Tag: rock

Why are Canadian bands alvvays so rad? Whatever it is, they’re doing something right up there in the Great White North. Thank goodness for tour…

Self-described as an “online cowboy in the wild-west days of the World Wide Web,” indie rock artist Alex Cameron is slated to release his second…

Aug. 10 was the perfect night for a Whitney concert in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The temperature was just right and the light upon Deal…

Five hunks from Chicago finally made their way to Philadelphia for a proper rock ’n’ roll show at Union Transfer May 26. After years of…

After four long years without releasing an album, Paramore is back with their fifth full-length album, “After Laughter.” The band is said to have gone…

I can’t quite put my finger on how Mac DeMarco became such a beloved staple of indie rock. He never quite grabbed me with his…

I first took notice of Cayetana about two years ago, when Michael Tender shadowed the band during research for his excellent account of Philadelphia’s (rock)…

I was in for a big surprise when I agreed to venture out to see Tinariwen — a band I had never heard of —…

When James Alex took the stage March 25 with Beach Slang, he was in full salesmanship mode. Performing to a sold out crowd waiting for…

Johnny Brenda’s remains one of my favorite venues in the city of Philadelphia, and when I get the chance to see a band I love…