Tag: band
Jul. 10, 2015
Philly’s own PALMAS rocks out at Ortlieb’s
On a rainy summer day, I found myself walking to a bar placed in an empty lot. Ortlieb’s Lounge, a bar no more than 40…

May. 8, 2015
Smallpools wins Union Transfer crowd over
It’s not often that I’ll go to a concert and the first song will be Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons.” It’s also not often one of…

Jul. 10, 2014
Luke Elliot ventures into new musical territories
Luke Elliot is to America what Soan is to France — timeless blues with speckles of rock ’n’ roll. However, Elliot does not completely agree…
Apr. 18, 2014
Osa and Beguirstain of Aloud talk latest album
There are a multitude of bands that have emerged quickly on the indie rock scene and vanished just as quickly from our memories. Aloud is…

Mar. 7, 2013
Tiger Jaw does justice to punk genre
Pennsylvania’s own Tigers Jaw and Modern Baseball performed March 1 at Flux along with fellow punk band Sun. The show was reportedly very close to…
Apr. 27, 2012
Philadelphia energized by up-and-coming band Free Energy
The music industry is building a conglomerate of the synthetic: mannequins whose concerts revolve around putting on a spectacle with bright lights, robotic dance moves…
Apr. 27, 2012
Drexel’s D & M releases third EP ‘Wait For Me’
After some discussion while sitting backstage before their April 15 CD release show at World Cafe Live, members of the Drexel-based band D & M…
Apr. 20, 2012
Say Anything packs the TLA
Say Anything performed live last Sunday night at the TLA in Philadelphia to a packed crowd. Opening acts included Tallhart, Fake Problems and Kevin Devine…
Mar. 16, 2012
Fanfarlo promote album, overcome technical glitches
London’s Fanfarlo played March 8 at Union Transfer in support of their thoroughly enjoyable second album, “Rooms Filled With Light.” It was a fairly large…
Mar. 16, 2012
Jam band moe. rocks crowd at Electric Factory
As a self-proclaimed jam band nerd, I have developed the bad habit of assuming that I know everything there is to know about jam bands…