Music
WXPN to Host Kids Indie Music Festival KindieComm
A festival for kids indie music artists is coming to Philly this summer, courtesy of WXPN and Kids Corner. KindieComm is a convention for artists in the […]
MORNING TEA: Patti LaBelle Brought the White House Down
As we reported earlier this week, Philly soul queens Patti LaBelle and Jill Scott performed at the White House last night for Michelle Obama’s “Women […]
The Most Awesome Music Video From 1994 Stars Chris’ Jazz Cafe Manager Whose House Blew Up
Remember the South Philadelphia house that blew up recently? No, not that one. This one. The man whose house blew up was Ron Talton, a […]
Cheers for CHOP
On the evening of Saturday, March 1st, Friends of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia hosted Cheers for CHOP at the Valley Forge Casino Resort in […]
BAND ON THE RISE: Bleeding Rainbow
Philly’s not immediately thought of as a “twee” town. We’re (proudly) a cheesesteak-huffing, rival-team-slaying, bar-and-basement-dwelling people, but that’s only for us to say (see: Vice‘s […]
Springsteen to Headline March Madness Festival
Yahoo News reports that Bruce Sprinsteen will headline the NCAA March Madness Festival next month in Dallas:
Roots, Fallon Join Idina Menzel for Oscar-Winning Song
Well, this is pretty cool. It’s especially fun to watch Jimmy Fallon, who usually has no problem singing along, decide he can’t really hang with […]
Kurt Vile to Open for Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds at the Mann
Australian alt-rockers Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds just announced that Philly’s Kurt Vile and the Violators will open at their show at the Mann […]
Roots Picnic Lineup is Announced
Here’s your Roots Picnic lineup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZrnfOm-C4U
WATCH: Bruce Springsteen Covers Lorde’s “Royals”
While on tour in Auckland, New Zealand, Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to hometown girl Lorde by covering her 2013 mega-hit, and recent Grammy winner for […]
NJ Dad Sentenced to Federal Prison for One Direction Bomb Threat at Hersheypark
Forty-seven-year-old New Jersey dad William H. Klein was so upset that he couldn’t get his daughters tickets to a July 5 One Direction show at […]
INFOGRAPHIC: This Is Pennsylvania’s Favorite Band?
Music Machinery blogger Paul Lamere used some complicated, aggregated data to come up with this nifty mag that he believes represents every states’ favorite band. […]
Yo La Tengo to Perform at FringeArts for Buckminster Fuller Documentary
Film nerds/architect nerds/music nerds/nerds, this one’s for you:
VIDEO: Justin Timberlake Flips off the Wells Fargo Center
Last summer, Philly Mag’s Jack Cotter dinged Jay-Z’s Citizens Bank Park audience for lapping up Hova’s disses. Seems Justin Timberlake’s fans at the Wells Fargo […]
LGBT Black History Month Spotlight:
7 Questions With Activist and Artist Christian Lovehall (aka Wordz the
Poet Emcee)
In partnership with Philadelphia Black Gay Pride, every day throughout the month of February we will spotlight an influential black mover and shaker in the city. On […]