R.E.M.

This June alt-rock legends Modest Mouse played a show at the relatively-nearby Archer Music Hall in Allentown, which sold out fairly instantly.  However, on August 19th Isaac Brock and his Portland-based crew (including longtime bassist Russell Higbee and longtime percussionist Ben Massarella) will be playing Philadelphia proper when they...

“We were a different band in a lot of ways from when we played Philly at World Café Live in 2023; we even had more members then.  We’ve learned and grown so much since then,” says Wallace, drummer of indie pop/rock trio Koyal, who will be returning to the...

This past Tuesday, August 5th, The Mann Center hosted the summer shed spectacle of the year, starring co-headliners The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse, two legends of alternative rock whose histories with the Fairmount Park amphitheater are equally storied.  In addition to previously sharing the stage of [what is...

Next month, our phavorite locally based internet radio station, Y-Not Radio, officially turns 14.  And this Thursday, June 6th, Kung Fu Necktie will be hosting the Y-Not Radio 14th Anniversary celebration with English slacker pop phenom Lauran Hibberd (opening the evening is local bassist and songwriter Harlee Torres).  The...

This month marks 20 years since I moved to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection.  I was the typical suburban alternative teen, migrating to University of the Arts to study among likely the only fans of The Velvet Underground and Nick Cave hailing from upper-middle-class, yuppie-breeding...

Although it’s fun getting to spend several nights a week seeing great young bands just on the verge of breaking, at 34, it’s almost always most exciting to get to indulge in the nostalgia of the music that raised me… And tonight, Johnny Brenda’s is hosting a double, or...