If the name Tami Hart isn’t immediately familiar, there’s still a chance you’ve come across the work of this PostR.Grrrl. After recording two solo albums for Mr. Lady a decade ago, Hart went on to play in Gangway, Winning Looks, and, most recently, MEN, JD Samson’s latest musical project...

We can all agree that Crystal Castles and Sleigh Bells rock.  However, how many (let’s just be honest) teeny-bopping scenesters actually know the roots of noisy, electronic political anthems?  Well, hopefully that will change shortly.  The founders of digital hardcore, Atari Teenage Riot, are back with their first album...

Nothing makes me smile more than poignant piano pop from a postmodern princess.  And somehow the two most poignant of said princesses have found themselves on a 9-date jaunt through the Northeast this June.  This jaunt includes a stop this Saturday, June 11th at the North Star Bar, which...

Feel like getting a bit class for a change? Zoë Keating, avant cellist, will be in town this Wednesday, 6/8, at World Café Live with her one-woman string-quartet. Ms. Keating is a classically-trained cellist and composer who, along with a foot-controlled laptop for looping, is the star (and solitary...

Le Tigre was the first band to ever make me resent being straight.  I mean, I’d hated sports and cargo shorts for years, but the first time I ever saw Le Tigre was the first time I was ever like, “Shit, why can’t I just like cock?  Or, ya...

For me, summer isn’t a good enough reason for a trip, although the 20th anniversary of Screamadelica certainly is.  The UK went all out this March to celebrate Primal Scream’s third LP and what was, earlier this year, ranked as the “Druggiest Album Ever” by NME, with not only...

Every so often Philadelphia’s bastion of NPR-ness (World Café Live) and DIYest (R5 Productions), come together to put on an event that is both culturally refined (I have no idea what that means, but I feel like people who listen to NPR would think it’s a good thing) and...