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The House Rules
The Academy of Vocal Arts will congratulate itself with — what else? — a whole lot of singing.
The Academy of Vocal Arts' hall on Spruce Street, Helen Corning Warden
Theater, is a most unlikely opera venue, but it is also a wonderful one. AVA will congratulate itself next Wednesday night with, what else, a
whole lot of singing.
Joanna Newsom
"On a Good Day"
In four brief stanzas, sharing a single, unspeakably sweet melody,
Newsom nimbly but lucidly sketches the emotional arc of her whole
two-hour opus.
Fruit Bats
Air
Sun., March 21, 9 p.m., $12, with Blue Giant, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
James Mercer may be off doing his electro-pop thing with Broken Bells,
but that doesn't mean you need to go without oblique, brainy,
navel-gazing guitar pop.
Air
Thu., March 18, 8 p.m., $40, with AM and DJ Justin Paul, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 610-784-5400, livenation.com.
Air first struck library-lounge gold more than a decade ago, and
they're still digging that same vein they mined to uncanny perfection.
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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., March 18, 8 p.m., $40, with AM and DJ Justin Paul, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 610-784-5400, livenation.com.
Air first struck library-lounge gold more than a decade ago, and
they're still digging that same vein they mined to uncanny perfection.
Sun., March 21, 9 p.m., $12, with Blue Giant, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
James Mercer may be off doing his electro-pop thing with Broken Bells,
but that doesn't mean you need to go without oblique, brainy,
navel-gazing guitar pop.
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