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Green Day's Dookie and 21st Century Breakdown
OK, so maybe it's not the best-executed story — too many ballads, too
much reliance on the shock of Dirnt and Cool crashing Armstrong's pity
party 30, 50, even 80 seconds into a song. But as a singer, he's never
sounded better than on 21st Century Breakdown's seven strongest tunes.
Here We Go Magic
A Camp
Surgeon
Hoots and Hellmouth
Remembering ILLman
Tue., June 2, 7 p.m., $8-$20, with Grizzly Bear, The Trocadero, 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE, thetroc.com.
Here We Go Magic swirls a kinda-'90s lo-fi approach with a whole host of late-'00s hipster-hippie tropes.
A Camp
Sat., May 30, 9:30 p.m., $12, with Gentleman Reg and Blame the Patient, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
Colonia, the intriguing new album A Camp, is inspired by themes of colonialism and empire,
blending savage and majestic imagery and kicking off with a surreally
terrifying joint coronation/decapitation.
Surgeon
Fri., May 29, 9:30 p.m., $10, with Allright Junior, Atom Storage, Undercast and Stonethrown, Tritone, 1508 South Street, 215-545-0475, tritonebar.com.
If Surgeon thrashed the living fuck out of your speakers on Angry Guest, wait till you hear what they've cooked up since.
Hoots and Hellmouth
Thu., May 28, 9 p.m., $15, with Old School Freight Train; Fri., May 29, 9:30 p.m., $15, with The New Familiars and The Mural and The Mint, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
Hoots and Hellmouth are a bunch of outdoorsy musicians who like to stomp and holler in
a Pentecostal frenzy. Is there any re-creating that furor in the
clinical recording setting?
Remembering ILLman
Thu., May 28, 9 p.m., $10, with Mill Millionz, The Mighty Onez, Mikey Galactic, Nahki and more, 69th Street Lounge, 7049-51 Terminal Square, Upper Darby, 267-991-4045, myspace.com/raywellzcalmdown.
Last year, up-and-coming rapper Randolph "ILLman" Yelverton was murdered.
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449 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 »»
450 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 »»
450 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 »»
451 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 »»
451 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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Sat., May 30, 9:30 p.m., $12, with Gentleman Reg and Blame the Patient, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
Colonia, the intriguing new album A Camp, is inspired by themes of colonialism and empire,
blending savage and majestic imagery and kicking off with a surreally
terrifying joint coronation/decapitation.
Tue., June 2, 7 p.m., $8-$20, with Grizzly Bear, The Trocadero, 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE, thetroc.com.
Here We Go Magic swirls a kinda-'90s lo-fi approach with a whole host of late-'00s hipster-hippie tropes.
Thu., May 28, 9 p.m., $15, with Old School Freight Train; Fri., May 29, 9:30 p.m., $15, with The New Familiars and The Mural and The Mint, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
Hoots and Hellmouth are a bunch of outdoorsy musicians who like to stomp and holler in
a Pentecostal frenzy. Is there any re-creating that furor in the
clinical recording setting?
Thu., May 28, 9 p.m., $10, with Mill Millionz, The Mighty Onez, Mikey Galactic, Nahki and more, 69th Street Lounge, 7049-51 Terminal Square, Upper Darby, 267-991-4045, myspace.com/raywellzcalmdown.
Last year, up-and-coming rapper Randolph "ILLman" Yelverton was murdered.
Fri., May 29, 9:30 p.m., $10, with Allright Junior, Atom Storage, Undercast and Stonethrown, Tritone, 1508 South Street, 215-545-0475, tritonebar.com.
If Surgeon thrashed the living fuck out of your speakers on Angry Guest, wait till you hear what they've cooked up since.
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