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Is it just me… or was pop culture allowed to be weirder in the ‘60s and ‘70s? Not necessarily better (although, let’s be honest, it was that, too), but weirder… This Friday, September 9th, Eagle Rock Entertainment is putting out 1975 ABC TV special Alice Cooper: The Nightmare on...
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Last Wednesday, August 2nd, Blondie and Garbage brought their Rage and Rapture Tour, which Shirley Manson fittingly referred to as, “the best summer camp ever,” to the Mann Center, in Fairmount Park. And although neither band are exactly in their prime (Debbie Harry turned 72 last month and Butch...
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So I realize it’s fun (and easy) to make fun of Motley Crue, but I think they just might be the greatest “hard rock,” band of all-time (Now whether that’s something to be proud or ashamed of is an entirely different argument.) I mean, sure they’re basically bros who’ve...
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I’ve been onstage with Iggy Pop four times The godfather of punk has also kicked me in the head mid-stage-dive, salivated me...
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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...
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This November it will be 21 years since I bought my first Stones album… No, it wasn’t Sticky Fingers or Exile or some best of comp… but Stripped (which I’m almost sure was also the first album I ever bought on release date… which would go on to lead...
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This Friday, April 8th, sees the release of Daniel Ash’s first studio album since 2002’s criminally underrated S/T album. This one is called Stripped. It features new renditions of some classic Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, and Love and Rockets songs. It’s described as “’re-takes’...
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So surely all of Philthy’s post-punks, new wavers, and likely-at-this-point-in-time-hip-as-fuck parents were thrilled when New Order hit up the Mann in the summer of 2013, their first local date in about two decades… However, I think I speak for us all when I say that the 14,000-capacity summertime shed...
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Today sees the release of the criminally brilliant Empire Underground EP, courtesy of London-based electro duo The Big Pink. The album sees the band fully-embracing a very post-Brit Poppy, shogazey take on poignant electro pop, reminiscent of early BRMC, coupled with the shimmery flair of Asobi Seksu. Well, Philly...
Is it just me… or was pop culture allowed to be weirder in the ‘60s and ‘70s? Not necessarily better (although, let’s be honest, it was that, too), but weirder… This Friday, September 9th, Eagle Rock Entertainment is putting out 1975 ABC TV special Alice Cooper: The Nightmare on...
