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“A lot of people think we’re putting out a shoegaze album…  They’re like, ‘Yes!  Lunar Vacation going shoegaze!” the Georgia indie rock outfit jokes with me during a recent phone chat.  They’re referring to “Set the Stage,” the lead single off of Lunar Vacation’s sophomore LP, Everything Matters, Everything’s...

This Thursday, 6/20, folk supergroup Bonny Light Horseman are bringing their brand-new double album (and first for Jagjaguwar), Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free, to Union Transfer.  While the trio – comprised of Josh Kaufman, Eric D. Johnson, and Anais Mitchell – have played the City of Brotherly...

While 2024 has already given us opportunities to see “classic albums” by Ride, The Charlatans, and Deap Vally in their entirety (the first two on the same night), I was equally entranced by Kim Gordon’s front-to-back performance of her 2024 LP, The Collective, this past Friday (6/14) at Union...

The last time The Dresden Dolls played the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection was December of 2007, when they appeared at Theatre of Living Arts.  At the time, Lou and Bowie were still with us, the South Street landmark was known as “The Fillmore at the TLA,”...

This Friday, May 31st, the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection will have two opportunities to see Oakland-based garage punk quartet Shannon & The Clams, who will be playing this week’s WXPN Free At Noon at World Café Live, before they play a full-length headlining set that night...

Last week local punk rockers Mannequin Pussy played their seventh consecutive sold-out show at Union Transfer.  It all began in August of 2021, when the Marisa Dabice-led band opened the first three dates of Japanese Breakfast’s five-night run at the Eraserhood venue, marking the official/unofficial return of live music...

“Union Transfer is amazing and one of my favorite venues, like Top 3.  That’s the place I would want to go to see a show,” says Josh Hodges, founder and mainman of Portland, OR indie rock outfit STRFKR.  The band has played the Eraserhood ballroom numerous times over the...

“Every show’s just been amazing…  It’s really fun to connect in a physical manner for the first time after not being able to do that for so long.  We’re never gonna take that for granted again,” says Alex Bleeker, bassist and co-founder of New Jersey indie rockers Real Estate,...

New York avant-rock legends Swans – who first emerged from the ashes of no wave in the early ‘80s — have made four appearances at Union Transfer since reuniting in 2010 (Their very first gig back after over a decade was at our very own Trocadero Theatre.)  However, the...