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Share the Land
Local folkie Joshua Marcus gets technical in his plea for environmental justice.
The songs on Joshua Marcus' new album are preceded by interviews with the subjects who inspired them.
N'dambi
It's the Year 1989
Tue., Nov. 24, 8 p.m., $11-$13, with Natural Selection, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.
If you've slept on N'dambi, it's time to wake up.
It's the Year 1989
Wed., Nov. 25, 9 p.m., $7, hosted by Reef the Lost Cauze, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
DJs Emynd and Bo Bliz, curators of high-energy year-themed parties,
will be packing the club and playing all hip-hop and pop hits from
1989.
Shot x Shot
Tim Hecker
Joker
Hamiet Bluiett/Kahil El'Zabar
Mon., Nov. 23, 8 p.m., $5, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, arsnovaworkshop.com.
Ars Nova Workshop's Composer Portrait concerts have been illuminating
experiences, emphasizing the vision of some of modern jazz's greatest
figures.
Sat., Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m., $12 with Aidan Baker, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.
As we inch into the frostier months, it's an apt time for the glacial,
richly enveloping abstract drone music that Montrealer Tim Hecker has
made his stock-in-trade for nearly a decade now.
Joker
Fri., Nov. 20, 9 p.m., $12-$15, with Nomad, L-Vis 1990, Bok-Bok, Kingdom, DJ Sega, Dirty South Joe, Flufftronix and Lady Prowl, Mad Decent Mausoleum, 531 N. 12th St., radsummer.com.
As dubsteppers go, 20-year-old Liam McLean (aka Bristol producer Joker)
seems nearly as focused on sparking dancefloors as he is on inducing
woozy, head-nodding hypnosis.
Hamiet Bluiett/Kahil El'Zabar
Fri., Nov. 20, 8 p.m., $12, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St., arsnovaworkshop.com.
It's a meeting of two of the most influential regional collectives in
free jazz history — both born of the relatively barren Midwest — when
these two join forces.
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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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Fri., Nov. 20, 8 p.m., $12, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St., arsnovaworkshop.com.
It's a meeting of two of the most influential regional collectives in
free jazz history — both born of the relatively barren Midwest — when
these two join forces.
Wed., Nov. 25, 9 p.m., $7, hosted by Reef the Lost Cauze, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
DJs Emynd and Bo Bliz, curators of high-energy year-themed parties,
will be packing the club and playing all hip-hop and pop hits from
1989.
Fri., Nov. 20, 9 p.m., $12-$15, with Nomad, L-Vis 1990, Bok-Bok, Kingdom, DJ Sega, Dirty South Joe, Flufftronix and Lady Prowl, Mad Decent Mausoleum, 531 N. 12th St., radsummer.com.
As dubsteppers go, 20-year-old Liam McLean (aka Bristol producer Joker)
seems nearly as focused on sparking dancefloors as he is on inducing
woozy, head-nodding hypnosis.
Tue., Nov. 24, 8 p.m., $11-$13, with Natural Selection, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.
If you've slept on N'dambi, it's time to wake up.
Mon., Nov. 23, 8 p.m., $5, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, arsnovaworkshop.com.
Ars Nova Workshop's Composer Portrait concerts have been illuminating
experiences, emphasizing the vision of some of modern jazz's greatest
figures.Sat., Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m., $12 with Aidan Baker, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.
As we inch into the frostier months, it's an apt time for the glacial,
richly enveloping abstract drone music that Montrealer Tim Hecker has
made his stock-in-trade for nearly a decade now.
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