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Browse This Issue: October 15th, 2009

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M.J. Fine Does It Again: Alice in Chains
by M.J. Fine
It'd been six years since Alice in Chains had released an album; it's taken the surviving members seven more to make Black Gives Way to Blue, with William DuVall taking the mic.

Music Picks:
Neon Indian
Tue., Oct. 20, 6:30 p.m., $10, with Post Post and Real Estate, The Barbary, 951 N. Frankford Ave., 866-468-7619, r5productions.com.
by John Vettese
Alan Palomo must have dragged a crate of Daft Punk and OMD 12-inches from the attic, popped them on the turntable and had a moment of inspiration.

Phantom Limb + Wooley
Wed., Oct. 21, 8 p.m., $5-$10, with Sharks with Wings and Sanguine Vessel, Vox Populi, 319 N. 11th St., third floor, bowerbird.org.
by Shaun Brady
When the three members of Peeesseye get together, they speak a strange vocabulary all their own.

Anna Ternheim
Sat., Oct. 17, 9 p.m., $12-$13, with Asobi Seksu, and Loney, Dear, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
by K. Ross Hoffman
Leaving on a Mayday boasts a curiously sparse, percussive sheen, much sharper than your average tasteful Nordic mopefest.

Arturo Stable Quintet
Sat., Oct. 17, 8 p.m., $20, Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St., 215-925-9914, paintedbride.org.
by Shaun Brady
Arturo Stable is a prime example of how the influence of his native Cuba is being woven into a far more colorful tapestry than ever before.

Paramore
Sat., Oct 17, 7:30 p.m., $29.50 (sold out), with Paper Route and The Swellers, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 610-784-5400, electricfactory.info.
by K. Ross Hoffman
Their brand-new Brand New Eyes offers another dozen barnstormers, all primed to incite.

Matt Haimovitz
Sat., Oct 17, 7:30 p.m., $10, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215-893-1999, kimmelcenter.org.
by Peter Burwasser
He still plays Bach and Brahms, but is committed to, as he puts it, "seeing music thrive," cultivating new composers and new audiences at coffeehouses and bars.

MUSIC . Blog Posts
by Matt Cantor
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 »»
by Massimo Pulcini
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 »»
by Eric Schuman
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 »»
by Eric Schuman
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 »»
by Matt Cantor
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., Oct. 17, 9 p.m., $12-$13, with Asobi Seksu, and Loney, Dear, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
by K. Ross Hoffman
Leaving on a Mayday boasts a curiously sparse, percussive sheen, much sharper than your average tasteful Nordic mopefest.
Sat., Oct. 17, 8 p.m., $20, Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St., 215-925-9914, paintedbride.org.
by Shaun Brady
Arturo Stable is a prime example of how the influence of his native Cuba is being woven into a far more colorful tapestry than ever before.
Sat., Oct 17, 7:30 p.m., $10, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215-893-1999, kimmelcenter.org.
by Peter Burwasser
He still plays Bach and Brahms, but is committed to, as he puts it, "seeing music thrive," cultivating new composers and new audiences at coffeehouses and bars.
Tue., Oct. 20, 6:30 p.m., $10, with Post Post and Real Estate, The Barbary, 951 N. Frankford Ave., 866-468-7619, r5productions.com.
by John Vettese
Alan Palomo must have dragged a crate of Daft Punk and OMD 12-inches from the attic, popped them on the turntable and had a moment of inspiration.
Sat., Oct 17, 7:30 p.m., $29.50 (sold out), with Paper Route and The Swellers, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 610-784-5400, electricfactory.info.
by K. Ross Hoffman
Their brand-new Brand New Eyes offers another dozen barnstormers, all primed to incite.
Wed., Oct. 21, 8 p.m., $5-$10, with Sharks with Wings and Sanguine Vessel, Vox Populi, 319 N. 11th St., third floor, bowerbird.org.
by Shaun Brady
When the three members of Peeesseye get together, they speak a strange vocabulary all their own.
 
 
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