Beirut likes to make us wait for new music. It’s been over three years since the release of their last album No No No, but we now have news that the Santa Fe-based band led by Zach Condon will return with a new album in early 2019. The 12-track album, Gallipoli, will be released on February 1 via 4AD Records, and Beirut will play a show at the Tower Theater on Feb. 15. Continue reading →
R&B powerhouse Maxwell will embark on a massive tour this fall, making 50 stops over the course of nearly three months — and he’ll be performing on smaller stages than usual. The 50 Intimate Nights Live tour will bring Maxwell not to the usual stadiums or arenas, but to small- to mid-size venues across North America, with a stop at the Tower Theater on December 8. Continue reading →
Right after Death Cab for Cutie shared the first single from their forthcoming album, their October 9 show at the Tower Theater sold out. Coincidence or not, it seems like the promise of the first new Death Cab tunes in three years has folks eager to see the band in action on their upcoming fall tour.
Fortunately for Philly concertgoers, a second show has been added — Death Cab for Cutie will stick around town for an extra day to make a second Tower Theater appearance on October 10. Continue reading →
Death Cab for Cutie is about to make its long-awaited return. The band just announced that their first album in three years, called Thank You for Today, will be released on August 17, and the first single, “Gold Rush,” is out now. Continue reading →
It’s safe to say that Death Cab for Cutie is one of those bands that people go wild for — with good reason. So when murmurs Death Cab’s return broke with the band’s announcement of a few tour dates in various random corners of the earth (The Netherlands, Brazil, Idaho), we began to wonder. Now, we can safely confirm that the band is indeed expanding its tour to more readily accessible locales, including a stop at the Tower Theater on October 9. Continue reading →
I was a little bit late to the party. I knew the hits – and enjoyed them – but 80s new wave had never been my scene, and I considered myself to be a casual Pretenders fan at best. That changed in 2016 when the band released Alone, which featured a bluesier, more garage-rock incarnation of their music. The album was produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, which I’m sure is no coincidence. This was the Pretenders sound that really grabbed me. And then I listened to “Tattooed Love Boys.” Continue reading →
Indie singer-songwriter heavyweights Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile have returned with another teaser of their upcoming collaborative album, Lotta Sea Lice, coming out October 13th. The new “Continental Breakfast” is a worthy follow-up to Barnett and Vile’s lead single “Over Everything”; their vocal chemistry is great and they exhibit an ability to mix back and forth lyrical dialogue with seamless harmony-based choruses. Both artists have established themselves as two of the more influential songwriters in the indie rock scene, so this album is shaping up to be a tour de force. Continue reading →
The title says it all: Bob Dylan. Tower Theater. Not one, but two glorious nights. November just got a whole lot better. The legendary singer-songwriter and 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature Laureate will be bringing his iconic classics to life on November 11th and 12th as part of a just-announced national tour.
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In The Districts‘ latest video for their live-wire track, “Violet,” the indie lads throw dreary suburban life into a tizzy as they spin a strange and trippy narrative centered around an exasperated character. Continue reading →
Following news of a 15th record on the way, Tori Amos has announced a U.S. leg of her Native Invader world tour that stops at the Tower Theater on November 4th. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 14th and will be available on the XPN Concert Calendar.
