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Aid or Invade:
Austria!
Shut your goddamn mouth and hurry up with that grande vanilla latte.
by Rodney Anonymous
Even if 10 of the 11 songs on this CD sucked Michele Bachmann's hairy balls (which they don't), it would still be worth owning for the incredibly infectious tune "I Love 64."

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Strapping Field Hands/The Doozer/US Girls
Sat., Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m., $8, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.
by Patrick Rapa
It's a Siltbreeze triple feature!

Of Montreal
Wed., Sept. 15, 9 p.m., $25-$28, with Janelle Monáe, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 215-627-1332, electricfactory.info/
by Brian Howard
If you wrote off Of Montreal for being just too unbelievably freaking precious (guilty!), well, OK, they're still unabashedly affected.

Allison Weiss
Fri., Sept. 10, 10:30 p.m., $10, with Leila Broussard and Bess Rogers, Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St., 215-928-0978, tinangel.com.
by M.J. Fine
There's a line in "Why Bother" that sums up what Allison Weiss is all about.

Maxfield Gast Trio
Fri., Sept. 10, 9 p.m., $8-$10, with Oscuro Quintet, Moonstone Arts Center, 110 S. 13th St., second floor, luckyoldsouls.com.
by A.D. Amorosi
Maxfield Gast has played saxophone on recordings with Philly jazzbos (Puzzlebox), ska heads (Public Service!) and elegant world musicians (Bebek). None of those things prepare you for what a clear and concise ax man he is.

MUSIC . Blog Posts
by Matt Cantor
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 »»
by Massimo Pulcini
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 »»
by Eric Schuman
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 »»
by Eric Schuman
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 »»
by Matt Cantor
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., Sept. 10, 10:30 p.m., $10, with Leila Broussard and Bess Rogers, Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St., 215-928-0978, tinangel.com.
by M.J. Fine
There's a line in "Why Bother" that sums up what Allison Weiss is all about.
Fri., Sept. 10, 9 p.m., $8-$10, with Oscuro Quintet, Moonstone Arts Center, 110 S. 13th St., second floor, luckyoldsouls.com.
by A.D. Amorosi
Maxfield Gast has played saxophone on recordings with Philly jazzbos (Puzzlebox), ska heads (Public Service!) and elegant world musicians (Bebek). None of those things prepare you for what a clear and concise ax man he is.
Wed., Sept. 15, 9 p.m., $25-$28, with Janelle Monáe, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 215-627-1332, electricfactory.info/
by Brian Howard
If you wrote off Of Montreal for being just too unbelievably freaking precious (guilty!), well, OK, they're still unabashedly affected.
Sat., Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m., $8, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.
by Patrick Rapa
It's a Siltbreeze triple feature!
 
 
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