The Key

• Peter Hook & The Light to play New Order songs in September, after New Order plays them in July

  Will the real New Order please stand up. Peter Hook, the bassist from New Order and Joy Division won’t be out on tour with New Order this summer when they play The Mann in July, but Hook and his band … Read More

• Say What? Souls Of Mischief playing Underground Arts on June 27
• Watch Cold Fronts signing to Warner Brothers / Sire Records via Vine

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• My Morning Download: "The Valley" by The Oh Hellos

  The Oh Hellos are Maggie and Tyler Heath from San Marcos, Texas. The eclectic folk rock siblings released their debut EP in 2011 and fall into a musical continuum that includes Mumford, Los Campesinos, Of Monsters and Men and The … Read More

• Philly electronic music experts sound off on Daft Punk's Random Access Memories
• Gotta Hear Song of the Week: "Burning Instinct" by Red Baraat (playing the XPoNential Music Festival in July)

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• Say What? Souls Of Mischief playing Underground Arts on June 27

  Has it really been 20 years since the hip-hop group Souls of Mischief released their classic 93 ’til Infinity? It sure has. Not familiar? Well, don’t be so quick to run to iTunes for the record. Sadly, you won’t find … Read More

• Watch Low Cut Connie perform two pop-up shows in Chicago (playing Appel Farm on 6/1 and Underground Arts on 8/3)
• Scottish garage rockers Paws playing a free show at Morgan's Pier on 6/12

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• Listen to the latest episode of Folkadelphia streaming on demand! (ft. Bailey Hounds, Vandaveer, Patty Griffin and more!)

  

  In case you missed this week’s episode of Folkadelphia, the weekly exploration of the many definitions of folk music on XPN2, fear no! You can now listen to the show in its entirety streaming on demand. Highlights include music from … Read More

• Watch Low Cut Connie perform two pop-up shows in Chicago (playing Appel Farm on 6/1 and Underground Arts on 8/3)
• Scottish garage rockers Paws playing a free show at Morgan's Pier on 6/12

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• The Week So Far: 11 must-read stories on The Key (incl. My Morning Jacket, Morrissey, and Jamie Lidell)

  

  Elliott Sharp digs into the history and methods of two local guitar effects pedal companies TSVG and smallsound/bigsound [link] We kick off a new regular feature XPN’s Gotta Hear Song of the Week with “Do Yourself a Favor” from Jamie … Read More

• Just Announced: Jim James releasing solo album, playing Johnny Brenda's on 2/18
• Photo Recap: My Morning Jacket at The Mann

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