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Alice Russell and her tremendous voice wowed the Free at Noon crowd (photos, audio)

English soul singer Alice Russell brought down the house at today’s WXPN Free at Noon concert. Russell and her band are on tour in support of her latest LP To Dust. Check out a gallery of photos from the performance above and listen to the Free at Noon in its entirety here (via the WXPN media player). Continue reading

Free At Noon recap: Kurt Vile and the Violators (photos, audio from the show)


Hometown hero Kurt Vile and the Violators rocked a sold out crowd at today’s Free at Noon concert. Vile recently released his fifth studio album Walkin In A Pretty Daze on April 9th and he and his band, The Violators, are playing a headlining show at Union Transfer on May 18th. Go here for tickets to the show. Check out the photo gallery above, the set list below and click here to listen to show. Photos by Rachel Del Sordo and John Bartol.

Kurt Vile and The Violators
Free At Noon 4/26/13 Set list
1. Wakin’ On A Pretty Day
2. KV Crimes
3. Girl Called Alex
4. Jesus Fever
5. Shame Chamber
6. Ghost Town
7. Snowflakes Are Dancing

Recap: Audio, photos and set list from Bobby Long’s Free At Noon at The Kimmel Center

Bobby Long and his band performed at Free At Noon at the Kimmel Center yesterday, Friday April 19th. Listen to the entire set here. All photos by Kate McCann; see her work at Kate McCann Photography.

Set List
1. Devil Moon
2. She Won’t Leave
3. In Your Way
4. Help You Mend
5. All My Brothers
6. Making You Talk
7. Yesterday Yesterday
8. A Winter Tale

Kurt Vile & The Violators playing next week’s Free at Noon at World Cafe Live

Kurt Vile-Walkin On A Pretty Daze

With what is arguably his best release only a few weeks old, local musician Kurt Vile brings his Violators to World Cafe Live next Friday for a Free at Noon performance.  Wakin’ On A Pretty Daze has catapulted the psych rock / singer-songwriter to national attention, receiving high marks from Pitchfork, Consequence of Sound and Spin (not to mention all of the buzz his music video / commercial for “Never Run Away” created).  Sign up for the Free at Noon on XPN’s website here - tickets are free but space is limited.  Below, watch Vile perform a solo / acoustic take of “Wakin On A Pretty Day” for Radio K.

Photo Recap: Frightened Rabbit play Free at Noon

Warming up for their sold out show tonight at the Union Transfer; Scottish indie rock band Frightened Rabbit played this Friday’s Free at Noon concert. The band was accompanied by Brooklyn based alt-rock band They Might Be Giants. Check out the photo gallery above and the set list below. Continue reading

Madeleine Peyroux Performs at the Kimmel Center for special Free at Noon

As the kick off to the 2013 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, acclaimed jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux preformed a special set to a packed audience at the Kimmel Center this afternoon. Check out the photo gallery above and the set list below, and listen to Peyroux’s performance here (via the WXPN media player) For more information about PIFA, click here. Continue reading

Listen to “Nanobots”, a new single from They Might Be Giants (playing next week’s Free at Noon with Frightened Rabbit)

Screen shot 2013-03-28 at 2.37.55 PMNew York absurdist popsters They Might Be Giants are back with their 16th studio album, Nanobots, released earlier this month on the band’s independent label Idlewild Records. They’re playing WXPN’s Free at Noon concert next Friday, April 5th; you can RSVP to the show here, and while you’re doing that, listen to the title track from the album below.