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One Track Mind:
Helen Money
"In Tune"
by Patrick Rapa
The cello's already a moody piece of work, but in Chicago solo artist Helen Money's hands, the supposedly classical instrument is all over the mental map.

Music Picks:
The Very Best
Tue., Nov. 3, 9 p.m., $10 ($22 includes signed CD), with Javelin, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 866-468-7619, johnnybrendas.com.
by K. Ross Hoffman
Very best album you'll hear all year? Highly probable.

Islands/Jemina Pearl
Tue., Nov. 3, 8 p.m., $12-$13, with Tori Y Moi, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 866-468-7619, r5productions.com.
by A.D. Amorosi
Jamie Thompson and Nick Diamonds' new Vapours is all rich anthemic pop hooks, mood-swinging attitude and drum machines.

Fuck Buttons
Tue., Nov. 3, 8 p.m., $10, with Growing, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.
by K. Ross Hoffman
Fuck Buttons have a way with paradox, an uncanny aptitude for smoothing over uncomfortable juxtapositions.

Herman Dune
Wed., Nov. 4, 8 p.m., $9-$11, with Julie Doiron, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.
by K. Ross Hoffman
Ostensibly, this Parisian outfit (yeah, it's a duo, not a person; weird, right?) plays anti-folk, but that's pretty much the only thing "anti-" about them.

Hang The DJ:
The Devil Made Me Do It
Miranda Lambert and Marduk
by J. Edward Keyes
The point's been made many times and in many ways already, but we'll spell it out for you: Miranda Lambert likes guns.

Music Picks:
Making Time Halloween
Sat., Oct. 31, 8 p.m., $25-$30 (includes open bar), with Simian Mobile Disco, Skybox/2424 Studios, 2424 E. York St., 866-468-7619, r5productions.com.
by Patrick Rapa
My fraidy sense isn't tingling at all about this weekend's big huge Halloween monstrosity.

Network for New Music
Sun., Nov. 1, 3 p.m., $20-$25, Settlement Music School, 416 Queen St., 215-848-7647, networkfornewmusic.org.
by Peter Burwasser
In the quarter-century since Network for New Music has emerged as a world-class ensemble, they've attracted many world-class composers.

Dethklok/Mastodon
Sun., Nov. 1, 6:30 p.m., $34.50, with Converge and High on Fire, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 215-336-2000, ticketmaster.com.
by A.D. Amorosi
Gods of hellfire, fans of Viking helmets and crunching prog-metal-ites, unite!

King Khan & BBQ Show
Sun., Nov. 1, 5 p.m., $12, with Dum Dum Girls and Teenage Whore Moans, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 866-468-7619, r5productions.com.
by A.D. Amorosi
Doo-wop garage rock with a little bit of soul.

MUSIC . Blog Posts
ADVENTURES OF AN OPEN-MIKER: Mugshots Coffeehouse in Fairmount
by Matt Cantor
814 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
815 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
815 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
816 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
816 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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Sun., Nov. 1, 6:30 p.m., $34.50, with Converge and High on Fire, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 215-336-2000, ticketmaster.com.
by A.D. Amorosi
Gods of hellfire, fans of Viking helmets and crunching prog-metal-ites, unite!
Tue., Nov. 3, 8 p.m., $10, with Growing, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.
by K. Ross Hoffman
Fuck Buttons have a way with paradox, an uncanny aptitude for smoothing over uncomfortable juxtapositions.
Wed., Nov. 4, 8 p.m., $9-$11, with Julie Doiron, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.
by K. Ross Hoffman
Ostensibly, this Parisian outfit (yeah, it's a duo, not a person; weird, right?) plays anti-folk, but that's pretty much the only thing "anti-" about them.
Tue., Nov. 3, 8 p.m., $12-$13, with Tori Y Moi, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 866-468-7619, r5productions.com.
by A.D. Amorosi
Jamie Thompson and Nick Diamonds' new Vapours is all rich anthemic pop hooks, mood-swinging attitude and drum machines.
Sun., Nov. 1, 5 p.m., $12, with Dum Dum Girls and Teenage Whore Moans, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 866-468-7619, r5productions.com.
by A.D. Amorosi
Doo-wop garage rock with a little bit of soul.
Sat., Oct. 31, 8 p.m., $25-$30 (includes open bar), with Simian Mobile Disco, Skybox/2424 Studios, 2424 E. York St., 866-468-7619, r5productions.com.
by Patrick Rapa
My fraidy sense isn't tingling at all about this weekend's big huge Halloween monstrosity.
Sun., Nov. 1, 3 p.m., $20-$25, Settlement Music School, 416 Queen St., 215-848-7647, networkfornewmusic.org.
by Peter Burwasser
In the quarter-century since Network for New Music has emerged as a world-class ensemble, they've attracted many world-class composers.
Tue., Nov. 3, 9 p.m., $10 ($22 includes signed CD), with Javelin, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 866-468-7619, johnnybrendas.com.
by K. Ross Hoffman
Very best album you'll hear all year? Highly probable.
 
 
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