The new video from (ex-Capitol Year) Shai Halperin‘s Sweet Lights was directed by Albert Birney (Spinto Band, Dr. Dog, Ra Ra Riot) and Vanessa Lauria and features the following: · Alexander Neumann – 19th and 20th century Austrian architect (Halperin’s great great grandfather) · Wilhelm Stiassny – also an Austrian architect! (1st cousin 4 times removed) · Hedwig [...]

This one’s hot off the presses: Philly directors/artists/truly nice people Ted Passon and Thom Lessner somehow wound up directing this new video for UK band The Darkness, who are in the midst of a rock’n’ roll comeback that, more than anything else, serves to remind us that life is long and hilarious and beautiful. The [...]

Market East – Marielle OFFICIAL VIDEO from Market East on Vimeo. Market East are a new vocal/acoustic band from Philly in the grand tradition of the Everly Brothers. And though we cannot remember the last time we actually thanked a group for making music, we’d like to do just that and personally thank Market East [...]

This Saturday night at the Barbary, Bouffant Bangout, the self-described “early rock-and-roll, garage rock, french pop, surf rock, and classic soul” party will celebrate its third anniversary. Any DJ will tell you that’s a lifetime in nightlife years, but we’d also like to salute the Bangout kids for their party’s fun, inclusive nature. Every time [...]

It was 25 years ago today that Phil Lynott left this realm and went to another plane, somewhere (we hope) a lot more heavy metal Celtic elfin magick than this one ever had. Now, we know that many of you (especially non-metal/prog fans) may have never delved very deep into the Thin Lizzy catalog, but [...]

>>>NPR has opened up their end of the year poll for voting. Under album of the year, they list 250 albums to consider (of course you could also write-in your own), and a few local acts made the cut there. Without using the write-in option, you could cast your vote for Meg Baird, The Roots, [...]

One group of vibe sherpas communicating on an open line with other distant vibe sherpas over a desperate D.C. night. As the reader who sent this in put forth, “Seriously, this happened.” The WoD boys finally come home from tour and play at Union Transfer on 12/17.

This is the new one from Philly’s much-buzzed-about Work Drugs. Says the band: “This song was written as a response to the state of Philadelphia (Occupy movement, Philadelphia sports, flash mobs … etc) when we returned from our recording session in Argentina.”

As we noted last week, The Roots are teaming up with Mural Arts for an ambitious mural project, set to be completed this summer in the South Street/Headhouse District. This morning, Tarik “Black Thought” Trotter and keyboardist Kamal Gray from the Roots, alongside Mural Arts chief Jane Golden and Mayor Michael Nutter, to officially announce [...]

Polish Thuggz by The Homophones >>> Let’s get today’s quick roundup started off with one of those new/old discoveries that hit us like a ton of bricks on last week’s edition of Philebrity Radio (hat tip to Steady Eddie): It’s the track “Polish Thugs” by the local band called The Homophones who, more than any [...]

Feist Metals Cherrytree/Interscope Do you remember in the long lonesome late 1990s, when a wave of Emily Dickinson-ishly pious lady singer-songwriters, usually from the Midwest or the Pacific Northwest, led a thankless charge for artful, dour, earthen music? The corduroy waves of the Edith Frosts and the Rebecca Gateses and the Early Cat Powers rolled [...]

Catch the Breeze – Lushlife by lushlifemedia >>> Congrats to South Philly’s own Lushlife for this shout-out in yesterday’s NYT, heralding his new mixtape, No More Golden Days, which drops on 10/25. Leaks abound for this one, most of which you can sneak a listen to here; above, Lush defies the odds and raps over [...]

>>>Is this city big enough for two Man Mans? (Or is it Man Men? Men Men?) Philly rapper Man Mann is about to release his first album, and to keep them separate in our own heads, we read his name as if it was being said “Man, Man” >>>We’ve received word that our own Schoolly [...]

Philebrity Label, our side piece/evangelical musical platform, is proud to introduce the newest artist we’re working with, Blayer Pointdujour. A first-generation Haitian-American, Blayer is a singer/songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist whose work incorporates a globe-trotting array of influences, from reggae and dancehall to 1977-style punk rock and many, many points in between. Over the years, Blayer has done lots [...]

Mike Taylor used to be TuPhace. But now he’s Mike Taylor. And here he is, watching that throne. We approve.

Can Philly handle two sprawling, ambitious indie rock festivals at exactly the same time? That’s a question that’ll be answered later this month, when the Philly FM Festival descends upon a variety of local venues and outdoor spaces — coincidentally (though one does have to wonder) as the Popped! Festival does its thing at FDR [...]

Hollis P. Monroe – I Wept For You feat. Ed Robinson from de'fchild productions on Vimeo. For much longer than you’ve been living here (probably), Hollis P. Monroe has been quietly churning out house tracks that land in clubs all over the world. The one above — video laden with much public domain goodness, natch [...]

Richard Swift “Whitman” by DOJAGSC You guys ever get into this Richard Swift guy? He’s kind of a genius. And on his forthcoming EP, Walt Wolfman, Swift pays homage to that pride of Camden, NJ/great American freak Walt Whitman. “Whitman,” which you can hear above and right-click here to download, is “a cryptic salute to [...]

Happy Birthday by Dong Johnson “Yeah! It’s AGGRESSIVE ROCK MUSIC, man!,” is what Dong Johnson bassist Tracy Stanton said to us when we called to inquire the other day about this new Philly band, which obviously seeks to echo back to the earliest days of Black Flag and, er… put a dong on it. Surprisingly, [...]

From Meg, to the rest of us dawgs. Dear Babies, This is a message from the immediate future. On and off over the last few weeks, I’ve been living in the fall already: Looking forward, planning events (look for the fall/winter dance card soon), making some changes here in the office (more on that soon, [...]