The Raveonettes have made a career out of the retrospective. Coming up in the early aughts among the likes of the so-called garage rock revivalists (The Strokes, The White Stripes, The Hives, The Vines, The Kills and other such “The’s” posturing toward some erstwhile chapter of rock history or another,) the Copenhagen duo seemed keen […]
Read More The Raveonettes: A Career Made Out Of The RetrospectiveClocking in very comfortably under 90 minutes, Bloc Party’s Philly stop of their Silent Alarm tour proved just as air-tight and rapid-fire as their trademark sound. Last Tuesday’s main set at Franklin Music Hall was a near perfect mirror image to the track list of their seminal debut, kicking off with the plaintively sprawling “Compliments” and […]
Read More Bloc Party celebrate ‘Silent Alarm’ in Philly!!!For 25 years, the people at WXPN have managed to pull off something of a miracle stunt — to put on a music festival that’s both family-friendly, fun and genuinely cool. XPoNential seems in an almost mythical breed of its own. It’s a 21st century music festival that manages to bypass any light-strobed, stark-raving […]
Read More Saturday at XPoNential Festival presented by Subaru Recap!!!Donned in a bright orange patterned dress, finished with fringe-riddled arm’s length gloves, Toronto producer-vocalist Lydia Ainsworth took the Underground Arts stage last Saturday resembling something of a pop icon of a fever dream. Her tender, somber, melancholy-laden vocals reverberating through the little basement venue like the surreal, nocturnal pop of a Lynchian lounge singer. […]
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