The Key

• Folkadelphia Session: Field Report

  If you haven’t been listening to Milwaukee’s Field Report by now, here’s your chance to make it up with no hard feelings from me (but do it quick). There are only a handful of musicians and bands that I nebulously … Read More

• The Week's Best MP3 Downloads, incl. Literature, Market East, Morning River Band
• Tonight's Concert Picks: Surgeon at Kung Fu Necktie, The Killers at Susquehanna Bank Center, XPN welcomes the Philadelphia Songwriters Project to The Blockley

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• Tonight's Concert Picks: Surgeon at Kung Fu Necktie, The Killers at Susquehanna Bank Center, XPN welcomes the Philadelphia Songwriters Project to The Blockley

  Philly metal band Surgeon will release their new album tonight at Johnny Brenda’s Kung Fu Necktie (the show was moved due to a water main break).  Chemical Reign has been a long time coming for the local four-piece: we first got … Read More

• Watch: Phoenix and Steve Martin & Edie Brickell at Non-COMM
• Non-COMM Recap: Going introspective with John Murry (photos, audio, setlist)

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• WXPN to broadcast and webcast Non-COMMvention performances featuring Tom Jones, Tom Tom Club, Foxygen, Kurt Vile, Wild Belle, Laura Mvula and more

  This Wednesday, May 15 through Friday night May 17, the 13th annual Non-COMM industry and music conference is being hosted at WXPN. Many of the bands performing over the three days will be broadcast and webcast on XPN. Below is … Read More

• Tonight's Concert Picks: Parquet Courts at PhilaMOCA, Sir Sly at Johnny Brenda's, Alo Brasil at Underground Arts, Lentil Fest at The Fire and more
• Listen to "Love Sign," a B-Side by Free Energy (touring with The Darkness and playing the North Star Bar on 5/4)

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• The Week's Best MP3 Downloads, incl. The Postal Service, Grandchildren, Joseph Arthur, Mount Moriah, and more

  XPN’s Gotta Hear Song of the Week featured Joseph Arthur and his new song “Saint of Impossible Causes.” The track comes from Arthur’s upcoming album The Ballad of Boogie Christ. Stream and download the song below, and learn more about … Read More

• Unlocked: The Key's Review of Grandchildren's Golden Age
• The Week So Far: 9 must-read stories on The Key (incl. Kurt Vile, Grandchildren, Khari Mateen and Dave Hartley's Top of The Key)

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• Tonight's Concert Picks: In Memory of Joe Stummer at North Star Bar, World/Inferno Friendship Society at Chamelon Club, Kalob Griffin Band at World Cafe Live, The Babies at Kung Fu Necktie

  

  To mark the anniversary of Clash guitarist Joe Strummer’s passing, the North Star Bar will be hosting In Memory of Joe Strummer: A Benefit for Strummerville. The show benefits the Strummervile charity that financially support struggling musicians who aspire to … Read More

• Tonight's Concert Picks: Hoots & Hellmouth at The Sellersville Theater, TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb with Supersuckers at the North Star Bar, Ben Arnold at World Cafe Live
• Listen to "Repeat Myself," a new track from Hoots and Hellmouth (playing Union Transfer on 11/3)

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• Photo Recap: Jukebox the Ghost, Matt Pond and The Spring Standards at Union Transfer

  

  Photos by Chris Sikich | countfeed.tumblr.com In their biggest headlining show to date, Jukebox the Ghost played Union Transfer last Friday night. Fellow formal local Matt Pond played an opening set with his new band, and Delaware buzz-makers The Spring … Read More

• Matt Pond streams new album, plays Union Transfer with Jukebox the Ghost
• Download a free EP by Matt Pond via Noisetrade (opening for Jukebox the Ghost at Union Transfer on 3/15)

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