Friday, October 8 2010
The New Deal: 24 Sept 2010 - Electric Factory, Philadelphia
Seeing the New Deal is simply to experience the musical bending of rock and electronic elements into a unyielding experience.
Tuesday, June 22 2010
The Roots Picnic: 5 June 2010 - Philadelphia
The music at the Roots Picnic was loud, crisp, engaging and diverse. With the inclement weather holding off, all the elements successfully blended to create a great outing. The wide range of musicians demonstrated why the Roots are more than a crew but rather Philadelphia’s finest musical family.
Friday, May 14 2010
Jónsi: 3 May 2010 - Philadelphia
It turns out my concerns were for naught. The audience never had to move. Jónsi cast a spell that whisked them away.
Friday, March 19 2010
Free Energy: Stuck on Nothin’
A decade after Is This It, Philadelphia's Free Energy usher in a new era for guitar pop. And it looks to be a great one.
Friday, February 12 2010
Hall and Oates: Do What You Want, Be What You Are
While anthologies by their very nature can never be everything to everyone, this is a wonderfully assembled overview of Hall and Oates ranging from their roots to the present day.
Wednesday, September 23 2009
The Flaming Lips: 29 August 2009 - Philadelphia
The show started off with the incandescent image of an animated Bollywood woman pleasing herself on a giant screen. The Lips, in their perpetual state of arrested development, arrived one by one, entering through a door in between her legs.
Thursday, September 17 2009
Vivian Girls: 26 August 2009 - Philadelphia
Vivian Girls are a damn cool band surfing on waves of hype.
Wednesday, April 4 2007
COUNTERPOINT: Of Montreal
Care-free stuff or kiddy fluff? Longtime Of Montreal fan Kevin Peterson takes the band to task on some of the points that our first reviewer, Lyra Pappin, raised with reverie.
