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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Frontman Takes a Breaknew
Instead of reflecting on the past, Alec Ounsworth chooses to simply remember. And sometimes the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah frontman doesn't even do that very well.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Anthony Layser |
11-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Aqueduct Shuns Pretensionnew
"People are always making comments at shows that we’re a very approachable band and we look like regular people and we’re nice like regular people," says David Terry.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Aqueduct, Or Give Me Death
Deborah Harry on New Album, Biopicnew
A Jersey girl in a folk band doesn't become canonized as "the Marilyn Monroe of punk" without more than a little moxie.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Deborah Harry, Necessary Evil
Vanessa Carlton Makes Music for the Well-adjustednew
Heroes & Thieves is a totally suburban white chick record, and I mean "suburban" more geopolitically than as a judgment of gracelessness.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
11-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Heroes & Theives, Vanessa Carlton
Eve Discusses Album Setbacksnew
Once the West Philly girl known for getting into trouble on the block, or running up to the Bronx for a stint dancing in a strip club, the grownup Eve is mature, polished and glamorous. But don't be fooled -- this Hollywood honey remains a feisty Philly girl at heart.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kate Kilpatrick |
10-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Battle to Make Conscious Hip-Hop Coolnew
Soul Genesis hopes to reengergize hip-hop by lending it a life-affirming purpose.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
10-09-2007 |
Music
Philly Remembers Trevor Butlernew
Not everyone gets a Pitchfork-hyped memorial concert in their honor. Maybe that's not fair, but it makes total sense that Trevor Butler's getting one.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
09-25-2007 |
Music
Tags: Bottom of the Hudson
Aly & AJ Flex Their Disney Crednew
Insomniatic -- which sounds something like the Veronicas, Lillix or even a pre-Speak Lindsay Lohan -- isn't what anyone besides your 9-year-old niece would call "good music." But it's not quite as offensive as the duo's Olsen-lite image implies.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
09-25-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Aly & AJ, Insomniatic
The Black Lips Have Guitars, Will Travelnew
Like their live shows, the Lips’ records are a train that’s never more than a hair from running off the track. Each song on Good Bad Not Evil is a tightly wound pop gem.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brian McManus |
09-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: The Black Lips, Good Bad Not Evil
Beta Band Members Create Aliensnew
While the Aliens don’t use the same sonic collage approach employed by the Betas, the songs still bubble with a broad cross-section of ideas.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Chris Parker |
09-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: aliens, Astronomy for Dogs
Re-examining Prince’s Dirtiest of Dittiesnew
"Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all become respectable if they last long enough." The same could be said for pop stars whom mainstream folk once thought were just too nasty and freaky for the room. Like Prince.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
09-10-2007 |
Music
Tags: Prince
Keep It Gaynew
By calling their brand of hip-hop music "fag rap," Sgt. Sass hope to reclaim "faggot" in the same way female rappers like Missy Elliott and Lil' Kim reclaimed "bitch" in the late ’90s.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kate Kilpatrick |
09-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sgt. Sass
Back In The Closet: Tracing The Roots Of R. Kelly's Operanew
A look at the origins of Trapped in the Closet as Kelly releases 10 more chapters.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brian McManus |
08-27-2007 |
Music
What's Up With DJ Brother Jamar?new
He's been showcasing the soulful, more organic side of Philly's music scene on Tiffany Bacon's Inner City show on Power 99 for the last six years.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Dirty South Joe |
08-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Frankie Avalon Remembers 'American Bandstand' As The Show Turns 50new
Before American Idol, American Bandstand showcased pop culture, but featured artists with talent and relevance.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Joshua Valocchi |
08-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
