Hi Joe, So, I figure that everyone who came to this party last year, who can come to the party this year, will come. Maybe run that video from last year’s party of what appears to be a festival but is actually just the inside of National Mechanics, a sea of people stretching off into [...]

FRIDAY: >>> Don’t despair if you’re stuck here for the weekend with all the tourists and stuff, we guarantee (not like, money back or anything) that you can have a righteous Ameri-Birthday here. First off, at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, in honor of the Fourth, they are going to be showing anyone who comes by [...]

Pop quiz: It’s Independent Retail Week here in Philly, which means… a) shopping with a cocktail in hand. b) donating broken umbrellas to be re-imagined into “fashion items” and sold to benefit Haiti relief efforts. c)  attending a sustainable fashion show in Love Park. d) all of the above. If you guessed d, you’re too good. Get [...]

FRIDAY: >>> By the time Philly Beer Week 2010 has come and gone, the city will have hosted 5,439 beer events (with 300 featuring beer that is actually drinkable)*, and we will hold the Guinness World Record for the highest number of white men wearing cargo shorts in any one place, ever. We know it’s [...]

In a find that we’ll be forwarding to anthropologists all over the world shortly, Philebrity is pleased to announce that we have recently learned that we are in possession of what appears to be The World’s Oldest Living iPod (pictured). As you may remember, the iPod was a thing you put your music on, complete [...]

>>> Not gonna lie: These days, when we’re at home and things need to get done and/or it’s time to get HEAVY, we throw on some Neu! or some Cluster or some Kraftwerk or some La Düsseldorf and GET WAY INTO IT. The drone, the motorik, the forward-motion — Krautrock is the best way we [...]

Local rock historian/DJ/promoter DJ Deejay (pictured) has lived here longer than you. He’s seen some things. And in response to our Someone Famous Went Somewhere Once posts, DJ took it upon himself today to begin cataloging every someone famous he’s ever seen somewhere once. Now, in his own words, is the first installment of DJ [...]

Sorry, everybody, but the only thing allowing us to claw and scrape through these last three weeks of winter is any and all music that sounds like The Jesus & Mary Chain and The Ronettes put together. So yesterday, it was Best Coast; today, it’s Philly’s own Party Photographers. This is real primitive Velvets-styled screeching [...]

This is the Brooklyn band, Revival Times. They’re playing tonight at Silk City with locals The Midnight Sounds (whoa, HEAVY Doors influence, dudes), and we think you should go because it’s been a long time since you’ve adopted an out-of-town band and without you, only the three people who’ve RSVP’d to the Facebook invite will [...]

FRIDAY: >>> We didn’t realize it until just now, but this is truly a stellar weekend for local music in Philly. All kinds of bands and artists have put together some great bills, so let’s just get to them, shall we? Philly indie-pop torch-holders Brown Recluse host So Cow at Kung Fu Necktie for an [...]

Yes, it’s true: Sade‘s first album in nearly 10 years comes out tomorrow. And yes, it is also true: We are oddly psyched. We’ve been checking it out for about a week now, and so far, so good. “Soldier of Love” is the lead single, and there is also this song called “Babyfather” that rules, [...]

Sunday night. It’s time. FRIDAY: >>> Dear God, that forecast. Let me now predict your weekend for you: Maybe you’ll go out and do something tonight. Maybe. But then, that’s it. You have a Wii, right? Or some kind of Netflix thing? And a liquor store close by? Yeah, I thought so. Hit me up [...]

>>> Even if the country weren’t in a deep, almost Jackson Browne-esque malaise, the State Of The Union Address would be no fun. Why? Because the State of The Union is only fun if you hate the president. Generationally, it’s just part of who we are. Tea baggers, enjoy your weenie roast tonight. Hopefully, we’ll [...]

>>> The Spooks are dirty, scary little surf rock band from the Cowabungaville that is Fishtown. They’ve been on tour for a while, and play a welcome-home gig tonight at Bouffant Bangout at the Barbary. >>> Meanwhile, Vetiver plays what is, at press time, a nearly sold out show at Kung Fu Necktie. Might wanna [...]

FRIDAY: >>> Quickly, now: The Fire is open again! NOW WITH MORE PINK FLOYD POSTERS. Just kidding, but this is a pretty good way to make sure your comeback weekend is memorable: Schooly D performs. >>> Down Girard a bit, local moogerfoogers The Elevator Parade celebrate the release of their newest record at M Room [...]

My mother gave me a lot of things — and I’m sure yours did, too — but one of the things I’ve always regarded as special was the luxurious sonic backdrop she and her then-teenage sisters provided for my early childhood. Some of my earliest memories are of house parties at my uncle’s house on [...]

WEDNESDAY: >>> HANDS UP IF YOU’RE READY TO FACE YOUR FAMILY TOMORROW THROUGH THE DENSE FOG OF A HANGOVER AND POSSIBLY BEING STILL DRUNK/HIGH! It’s an American tradition, you teabaggers, and if you hate this, YOU HATE FREEDOM. So let’s get to it, on this, The Biggest Drinking Night Of The Year (Or So We [...]

>>> Kath Bloom is about as real as dyed-in-the-wool old-style freak-folkers get. That’s her (and about 20 of her closest musician friends) in the video above, belting out “Something To Tell You.” Tonight, Bloom plays an ultra-rare — first-ever? — show at Silk City with Meg Baird of Espers. Baird appeared on Loving Takes This [...]

FRIDAY: >>> If your last memory of The Swimmers (check out our re-run of their awesome new video above) is that of an earnest alt-country band with an affection for Beach Boys bounce, you may wanna check in again. People Are Soft is the band’s latest record, which they celebrate tonight at an early (8PM) [...]

FRIDAY: >>> At some point, you must have had this thought: “Because I consume the popular culture, I know in some vague way that Samantha Ronson actually has a job (sort of) and that job is DJ. But what on Earth does she spin?” We’re as stumped as you are, so when Samantha Ronson spins [...]