Music
On Michael Jackson’s Birthday, Here’s “Smooth Criminal” By the Philadelphia String Quartet
Hey everybody, it’s Michael Jackson’s birthday today. The King of Pop would have been 55 years old. In honor of the occasion, we found this […]
“Opera on the Mall” Scheduled for September 28
“Opera on the Mall,” in which an Opera Philadelphia performance is simulcast on a big-screen at Independence Mall, has been scheduled for Sept. 28. This […]
Hey Kids: Ixnay on the Rinkingday at “Made in America” This Weekend, OK?
The Daily Pennsylvanian reports that the “Made in America” festival will be filled with narcs! Undercover state police officers, like those who cited 31 students at […]
WATCH: Kurt Vile Covers Nine Inch Nails
Kurt Vile covers Nine Inch Nails The AV Club says: Kurt Vile didn’t seem the most obvious candidate to cover Nine Inch Nails’ 1989 classic […]
The Made in America Drinking Game 2.0
It’s almost Labor Day, which for the past two years in Philadelphia has meant one thing: Closing off our version of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées […]
An Interview With Kurt Vile on Kurt Vile Day in Philadelphia
The city has declared August 28th to be Kurt Vile Day in Philadelphia, and the Northern Liberties–based musician, husband and father is playing a free […]
MTV VMA’s 10 Best Performances Ever (Sorry Miley Cyrus)
On Sunday night, Miley Cyrus showed up at the MTV Video Music Awards and gave a performance that has been described as “bizarre”, “insane” and […]
XFINITY Live Had a Naughty Twitter Feed Last Night
XFINITY Live! How unlike you to be so interesting! Here’s tweet number two. We greatly apologize for our last tweet. Our account was hacked and […]
The Last 30 Years of Rock n’ Roll Mean Nothing: Bon Jovi Fires Richie Sambora
CBS: The music world is buzzing with news Richie Sambora has parted ways with Bon Jovi. The news comes after 30 years of making music […]
WATCH: Oprah, Lee Daniels, True Blood and This Week’s Other Winners and Losers
This week’s entertainment news was anything but slow. Here are just a few of the week’s winners and losers. Winner: Oprah Winfrey Oprah has been […]
The List: 7 Great New Jersey Songs that Have Nothing to Do With Superstorm Sandy
You’ve heard “Stronger Than the Storm.” You’ve heard it so many times. At last, there’s a new batch of eff-Sandy songs now that the Stronger than […]
Pierre Robert’s Top 5 Philly Stadium Concerts of All Time
This week, tens of thousands of people flocked to Citizens Bank Park for the Jay Z/Justin Timberlake concert, the final stadium show of Philadelphia’s summer […]
PHOTOS: Jay Z Disses Philly, Crowd Goes Wild
It’s not a huge surprise that the best performance at Citizen’s Bank Park this summer came while the Phillies were out of town. Jay Z […]
Did Jay Z Really Dedicate “99 Problems” to Charlie Manuel?
Update [9:30 a.m.] Philly.com’s Mike Bertha, who wrote about the show, told me the dedication “definitely didn’t happen.” Philly Mag social media editor Jack Cotter was […]
South Philly’s Boot and Saddle to Re-Open Sept. 9 with Aimee Mann and Ted Leo
At long last, South Philadelphians who’d resigned themselves to the long slog to Northern Liberties to get their fix of indie rock club shows have […]