On Saturday, May 27th, dance-punk band Le Tigre opened their summer tour with a raucous concert in Philadelphia’s Union Transfer. The group hasn’t performed together since August of last year and hasn’t toured extensively since 2005. As a result, excitement around the band’s reunion has led to sellout dates through the end of the tour […]
Have you ever had a gut feeling that something was going to pay off? That’s exactly what Matt Damon’s Sonny Vaccaro character is battling in AIR, the upcoming movie from Amazon Studios about Nike signing Michael Jordan to an exclusive contract. The movie takes you on a rollercoaster experience as the characters make bold moves […]
Scream is a classic piece of metafiction that pokes fun at horror movie tropes. If you like fiction that is self-aware, suspenseful, and hyperbolically gory, Scream IV will be the stuff for you.
Dave Franco and Allison Brie’s film, “Somebody I Used to Know” will give you everything you expect from a Rom-Com, while still making you realize that maybe, sometimes love is not always meant to be. Not to mention it’s nostalgic rock soundtrack you will want to listen to after watching.
Last Friday, Lana Del Rey’s seventh studio album Chemtrails Over The Country Club was released to wide acclaim. She’s shedding away the trip hop, sadcore anthems that we all know her by to bring us something rawer – something more reflective and atmospheric. The album is representative of a more mature Lana Del Rey, who has opened up about […]
The coronavirus pandemic has undoubtedly impacted all aspects of our everyday lives in a plethora of ways. Restaurants, movie theaters, bars–all businesses and industries have been affected to some extent by the deadly virus and the required reimagining of the “new normal” that we work to define, as we slowly return to life outside of […]
I sometimes find that as I listen to this type of music, most of the artists are white males. So I naturally got excited when I started noticing more people of color (particularly from the California area), and since I am Venezuelan-American, the Latinx representation is near and dear to my heart. Here are some […]
Exactly two years after I watched Mayday Parade headline The Foundry in Philadelphia, the band moved downstairs to its larger counterpart, The Fillmore, to transport the audience into Sunnyland, the backdrop of their newest record. 2018 marks Mayday Parade’s thirteenth year together as a band, and despite non-stop touring and six album releases through it […]
All photos by Madi Hynson. Last month, a beautiful onslaught of local acts were brought to the Philly Music Festival. A four-day event packed with every rising musical talent in this city, from rap to jazz to alt-rock, this festival was a must-see on all of our calendars. Each act brought their own exuberant energy […]
On a cold and rainy Tuesday evening, DREAMERS brought the heat to Philly’s Voltage Lounge. Following strong opening sets from morgxn and Weathers, the crowd eagerly anticipated DREAMERS’ set, managing to make the walls reverberate with their screams. While DREAMERS themselves are a fairly younger band, the audience ranged in age, with many of those in […]
