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Johnny Brenda’s Embarks on the Ulrich Schnauss Odyssey
by Donte Kirby Ulrich Schnauss and Telequanta transported the audience to their world at Johnny Brenda’s on Wednesday night by using atmospheric music and complementary images as the vehicle. The...
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Futurebirds’ Industry Folktale
by Donte Kirby Baba Yaga Kostianaya Noga, grotesque witch of Russian folklore. For those who come to her hut, which can move around on chicken legs, she has one question- are you here of your own...
View ArticleThe Currents of Johnnyswim
by Donte Kirby “If it’s not alive, it’s not live,” is the band’s mantra when it comes to live shows and what Abner Ramirez tells me. He’s one half of the married duo, Johnnyswim, and his voice is...
View ArticleMad Decent Block Party Philadelphia
by Donte Kirby There was a sea of hands in the air when the beat dropped at the Mad Decent Block Party at Penn’s Landing on Friday Aug. 8th. Trap house was the music of the day. DJ Snake, Mac Diesel...
View ArticleDamien Rice, O (2003)
by Donte Kirby Melancholy and filled with a longing for a woman you can’t have. A sentiment that has written more records than anyone cares to count. Damian Rice channels the grief of a lovelorn man in...
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Communion Club Night June Edition
by Donte Kirby “We bring regional, national and international acts all under one roof,” said the host of June’s Communion Club night at the Milkboy. Anyone’s who’s been to a Communion knows that in the...
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Mother Mother and The Burgeoning Strike at Voltage Lounge
by Donte Kirby Mother Mother and The Burgeoning were electric on stage at the Voltage Lounge Thursday night. Hometown boys The Burgeoning opened the night playing songs mostly from their upcoming EP....
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The Mad Decent Block Party Was, Yet Again, Mad Decent
by Donte Kirby From the DJ super groups Major Lazer and Diplo to the solo phenomenon of Alison Wonderland and Porter Robinson, for two days Philadelphia got some of the best EDM has to offer at the Mad...
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Django Django and Wild Belle at Union Transfer
by Donte Kirby Django Django at Union Transfer (all photos by Donte Kirby) Chicago’s Wilde Belle and London’s Django Django had the crowd at Union Transfer moving their hips with their genre blending...
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Everything Everything and the Joy Formidable at Underground Arts
by Alexandra Healey After spending fifteen minutes trying to find parking, I quickly walked to Underground Arts in order to get a good spot inside for the two British based bands, Everything Everything...
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