Jen Cloher opened up the night with a stripped down acoustic set of her usually more explosive music. She still managed to light up the room with her songs, interspersed with anecdotes about the words behind them. Cloher’s opening set complemented the rest of the concert well while also distinguishing herself as a songwriter with […]
Silky, enchanting vocals laid over a curiously complex aggregation of instrumental melodies. Overall this is a very reflective album, though there are a couple of breakaway songs that don’t place perfectly into the mood. It’s littered with longing choruses like: ‘Where did I go wrong?’, ‘You don’t know this guy’, and ‘I’ll try for […]
Walter TV Walter TV is to Mac Demarco as Pond is to Tame Impala. The band shares and has shared DNA with Mac’s band (including having Mac himself play bass for them) and the two acts have a lot in common- jangly guitars, fat basslines, and a lot of baseball caps. Hailing from Canada, the […]
Some of the best things in music are collaborations. Queen & David Bowie. Beyonce & Lady Gaga. Fall Out Boy & Panic! At The Disco. With the exception of hip-hop, the genre of perfect pairings has been declining, with artists secluding themselves from each other creatively. However, Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett have come to […]
Despite being a huge Tove Lo fan, I was prepared to hate “Disco Tits”. Why? Because what kind of a name is this? Who in the world names a good song “Disco Tits”? Tove Lo does. It’s with a huge smile on my face that I write that my assumptions about “Disco Tits” were completely […]
Bully, a rock band from Nashville, will be in Philadelphia on 11/14 at First Unitarian church. Bully’s sophomore album Losing is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated releases for Fall, with early reviews and critics raving about the record’s explosive power and sharp and powerful lyrics. It came out this month on Sub-Pop. Bully received near […]
What I would listen to if I were somehow sunbathing at 2 or 3 AM. It would be dark out, but somehow still pleasantly warm — as if it were a nice, sunny day. This album gives me a uniquely eerie feeling that I’ve never really been able to find anywhere else. Many of […]
Okay, so I go to a lot of concerts. I spend basically all my money on concerts (or food). Rock, hip hop, pop, rap, jazz, classical, world—it doesn’t matter. I’ve been to concerts in big groups; I’ve been by myself. I’ve been first row, last row, to big festivals and tiny venues. There’s something so […]
If you’re not careful (really, even if you are careful) this album will make you lose faith in your sense of reality …but in a sort of good way. Jerry Paper, who describes himself as an ‘11th dimension musical entity’ who occasionally occupies the body of Lucas Nathan, is absolutely obsessed with the simulations […]
Kali Uchis played at West Philly’s own World Café Live, with a very impressive opener Phony Ppl, both bringing the chilliest of vibes on Wednesday night to a sold out show. Kali Uchis, born Karly Loaiza in Pereira, Columbia, is a singer, songwriter and producer who has been garnering more and more attention in […]
