Kirby “Our lives have become this celebratory dance track in a sense,” says lead vocals of Canadian electronic band Austra. Katie Stelmanis is referring to the band’s new album Olympia. She explains how, despite the fact that unlike the band’s previous album, Feel Read More

by Adam McGrath For a little while there, I could have been in an episode of HBO’s True Blood. The stage at Ortlieb’s Lounge was bathed in red neon and Reese Van Riper was pumping out dirty rock that would make the supernatural residents of Bon Temps feel right at home. Though Read More