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

How some Philly punk rockers are giving back to the community with the Big Footprints Project

The shrillest highs and lowest lows: After a decade, The Postal Service returns to Philly (photos, review, setlist)

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  Watch Work Drugs' new video for "Mavericks" (playing Morgan's Pier on 7/10)
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  My Morning Download: "My Heart Belongs To You" by Johnathan Rice
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  Review: Baths performs at Union Transfer (and loves it)
  Modern Baseball and The Hundred Acre Woods announce 7" split (playing shows later this month)
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  Make Music Philly Spotlight: Sylvia Platypus
  Watch a conversation with instrumental duo El Ten Eleven, shot at the North Star (playing Johnny Brenda's on 9/20)
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The Key

Discover Philly's Best Local Music

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

How some Philly punk rockers are giving back to the community with the Big Footprints Project

The shrillest highs and lowest lows: After a decade, The Postal Service returns to Philly (photos, review, setlist)

RELATED TOPICS

LATEST POSTS

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

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

Watch Work Drugs' new video for "Mavericks" (playing Morgan's Pier on 7/10)

Everybody who's anybody making music in Philly. Interviews, features, tour diaries, and more—because the only thing bands love more than writing and performing their music is talking about their music.

RELATED TOPICS

LATEST POSTS

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

Firefly Under the Radar: Conner Youngblood

Tonight's Concert Picks: Tame Impala at The Electric Factory, Catnaps at PhilaMOCA, Peter Yarrow at Haddon Lake Park, Northern Arms at Ortlieb's Longue

My Morning Download: "My Heart Belongs To You" by Johnathan Rice

RELATED TOPICS

LATEST POSTS

Watch Local Natives' New Video for "You & I" (playing Electric Factory on 9/28)

Rasputin's Secret Police, Satellite Hearts and more playing Walla Fest (happening at The Centre Theater on 7/6-7/7)

Review: Baths performs at Union Transfer (and loves it)

Modern Baseball and The Hundred Acre Woods announce 7" split (playing shows later this month)

RELATED TOPICS

LATEST POSTS

Firefly Under the Radar: Conner Youngblood

Tonight's Concert Picks: Tame Impala at The Electric Factory, Catnaps at PhilaMOCA, Peter Yarrow at Haddon Lake Park, Northern Arms at Ortlieb's Longue

Make Music Philly Spotlight: Sylvia Platypus

Watch a conversation with instrumental duo El Ten Eleven, shot at the North Star (playing Johnny Brenda's on 9/20)

RELATED TOPICS

LATEST POSTS

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

Firefly Under the Radar: Conner Youngblood

My Morning Download: "My Heart Belongs To You" by Johnathan Rice

Folkadelphia Session: Balto (performing at Lickety Split this Friday)

October 18, 2012 | 3:45 PM | By John Vettese

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