Listen to The Fractals recorded live on the Leicht Lunch
The members of The Fractals are veterans in the Philly rock scene, from the 90s alt-rock act Huffamoose up to their collective role as session players and music teachers today. With a show coming up at new Philly venue Underground Arts this Thursday Aug. 16, The Fractals paid a visit to the Leicht Lunch today to perform and chat with XPN’s Helen Leicht. Below, you can download their acoustic performance of the new song “Twila Darlin’”, get an mp3 of their studio recording “Miss Kensington,” and hear an archive of their entire appearance.
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Non-COMM Recap: The late night gets weird with Foxygen (photos, audio, setlist)
Quirky upstate New York four-piece Foxygen got crazy in a late-night Non-COMM set yesterday that blended Doors-esque poppy psychedelia with punk-y dissonance. Check out the setlist below, and listen back to the set in its entirety here (via the WXPN … Read More
- Watch Surgeon perform "Greed" at Garage Mahal (playing Johnny Brenda's on Sunday)
- A conversation on A Pretty Daze with Philadelphia's Kurt Vile (headlining Union Transfer tomorrow)
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Folkadelphia Session: Morning River Band (and their record release show on Fri. 5/17 at Milkboy Philly)
I always thought Philly to be more of a bluegrass town, what, with its West Philly front porch jam sessions and train terminal busking, but that sweet-and-sour country style is alive and well in our fair city and giving us … Read More
- The Key Studio Sessions: Literature
- Listen / Download: "Fifth in Line to the Throne," a new song from Camera Obscura (opening for She and Him and The Mann Center in July)
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Non-COMM Recap: Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside dabble in retro rock (photos, audio, setlist)
Portland retro group Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside showed the Non-COMM crowd its rockability in a feisty set that closed out Wednesday night. The band is touring behind its latest LP Untamed Beast; check out the setlist below and … Read More
- Non-COMM Recap: The late night gets weird with Foxygen (photos, audio, setlist)
- Non-COMM Recap: Robert Randolph makes steel strings sing and the crowd dance (photos, audio)
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Listen to Kingsfoil recorded live on the Leicht Lunch (new record out tomorrow, playing Chameleon Club on Saturday)
York, Pa. rock four-piece Kingsfoil releases its latest album, A Beating Heart is a Bleeding Heart, tomorrow on Holiday Heart Records, and has a few other big things in the works as well. On Thursday morning, they’re appearing on VH1′s … Read More
- Listen to Jim McGorman recorded live on the Leicht Lunch
- Listen to Jason Karaban recorded live on the Leicht Lunch