We saw a bunch of bands this past week. Not every set was memorable, but there were more than enough highlights to make the stiff necks and barking feet worth it. Here's Wednesday, Thursday,…   Read Story »

Our yuletide '09 playlist keeps expanding. Yesterday we premiered Crocodiles & Dum Dum Girls' holiday jam. Now we've added Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings' "Ain't No Chimneys" and Magnetic Fields'…   Read Story »

Even though there's something sacred about time-honored traditions, there's only so many years you and your beloveds can sit beside the Christmas tree and listen to Sufjan or "Last Christmas" or the…   Read Story »

The fear with any supertalent variety show like last night's Dark Was The Night live event is that the appeal on paper will far outstrip the appeal of having your ass glued to a seat for four hours.…   Read Story »

Details are emerging on the Renaissance Man's Here Lies Love, a concept album about Imelda Marcos, shoe-obsessed widow of the Philippines' former dictator. Byrne wrote the project with Fatboy Slim…   Read Story »

Photos by Kyle Dean Reinford Over the past decade and change, the scene that's come to define Philadelphia -- in media exposure and in most cases, artistic merit -- has been spearheaded by the most…   Read Story »

A week after we witnessed Sharon and Bushwick's Dap-Kings get all sorts of fierce in the Mojave tent at Coachella, we get to revisit the joy of that set only from the much more cozy and infinitely…   Read Story »

By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy You know what sucked for every band following Les Savy Fav yesterday? The fact that they had to follow Les Savy Fav yesterday. Under intensely blazing Indio heat,…   Read Story »

Greetings from Indio. We saw lots of stuff yesterday: Les Savy Fav, The National, Cut Copy, The Verve (!), Aphex Twin (!!), Jack Johnson (!!!). And so far one celebrity (does Whitney Port count?).…   Read Story »

With the revival already in progress, Sharon Jones's 100 Days, 100 Nights brought the Dap-Kings vintage brand of rhythm and blues, funk and soul to growing numbers and growing attention, list wankery…   Read Story »