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By Shannen Gaffney
So obsessed with this song right now. Grandchildren are a Philly-born pop electro band who also incorporate acoustic elements into their music. They’re on the Brooklyn-based independent label Ernest Jenning Records and their latest album Golden Age came out just a few weeks ago. Sheer pop rock perfection.
1 RESTORATIONS LP2
2 LAURA STEVENSON Wheel
3 WAVVES Afraid Of Heights
4 TERA MELOS X’ed Out
5 THEE OH SEES Floating Coffin
6 BLEACHED Ride Your Heart
7 TELEKINESIS Dormarion
8 SAVAGES Silence Yourself
9 KURT VILE Wakin’ On A Pretty Daze
10 DEERHUNTER Monomania
11 !!! Thr!!!er
12 BORN RUFFIANS Birthmarks
13 NO JOY Wait To Pleasure
14 YOUTH LAGOON Wondrous Bughouse
15 WAXAHATCHEE Cerulean Salt
16 ALLISON WEISS Say What You Mean
17 BLACK ANGELS Indigo Meadow
18 PISSED JEANS Honeys
19 FLAMING LIPS The Terror
20 IO ECHO Ministry of Love
21 WILD BELLE Isles
22 THE KNIFE Shaking The Habitual
23 DEAD CONFEDERATE In The Marrow
24 DIRTY FENCES Too High To Kross
25 WIRE Change Becomes Us
26 KATE NASH Girl Talk
27 GENERATIONALS Heza
28 DUMP Superpowerless
29 THE MEN New Moon
30 MUDHONEY Vanishing Point
By Kirsten Becker
There has been quite a bit of buzz surrounding TNGHT, the electronic duo comprised of Hudson Mohawke and Lunice. With just over a year of performing as TNGHT, they have become wildly popular for their unique blend of trap music. Despite having only released one EP, their self-titled debut which came out last year, they embarked on a massive worldwide tour. To kick off the United States portion, TNGHT stopped by Philadelphia’s Starlight Ballroom on April 10th. This show was one of only four stops they would be making in the States.
Continue reading “Concert Review: TNGHT @ The Starlight Ballroom (April 10, 2013)”
On February 21st, 2013, The Front Bottoms came through and recorded a short session with us before their show down the street at World Cafe Live (opening for Bad Books).
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1 RESTORATIONS LP2
2 BLEACHED Ride Your Heart
3 TELEKINESIS Dormarion
4 THEE OH SEES Floating Coffin
5 WAVVES Afraid Of Heights
6 BORN RUFFIANS Birthmarks
7 LAURA STEVENSON Wheel
8 TERA MELOS X’ed Out
9 KURT VILE Wakin On A Pretty Daze
10 YOUTH LAGOON Wondrous Bughouse
11 PISSED JEANS Honeys
12 WAXAHATCHEE Cerulean Salt
13 GENERATIONALS Heza
14 KATE NASH Girl Talk
15 BLACK ANGELS Indigo Meadow
16 WILD BELLE Isles Columbia
17 COLLEEN GREEN Sock It To Me
18 NO JOY Wait To Pleasure
19 DUMP I Can Hear Music
20 FLAMING LIPS The Terror
21 WIRE Change Becomes Us
22 DIRTY FENCES Too High To Kross
23 THE KNIFE Shaking The Habitual
24 ALLISON WEISS Say What You Mean
25 DEVENDRA BANHART Mala
26 LOW The Invisible Way
27 BORED NOTHING Bored Nothing
28 THE MEN New Moon
29 MUDHONEY Vanishing Point
30 VILLAGERS Awayland
Listening to this session, it is easy to see how The Holy Mess have established themselves as one of the finest (not to mention funnest) bands in Philly over the last couple years. When they came down to the station in late 2010, they played through the entire (then-recently released) Benefit Sesh EP, plus a couple other tunes.
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By DJ Honeybear
Okay so I’ll be honest, I did not catch Cheetahs set because the season premiere of America’s Next Top Model (College Edition) happened to come on my television at 9:00. But when I eventually got off my couch and walked down my block to Johnny Brenda’s, I entered just as LA’s FIDLAR (FUCK IT DOG LIFE’S A RISK) was setting up. Continue reading “Concert Review: Wavves/FIDLAR @ Johnny Brenda’s (April 9th, 2013)”