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This Week's Issue
Remember the Time
Making Time's top 10.
by Dave P
On the verge of Making Time's 10th anniversary, we asked Dave P, the impresario of Philly's long-running rock 'n' roll dance party, to run down 10 defining moments.

Music Picks:
Holly Miranda
Tue., May 25, 8 p.m., $10-$12, with Grooms, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.

by Patrick Rapa
There's such a thing as too pretty.

Album Reviews
Damien Jurado's Saint Bartlett | David Cross' Bigger and Blackerer | Kurt Vile's Square Shells EP

One Track Mind:
Erykah Badu
"Turn Me Away (Get Munny)"
by K. Ross Hoffman
Badu, who plays Tower Theater June 8, floats freely between of the original song's sweetie-pie sincerity and the crass cash-lust of the 1996 Junior M.A.F.I.A. smash ("Get Money") that sampled it.

Aid or Invade:
Portugal!
The problem is that it's monotonously competent.
by Rodney Anonymous
As George Rekers well knows, variety is the spice of life.

Music Picks:
Visqueen
Sun., May 23, 8 p.m., $8, with Beretta 76, M Room, 15 W. Girard Ave., 215-739-5577, themanhattanroom.com.

by M.J. Fine
Losing Seattle's legendary Fastbacks would've been harder to take if Kim Warnick hadn't immediately found a worthy outlet for her pop-punk cred.

Tender Trap
Sat., May 22, 8 p.m., $7, with Pants Yell! and Scott Churchman, PiLam, 3914 Spruce St., myspace.com/thepilam.

by M.J. Fine
After a delicious debut in 2002 and a fun follow-up in 2006, London's Tender Trap is right on time for a revival.

Trash Talk
Sat., May 22, 8 p.m., $14, with Alexisonfire, Therefore I Am and La Dispute, TLA, 334 South St., 215-922-1011, livenation.com.

by Patrick Rapa
The kids are still pushing each other around at hardcore shows.

The Wrens
Fri., May 21, 8 p.m., $14, with The Postelles, First Unitarian Sanctuary, 2125 Chestnut St., 877-435-9849, r5productions.com.

by K. Ross Hoffman
Our N.J. neighbors the Wrens, steadfast slackers that they are, have whiled away seven years since their latest album, 2003's still-bleeding-brilliant The Meadowlands.

The Rowdies
Thu., May 20, 9 p.m., $8, with Animals and Insects, Alchemilla and Conservative Man, M Room, 15 W. Girard Ave., 215-739-5577, themanhattanroom.com.

by John Vettese
Some nights, all you need is a pint to thrust in the air and a feel-good bruiser rock anthem to scream along to.

Jon Irabagon/Mike Pride
Thu., May 20, 8 p.m., free, Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., arsnovaworkshop.com.

by Shaun Brady
The duo's CD I Don't Hear Nothin' but the Blues is a single 47-minute blast of relentless improvisation.

The Mural and the Mint
Thu., May 20, 9 p.m., $10, with Missing Palmer West and Strand of Oaks, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 877-435-9849, johnnybrendas.com.

by John Vettese
The impressionistic folk-pop of Philly's The Mural and the Mint was once notable for elegance in minimalism.

MUSIC . Blog Posts
ADVENTURES OF AN OPEN-MIKER: Mugshots Coffeehouse in Fairmount
by Matt Cantor
839 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
840 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
840 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
841 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
841 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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MUSIC . Picks
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Tue., May 25, 8 p.m., $10-$12, with Grooms, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.

by Patrick Rapa
There's such a thing as too pretty.
Thu., May 20, 8 p.m., free, Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., arsnovaworkshop.com.

by Shaun Brady
The duo's CD I Don't Hear Nothin' but the Blues is a single 47-minute blast of relentless improvisation.
Sat., May 22, 8 p.m., $7, with Pants Yell! and Scott Churchman, PiLam, 3914 Spruce St., myspace.com/thepilam.

by M.J. Fine
After a delicious debut in 2002 and a fun follow-up in 2006, London's Tender Trap is right on time for a revival.
Thu., May 20, 9 p.m., $10, with Missing Palmer West and Strand of Oaks, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 877-435-9849, johnnybrendas.com.

by John Vettese
The impressionistic folk-pop of Philly's The Mural and the Mint was once notable for elegance in minimalism.
Thu., May 20, 9 p.m., $8, with Animals and Insects, Alchemilla and Conservative Man, M Room, 15 W. Girard Ave., 215-739-5577, themanhattanroom.com.

by John Vettese
Some nights, all you need is a pint to thrust in the air and a feel-good bruiser rock anthem to scream along to.
Fri., May 21, 8 p.m., $14, with The Postelles, First Unitarian Sanctuary, 2125 Chestnut St., 877-435-9849, r5productions.com.

by K. Ross Hoffman
Our N.J. neighbors the Wrens, steadfast slackers that they are, have whiled away seven years since their latest album, 2003's still-bleeding-brilliant The Meadowlands.
Sat., May 22, 8 p.m., $14, with Alexisonfire, Therefore I Am and La Dispute, TLA, 334 South St., 215-922-1011, livenation.com.

by Patrick Rapa
The kids are still pushing each other around at hardcore shows.
Sun., May 23, 8 p.m., $8, with Beretta 76, M Room, 15 W. Girard Ave., 215-739-5577, themanhattanroom.com.

by M.J. Fine
Losing Seattle's legendary Fastbacks would've been harder to take if Kim Warnick hadn't immediately found a worthy outlet for her pop-punk cred.
 
 
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