December 12, 2012 | 6:00 PM | By John Vettese
The Week So Far: Eight must-read stories on The Key

Bing & Ruth’s David Moore on the ambient performance he brings to The Barnes Friday [link]
The new LP from The Fleeting Ends, Our Eyes are Peeled, gets the Unlocked treatment [link]
Dave Hartley, bassist for The War on Drugs, launches his sports column From The Key [link]
South Jersey pop-punks Aspiga treat us to a song from each release in their Key session [link]
Roots collaborator Truck North releases Our American Cousin free EP [link]
Does cover art make the album? We ponder this and look at some great local album covers [link]
Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and drummer John Maloney tonight at Space 1026 [link]
Brooklyn duo She Keeps Bees is features on this week’s Folkadelphia session [link]
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Embracing the harp with Liz Ciavolino of Liz and the Lost Boys (playing MilkBoy tonight)
On their debut EP All My Charm and Grace, West Philly’s Liz and the Lost Boys had a quirky, folksy thing going on; since its release, the band’s sound evolved exponentially. A studied classical pianist and harp player, frontwoman Liz … Read More
- Unlocked: Break It Up on bank vaults, studio songwriting and bridging sonic worlds
- Combining form and chaos with Chris Forsyth and the Solar Motel Band (residency continues at Ortlieb's tonight)
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Make Music Philly Spotlight: DEF-Bananas
DEF-Bananas is a Jersey-based hip-hop trio that fashions creative, witty, sometimes playful rhymes over catchy beats in a true collaborative manner.The trio, consisting of Lugo, Kam Dela Coopsta VII, and GQ, produce their own music; they all contribute to the … Read More
- The Key Studio Sessions: Light Heat
- Small Black gets all Missed Connections in their "No Stranger" video (playing a free show at Morgan's Pier on 6/26)
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Make Music Philly Spotlight: DEF-Bananas
DEF-Bananas is a Jersey-based hip-hop trio that fashions creative, witty, sometimes playful rhymes over catchy beats in a true collaborative manner.The trio, consisting of Lugo, Kam Dela Coopsta VII, and GQ, produce their own music; they all contribute to the … Read More
- The Key Studio Sessions: Light Heat
- Small Black gets all Missed Connections in their "No Stranger" video (playing a free show at Morgan's Pier on 6/26)
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The Key Studio Sessions: Light Heat
All photos by Abi Reimold | www.abireimoldphoto.com Philly psychedelic rock outfit Light Heat popped up unexpectedly last summer, but they certainly didn’t come out of nowhere. Frontman and songwriter Quentin Stoltzfus is a longtime player in the local scene (and … Read More
- Firefly Under the Radar: Conner Youngblood
- My Morning Download: "My Heart Belongs To You" by Johnathan Rice
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Make Music Philly Spotlight: DEF-Bananas
DEF-Bananas is a Jersey-based hip-hop trio that fashions creative, witty, sometimes playful rhymes over catchy beats in a true collaborative manner.The trio, consisting of Lugo, Kam Dela Coopsta VII, and GQ, produce their own music; they all contribute to the … Read More
- The Key Studio Sessions: Light Heat
- Small Black gets all Missed Connections in their "No Stranger" video (playing a free show at Morgan's Pier on 6/26)
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How some Philly punk rockers are giving back to the community with the Big Footprints Project
Brendan Lukens is used to watching things grow right before his eyes. The frontman and founder of Philly local pop punk band Modern Baseball saw the group’s following and clout grow big enough to earn them a deal with Run … Read More
- Embracing the harp with Liz Ciavolino of Liz and the Lost Boys (playing MilkBoy tonight)
- Unlocked: Break It Up on bank vaults, studio songwriting and bridging sonic worlds



