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The NoLibs Winter Music Fest lights a fire under Philly musicians —but don't expect a new TSOP.
Talk to any Philadelphia musician for more than a few minutes and the conversation is bound to lead you to the same place: DYNAMITE KIDS.
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Get Out!
Tavo Carbone | Dawn Landes | Murder By Death | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Radio Moscow
Josh Wink
Stay Out All Night
I've always been a little torn about Josh Wink. He's from Philly, and knows how to craft a deep and delicate club track without leaning too heavily on the bass. On the other hand he's got those crustaceous blond dreads that make my scalp itch in empathy.
Hynde Sight
The Pretenders
For the Pretenders' latest reboot — their ninth studio album and at least their sixth major lineup change — alpha female Chrissie Hynde dismissed the band's longest-serving roster and ditched the lame reggae-lite of their last record, 2002's Loose Screw.
The Cleveland Orchestra
The Black Keys
Sun., Feb. 8, 3 p.m., $33-$115, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215-893-1999, kimmelcenter.org.
Perhaps no work of Shostakovich is more emblematic of his
controversy-filled career than the Seventh Symphony. Premièring in 1941
and dedicated to the besieged city of Leningrad, it was immediately
hailed as a grand gesture of defiance against the Nazi menace.
The Black Keys
Thu., Feb. 5, 8:30 p.m., $25-$27, with Heartless Bastards and Patrick Sweany, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 215-336-2000, electricfactory.info.
Since they debuted in 2002, they've scored gigs with Devo and Radiohead, and snuck some catchy, gritty, foot-stompin’ rock 'n' roll songs onto otherwise glossy movie and TV soundtracks.
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There were only six performers Tuesday night at Mugshots in Fairmount—and it was wonderful. Everyone got to play four or five songs, and »»
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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 »»
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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 »»
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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 »»
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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., Feb. 5, 8:30 p.m., $25-$27, with Heartless Bastards and Patrick Sweany, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 215-336-2000, electricfactory.info.
Since they debuted in 2002, they've scored gigs with Devo and Radiohead, and snuck some catchy, gritty, foot-stompin’ rock 'n' roll songs onto otherwise glossy movie and TV soundtracks.
Sun., Feb. 8, 3 p.m., $33-$115, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215-893-1999, kimmelcenter.org.
Perhaps no work of Shostakovich is more emblematic of his
controversy-filled career than the Seventh Symphony. Premièring in 1941
and dedicated to the besieged city of Leningrad, it was immediately
hailed as a grand gesture of defiance against the Nazi menace.
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