Tag: concert review
Sep. 23, 2016
Angel Olsen and Alex Cameron rock socks off UT
It’d been a little while since I’d last been to Union Transfer (about 10 months!), which is a shame because I really like that venue.…

Jun. 3, 2016
Courtney Barnett puts on ‘pedestrian at best’ show at EF
It is safe to say that the secret is out about Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett. Last year she released what would become one of the…

Jun. 3, 2016
BORNS gives Electric Factory a ‘Dopamine’ rush
Philadelphia was in for a big treat May 27 as the hot new indie pop artist BORNS made his stop at the Electric Factory on…

May. 27, 2016
Smokey Brian goes off the high DIIV at the 714 Club
The crowd danced, the open bar drinks flowed, and the 714 club thumped with a swath of chic music spanning the modern pop era. The…

May. 27, 2016
Indie band ‘Twin Peaks’ amazes at Boot and Saddle
It was an all-Chicago affair at South Broad’s Boot and Saddle May 20. Jimmy Whispers and Ne-Hi opened the show for Twin Peaks, who are…

May. 27, 2016
Tory Lanez and A$AP Ferg take Philly to a ‘New Level’
On May 18, rappers A$AP Ferg and Tory Lanez brought their “Level Up Tour” to the Fillmore. With opener Madeintyo, this was the very first…

May. 27, 2016
Car Seat Headrest rocks UA with new album, ‘Teens of Denial’
People gave me a lot of quizzical looks when I told them I was headed to Underground Arts to see a band called “Car Seat…

May. 20, 2016
Cage the Elephant plays ‘last show ever’ at Mann Center
“This is going to be our last show ever,” Cage The Elephant frontman Andrew Shultz said . The crowd was not buying it. After all,…

May. 20, 2016
Max Frost plays killer show at Boot and Saddle
Boot and Saddle is a hidden gem of Philadelphia. In a city filled with college students and hipsters, there are an abundance of bars and…

May. 20, 2016
Parquet Courts puts on solid show for rowdy Union Transfer fans
New York-based punk band Parquet Courts played a jam-packed Union Transfer May 11. Touring in support of their latest album “Human Performance,” Parquet Courts put…
