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Sonic Sleuths
Thurston Moore teams up with free-jazz sax man Mats Gustafsson in search of new sounds (and old records).
by Shaun Brady
"So I'm riding with this guy, and we were just talking about music, music, music. At some point I said, 'Have you ever seen Mats Gustafsson? I hear he lives in Stockholm.' And this kid just looks at me and says, 'That's me. I'm Mats Gustafsson.' At that point we were already pals, and we immediately made plans to play together."

Hang The DJ:
Working Too Hard
Bruce Springsteen, Working on a Dream
by J. Edward Keyes
Thirty-six years and 16 albums into his career, it hardly seems a stretch to refer to Bruce Springsteen as America's adopted, informal national poet. Author and audience have developed a kind of friendly symbiosis, perfected over time with equal measures of empathy and distance. To put it another way: We live, the Boss reports.

One Track Mind:
Antony and the Johnsons
Dust and Water
by Brian Howard
While the a cappella track has lyrics, Hegarty delivers them as sounds, rendering the song as an ersatz African tribal spiritual; imagine Ladysmith Black Mambazo serenading the Kalahari.

Soundadvice
Get Out!
Lykke Li | Semi Precious Weapons | Edie Sedgwick | Amebix | Stinking Lizaveta/Misstallica | Glenn White

Music Picks:
Sugar Town/The Friggs
Sugar Town Eighth Anniversary with The Friggs and DJ Julia Factorial, Sat., Jan. 31, 9 p.m., $7, Tritone, 1508 South St., 215-545-0475, tritonebar.com.
by A.D. Amorosi
While you'll want to get your kisses and tears in now, boys, you'll also want to celebrate The Friggs at this show as they'll pay tribute to the likes of L7 and Bikini Kill.

Philadelphia Singers/Tempesta di Mare
Sat., Jan. 31, 8 p.m., and Sun., Feb. 1, 3 p.m., $20-$40, Old St. Joseph's, 321 Willings Alley, 215-755-8776, tempestadimare.org.
by Peter Burwasser
With Cheerful Hearts sounds an appropriately contemporary note in this time of great hope and promise, although English composer John Blow wrote the music to ring in the new year in 1690.

Jessica Lea Mayfield
Fri., Jan. 30, 9 p.m., $10, with Annuals and What Laura Says, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
by M.J. Fine
It's hard to find a happy moment on Jessica Lea Mayfield's With Blasphemy So Heartfelt. You won't find it in "Kiss Me Again," which wavers between indifference and resignation.

Anker/Courvoisier/Mori
Thu., Jan. 29, 8 p.m., $10, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St., 866-468-7619, arsnovaworkshop.com.
by Shaun Brady
Each track on Alien Huddle is named for a species of bird, from "Sparkling Sparrows" to "Ostrich War"; but as the album title suggests, the music contained within isn't so much an effort to replicate the calls of these birds as it is a gathering of a foreign species attempting, perhaps to talk back.

MUSIC . Blog Posts
ADVENTURES OF AN OPEN-MIKER: Mugshots Coffeehouse in Fairmount
by Matt Cantor
807 days ago
There were only six performers Tuesday night at Mugshots in Fairmount—and it was wonderful. Everyone got to play four or five songs, and »»
VIDEO REVIEW: Lady Gaga's "Born This Way"
by Massimo Pulcini
808 days ago
Alien outer space births, DMT trip sequences, facial spikes, and unicorns — what will she (err…Capital S-H-E) think of next? When Lady Gaga released »»
10 Track Mind: Playfully subversive
by Eric Schuman
808 days ago
I set my iPod on shuffle. Here’s where it led me … 1. Alice Cooper - “Teenage Lament ‘74” From Muscle Of Love, the last album where “Alice Cooper” referred »»
The Roots Picnic 2011 Lineup!
by Eric Schuman
809 days ago
Behold, the lineup for this year's Roots Picnic! As usual, it's anything but your average day-festival lineup. As always, The Roots Crew themselves will »»
CONCERT REVIEW: The Low Anthem @ First Unitarian Church, 2/25
by Matt Cantor
809 days ago
The Low Anthem got their timing right. At a moment when woodsy, Americana-inspired lyrics are approaching the mainstream (think Fleet Foxes, »»

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Thu., Jan. 29, 8 p.m., $10, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St., 866-468-7619, arsnovaworkshop.com.
by Shaun Brady
Each track on Alien Huddle is named for a species of bird, from "Sparkling Sparrows" to "Ostrich War"; but as the album title suggests, the music contained within isn't so much an effort to replicate the calls of these birds as it is a gathering of a foreign species attempting, perhaps to talk back.
Fri., Jan. 30, 9 p.m., $10, with Annuals and What Laura Says, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
by M.J. Fine
It's hard to find a happy moment on Jessica Lea Mayfield's With Blasphemy So Heartfelt. You won't find it in "Kiss Me Again," which wavers between indifference and resignation.
Sat., Jan. 31, 8 p.m., and Sun., Feb. 1, 3 p.m., $20-$40, Old St. Joseph's, 321 Willings Alley, 215-755-8776, tempestadimare.org.
by Peter Burwasser
With Cheerful Hearts sounds an appropriately contemporary note in this time of great hope and promise, although English composer John Blow wrote the music to ring in the new year in 1690.
Sugar Town Eighth Anniversary with The Friggs and DJ Julia Factorial, Sat., Jan. 31, 9 p.m., $7, Tritone, 1508 South St., 215-545-0475, tritonebar.com.
by A.D. Amorosi
While you'll want to get your kisses and tears in now, boys, you'll also want to celebrate The Friggs at this show as they'll pay tribute to the likes of L7 and Bikini Kill.
 
 
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