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• Listen to Welcome to Undertown, the new 7" from The Dead Milkmen

  

  Call it making up for lost time. After a long hiatus (and the sad loss of founding member Dave Blood), The Dead Milkmen have been kicking out the jams since their 2009 reunion. A steady series of 7″ singles followed … Read More

• Light Heat's new album now streaming at The New York Times website (appearing on XPN Philly Local tonight)
• How some Philly punk rockers are giving back to the community with the Big Footprints Project

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• "He's Next Up": Meek Mill namedrops Chill Moody

  Last week, during an interview on New York station Hot 97, Philly rapper Meek Mill namedropped Chill Moody as the next big name to come out of the city. It was a quick mention, but enough to get Chill himself … Read More

• Listen: Chill Moody X A Tribe Called Quest, "A Tribe Called Nicethings"
• Tonight's Concert Picks: Murchant at Puck, Les Professionnels with Telequanta at MilkBoy, Lockets with Turning Violet Violet at Safety Meeting, Sara Watkins with Field Report at the New Hope Winery, Chill Moody at Hard Rock Cafe

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• The Week's Best Free MP3s, incl. Hop Along, three Folkadelphia Sessions, Mic Stewart

  Hop Along stepped into Miner Street Recording to experience a Shaking Through Session recently.  Arranged and recorded in just two days, “Sister Cities” features lead singer Frances Quinlan’s powerful and artistic delivery.  Stream and download the song below and learn … Read More

• A conversation with Hop Along's Frances Quinlan about creating "Sister Cities" in a day for Shaking Through
• Philly's Hop Along debuts a raging new song, "Sister Cities," in this month's Shaking Through session

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• Guest VJ Nick Fanelli previews Guild Shows' Tuesday Tune-Out (kicks off tonight at PhilaMOCA)

  

  This month marks the one-year anniversary of PhilaMOCA‘s Tuesday Tune-Out film-and-music showcase, and taking the curator’s reins are current heavy hitters in Philly’s DIY promotions scene. Guild Shows have developed quite the roster of ass-kicking concerts in spaces as far-flung … Read More

• Review: The Menzingers kick off tour with sold out show at The Church
• The Menzingers go Daytrotter

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• Hit the arcade in The Spinto Band's new "Amy + Jen" video (playing Firefly Festival)

  

  It doesn’t seem all that unusual to find Delaware’s The Spinto Band trapped in a world of 80s computer game graphics. With a herky-jerky flair reminiscent of early They Might Be Giants videos, this one for “Amy + Jen” – … Read More

• Watch Gretchen Lohse perform two songs for the On the Hill Series (playing Ortlieb's on 5/4)
• Tonight's Concert Picks: XPN Welcomes The Spinto Band with Buried Beds to the Arden Gild Hall, Joshua James at The Tin Angel, Acres of Diamonds at Ortlieb's, St. James & The Apostles at Johnny Brenda's

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• Tonight's Concert Picks: Boom Room Studio's first anniversary party, Zammuto at Johnny Brenda's, Cheers Elephant and more at Maysie's Farm Fest, Gotye at The Tower Theatre, Melody Gardot at The Merriam Theatre

  To celebrate its one-year anniversary, Fishtown recording studio Boom Room has booked a monster of a show.  Headlined by hip hop group Camp Lo, The W.E. featuring R&B singer Jaguar Wright, psych-jazz trio Grimace Federation and Kuf Knotz, the event … Read More

• Listen to Zammuto's interview and performance on XPN2

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