The Week So Far: 12 must-read stories on The Key
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Explore the roots of The Roots with a 1996 audio documentary and vintage photos [link]
Philadelphia art-pop act Auctioneer premiered a new song called “Swim” [link]
We review the major label debut from Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill, Dreams and Nightmares [link]
Philly thrashers Ruby the Hatchet is streaming its entire new album from Bandcamp [link]
Twang out with indie-country guy Daniel Romano and his song “Middle Child” [link]
Remembering the late Terry Callier with performances from World Cafe [link]
Get details on The Lumineers return to Philadelphia in February [link]
Download Memory Tapes‘ second Halloween minimix, Walk Me Home 2 [link]
Philly Americana rockers The Bailey Hounds put a piano-ballad spin on Danzig’s “Mother” [link]
Dan Matz of Windsor for the Derby mixed classic rock and drone rock in an eclectic playlist [link]
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Non-COMM Recap: Going introspective with John Murry (photos, audio, setlist)
With just his guitar and his voice, Bay Area by way of Mississippi songwriter John Murry played an emotional, powerful set Wednesday night at Non-COMM. Playing an assortment of songs from his current LP The Graceless Age, he also threw … Read More
- Non-COMM Recap: Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside dabble in retro rock (photos, audio, setlist)
- Non-COMM Recap: The late night gets weird with Foxygen (photos, audio, setlist)
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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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Non-COMM Recap: Going introspective with John Murry (photos, audio, setlist)
With just his guitar and his voice, Bay Area by way of Mississippi songwriter John Murry played an emotional, powerful set Wednesday night at Non-COMM. Playing an assortment of songs from his current LP The Graceless Age, he also threw … Read More
- Non-COMM Recap: Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside dabble in retro rock (photos, audio, setlist)
- Non-COMM Recap: The late night gets weird with Foxygen (photos, audio, setlist)
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Non-COMM Recap: Going introspective with John Murry (photos, audio, setlist)
With just his guitar and his voice, Bay Area by way of Mississippi songwriter John Murry played an emotional, powerful set Wednesday night at Non-COMM. Playing an assortment of songs from his current LP The Graceless Age, he also threw … Read More
- My Morning Download: "The Tide" by Bow Thayer & Perfect Trainwreck (playing Voltage Lounge on Saturday, May 18)
- Thee, Idea Men and friends cover Amy Winehouse's "Valerie" in Nashville (playing MilkBoy on 6/13)
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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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mewithoutYou announces summer tour, takes Auctioneer along for the ride (ends at The Depot in York on 7/6)
Upper Darby-bred art rock five-piece mewithoutYou announced a run of summer tour dates, and they’re bringing like-minded Philly outfit Auctioneer along for the ride. The former is continuing to tour behind their excellent 2012 LP Ten Stories, while the latter … Read More
- Tonight's Concert Picks: The Intersection of Music and Technology at Underground Arts, Kaki King at World Cafe Live, Buried Beds with Auctioneer and Great American Canyon Band at Kung Fu Necktie
- Tonight's Concert Picks: Mount Moriah at Johnny Brenda's, Auctioneer and Heyward Howkins at PhilaMOCA, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell at the Academy of Music