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  • Annie Hart: “Please expect catchy hooks, DIY ethics, and a marginally post-punk vibe.” (8/17 at The Dolphin)

    The Weight Of A Wave, the fourth solo LP from musician and composer Annie Hart (1/3rd of synth-pop group Au Revoir Simone) drops today courtesy of Uninhabitable Mansions.  However, the album’s origins date back to even before Hart wrote and recorded her previous full-length, Everything Pale Blue, an ambient...
  • Cold Beat’s Hannah Lew Talks John Lennon, New Order, and Neil Young (Amongst Other Things…)

    Although the pandemic provided a profound plethora of struggles for the vast majority of the world, some of our favorite musicians channeled those frustrations into music that is surprisingly optimistic… possibly none more surprising than ultra-moody San Francisco-based, post-punk-leaning poppers Cold Beat, who released their latest album, War Garden,...
  • Welcome Back Live Music w/ Japanese Breakfast and UT

    Although there have been a small handful of live concerts throughout Philadelphia over the course of the summer, The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection will have its unofficial welcome back to live music with Japanese Breakfast, who will be headlining a record five sold out nights at...
  • Pageants on “music that feels like us.”

    Someone needs to make summertime jams for the indie kids… Fortunately, Pageants’ upcoming sophomore LP, Sun and Settled Days, is full of them.  The second full-length from the Long Beach duo, comprised of partners Rebecca Coleman and Devin O’Brien, is a collection of sun-soaked, surf-friendly garage rock gems… which...
  • Magdalena Bay Talk Pop Music (Sat. at B&S w/ Yumi Zouma)

    In an age when it’s become okay for punks and hipsters to listen to Carly Rae Jepsen and Miley Cyrus, there may not be a more unabashedly and unashamedly “pop” artist worth listening to than Magdalena Bay…  The LA-duo, comprised of Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin, churn out something...
  • Five Reasons to See Peter Hook and The Light at Union Transfer

    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...