The Key

• 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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• 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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• SXSW required watching: Alt-J live in concert from Stubb's (playing a sold out show this Thursday at TLA)

  Alt-J played SXSW this past week as part of the NPR Music showcase along with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Waxahatchee, and Cafe Tacuba. Alt-J put on a mesmerizing performance and if you’re not yet … Read More

• The Key's Year-End Mania: Julie Miller's Top Five Pond-Crossers of 2012
• Just Announced: Alt J returns to Philadelphia in March (playing the TLA on 3/21)

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• My Morning Download: "Until We Get There" by Lucius

  Currently based in Brooklyn, the five piece Lucius features Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig, an incredibly talented dynamic duo. The band released its self-titled EP in March, 2012 and are releasing their debut album in the Fall. A new song, … Read More

• My Morning Download: "The Tide" by Bow Thayer & Perfect Trainwreck (playing Voltage Lounge on Saturday, May 18)
• My Morning Download - "Calling Back" by Hockey (playing tonight at the TLA)

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• Listen to Dawes on World Cafe (playing XPoNential Music Festival in July)

  Dawes was on World Cafe today. You can listen to the Michaela Majoun’s interview with Taylor and Griffin Goldmmsith and performance from the band here. During the session they performed “From A Window Seat,” “Most People,” “Just My Luck,” and … Read More

• Download a World Cafe session with Jim James (playing a sold-out show at Union Transfer tomorrow night)
• Get to know Escondido - download a World Cafe: Next podcast (playing Johnny Brendas on May 15)

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