07/07/2008
Nobunny @ M Room: Live Review + Photos
On Fourth of July eve I ventured out to the M Room in Fishtown to witness the man, the myth, the bunny who goes by the name Nobunny. His name is obviously a reference to Rene Magritte's iconic 1929 "This is Not a Pipe." Obviously! Oh and how ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/07/2008 9:48 AM EST in WTF?, Garage Rock, Live Review, Events | Permalink
06/26/2008
Go To This: Times New Viking Tonight @ Johnny Brenda's!!!
Philly people, you seriously can't miss this! The excellent, ear-shattering lo-fi three-eyed monster that is Times New Viking will strike Johnny Brenda's this eve and leave a trail of flowers after the dust settles. As it so boldly states on the ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/26/2008 1:36 PM EST in Lo-Fi, Indie-Rock, Events | Permalink
06/24/2008
Philly Popped! Fest Review + Photos
On Saturday, Robin and I attended the Popped! Fest in West Philly. The oh-so-dreammmyyy indie bill included Dan Deacon, Gogol Bordello, Crystal Castles and others (we only caught a song or two from The Ting Tings and weren't interested in seeing ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/24/2008 9:45 PM EST in Electronic, Post-Punk, Live Review, Events | Permalink
06/17/2008
Go to This: Philly Popped! Festival with Dan Deacon, Crystal Castles, Vampire Weekend, Slick Rick, Daniel Johnston and More!
This coming weekend (June 20th-22nd) will be an awesome one for music heads here in Philly. Popped! Philadelphia Music Festival will be hosting some rad bands over the course of 3 days. Whoa! Check out Saturday's line-up at Drexel: Vampire We ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/17/2008 3:53 PM EST in General, Events | Permalink
05/30/2008
Philly's Hail Social Gets Remixed, Release Party Tonight @ Medusa
Hail Social have a sweet new EP featuring remixes and re-envisioned by some of Philly's best discoheads including Turbostation, Squid from Plastic Little and my personal favorites Crimp Yr Hair ft. Mike Robinson, whose distorted, nu-gaze remix o ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 05/30/2008 6:57 PM EST in Electronic, Remix, Disco, Local Music, Events | Permalink
05/09/2008
OMFG: My Bloody Valentine 2008 Tour! (Part 2): Ticket Buy
And "the story" continues. At 9:45am this morning I logged on to Ticketmaster's website and navigated successfully to the My Bloody Valentine/Roseland Ballroom ticket page. At first I questioned whether or not I should drop 50 bucks on this show ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 05/09/2008 6:08 PM EST in Shoegaze, Events | Permalink
05/08/2008
Lykke Li Live @ Johnny Brenda's: Interview, Review + Photos
On Tuesday night, Robin and I headed over to Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia's Fishtown section to catch Sweden’s newest pop chanteuse, Lykke Li. Yep, we were psyched! It was a beautiful night and we sat outside eating chicken tacos and humm ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 05/08/2008 10:17 AM EST in Indie-Pop, Interview, Live Review, Events | Permalink
05/06/2008
Lykke Li, Midnight Juggernauts, Hot Lava, Aunt Dracula, Death Set All Playing Philly This Week (and Next)
This week, and into next, it looks like Philly's Johnny Brenda's pretty much has a monopoly on live shows featuring awesome new/semi-new bands. Here's a run-down:
Read MorePosted by Michael on 05/06/2008 2:58 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Electronic, Experimental, Local Music, Events | Permalink
12/26/2007
Philly Artists Determined to Cross Over Into the Surrealistic Mummer Dimension
If you live in Philadelphia and have ever hung around on Broad Street on New Year's Day, well you may have noticed all the colorful, eye-popping brigades trotting and dancing down the street in glorious celebration. Of course, I'm referring to t ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 12/26/2007 12:46 PM EST in Experimental, WTF?, Local Music, Events | Permalink
11/15/2007
OMFG: My Bloody Valentine 2008 Tour!
Gfstshl sjhdeu3 rj3krji3 j934i4 7yg!!!!!!!!!!! Yea, um, not much more to say than that...except I do have some vacation left. Tickets go on sale this Friday, sure to sell out in seconds. Tix will be available here (next to The Eels and underneat ...
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