Former member of Joy Division and New Order Peter Hook and his band The Light return to Philadelphia to perform the legendary Joy Division and New Order compilation albums Substance live, sequentially and in their entireties, on April 26th at Union Transfer. Originally intended to be played in the...

If Wagner were to go glam rock or Hansel and Gretel were to do acid, as Voigt's label Kompakt describes, this would be the place to hear it....

When having to imagine all of the best artists to co-tour with, touring with Tricky is “seriously, an honor,” says Terra Lopez, lead singer of Sacramento-based band Rituals of Mine (f.k.a. Sister Crayon) during their opening act at Underground Arts for the Bristol-based heavy-bass-heart-of-darkness. A heckler in the crowd...

This Friday, October 28th, Black Kids are back in Philly with new tracks from their upcoming (yet to be named) 2017 album, including their latest release: Obligatory Drugs, headlining at Kung Fu Necktie. Whether you remember a time you had danced at a DIY basement party with a fervent...

While every lonely housewife and intellectually-repressed book club member in America flock to see the premier of 50 Shades of Grey, the adapted film of E.L. James’s book, I pull out of my bookshelf a copy of The Marquis De Sade’s Justine and say (pointer finger up): actually this came first. Already getting...

There are two things I absolutely love: sick house parties and (two) drops of X. Better known as Jamie XX, Jamie Smith gave plenty of both at his September 4th show at Union Transfer. With an engulfing bass line and dreamlike layers of steel drums and echoing vocals, Jamie’s...

After reading City Paper’s response to the NYC Crying Guide, we decided to add to the list of places we have sulked in self-loathe. Let’s face it, Philadelphia is a sad city. Suffering the Napoleon complex to its neighboring city New York, ranking a top-percentage in highest crime rate in the country, and a...

Whether you are spending Valentine’s Day over a romantic dinner with your boo, indulging yourself in a Golden Girls marathon with your besties (or your cat, because they count as besties too!), or just scrolling through Instagram to find the best anti-Valentine’s-Day meme ever, be sure to rock a...

As the cold season begins to make its way into Philth and the supposed Mayan End-of-Times is on its eve of possible destruction, my only major concern is: what will distant-future anthropologists have to say about the final youth generation’s style? For tentatively planned Apocalypse within the next few hours, ...