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Browse This Issue: April 29th, 2010

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Hang The DJ:
The Happening
LCD Soundsystem's This Is Happening
by J. Edward Keyes
Judging by This Is Happening, the third great LCD Soundsystem record in a row, the albums occupying most of James Murphy's time lately have been the ones David Bowie made in Berlin.

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Music Picks:
Jónsi
Mon., May 3, 8 p.m., $30, with Death Vessel, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 215-627-1332, electricfactory.info.
by K. Ross Hoffman
Jón Þór Birgisson's surprisingly sprightly solo bow finds the angel-voiced Icelander on earthlier if no less fantastical footing than with Sigur Rós.

One Track Mind:
Sleigh Bells
"A/B Machines"
by K. Ross Hoffman
Actually, it's a bit stupefying to think that there could be any more than one (barely functioning) set of machines involved here.

Album Reviews
Frightened Rabbit | Frog Eyes | The New Pornographers | Brian Posehn

Music Picks:
Anne Feeney
Sat., May 1, 7:30 p.m., $10-$30, with Evan Greer and Roy Zimmerman, Crossroads Music, Calvary Church, 801 S. 48th St., 215-729-1028, crossroadsconcerts.org.
by Mary Armstrong
Saturday's May Day, the worldwide labor movement's day of celebration.

Future Islands
Sun., May 2, 8 p.m., $5-$10 donation, with Double Dagger, Lower Dens and Buck Gooter, Danger Danger Gallery, 5013 Baltimore Ave., myspace.com/dangerdangergallery.
by K. Ross Hoffman
For art-damaged neo-post-punkers, Baltimore's trio Future Islands comes on disarmingly friendly-like at first, all bounceable blankwave beats and twinkly electro-pop melodies.

Vijay Iyer's Tirtha
Fri., April 30, 8 p.m., $26, Grand Opera House, 818 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del., 302-652-5577, grandopera.org.
by Shaun Brady
The description of this performance on the Grand Opera House's website pegs Vijay Iyer as a "South Asian pianist," despite the fact that he was born and raised in upstate New York.

Ceili Group
Fri., April 30, 8:30 p.m., $15; workshop, Sat., May 1, noon, $25; Philadelphia Ceili Group at Irish Center, 6815 Emlen St., 267-205-1188, philadelphiaceiligroup.org.
by Mary Armstrong
Seeking high-energy music based in the Irish tradition, but happy to hear the boundaries stretched a bit?

MUSIC . Blog Posts
ADVENTURES OF AN OPEN-MIKER: Mugshots Coffeehouse in Fairmount
by Matt Cantor
838 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
839 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
839 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
840 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
840 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 1, 7:30 p.m., $10-$30, with Evan Greer and Roy Zimmerman, Crossroads Music, Calvary Church, 801 S. 48th St., 215-729-1028, crossroadsconcerts.org.
by Mary Armstrong
Saturday's May Day, the worldwide labor movement's day of celebration.
Fri., April 30, 8:30 p.m., $15; workshop, Sat., May 1, noon, $25; Philadelphia Ceili Group at Irish Center, 6815 Emlen St., 267-205-1188, philadelphiaceiligroup.org.
by Mary Armstrong
Seeking high-energy music based in the Irish tradition, but happy to hear the boundaries stretched a bit?
Sun., May 2, 8 p.m., $5-$10 donation, with Double Dagger, Lower Dens and Buck Gooter, Danger Danger Gallery, 5013 Baltimore Ave., myspace.com/dangerdangergallery.
by K. Ross Hoffman
For art-damaged neo-post-punkers, Baltimore's trio Future Islands comes on disarmingly friendly-like at first, all bounceable blankwave beats and twinkly electro-pop melodies.
Mon., May 3, 8 p.m., $30, with Death Vessel, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 215-627-1332, electricfactory.info.
by K. Ross Hoffman
Jón Þór Birgisson's surprisingly sprightly solo bow finds the angel-voiced Icelander on earthlier if no less fantastical footing than with Sigur Rós.
Fri., April 30, 8 p.m., $26, Grand Opera House, 818 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del., 302-652-5577, grandopera.org.
by Shaun Brady
The description of this performance on the Grand Opera House's website pegs Vijay Iyer as a "South Asian pianist," despite the fact that he was born and raised in upstate New York.
 
 
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