Articles by Elyssa Kerstein
May. 15, 2015
Local band Hop Along puts on passionate show at UT
Back in Philadelphia May 9, this time on the Union Transfer stage and not in a cramped Philadelphia basement, local band Hop Along came, saw…
Mar. 7, 2014
St. Vincent charms Union Transfer with unique show
Annie Clark, better known by her stage name St. Vincent, put on an enchanting and transcendent show Feb. 28 at Union Transfer. Her fourth studio…
Feb. 28, 2014
Weiss of Into It. Over It. gets personal at Union Transfer
Union Transfer held another killer show Feb. 22 featuring five of the best acts from the Philadelphia do-it-yourself music scene that have all been making…
Nov. 1, 2013
Aoki takes fans by surprise
Steve Aoki graced the stage of the Electric Factory Oct. 24 alongside rapper Waka Flocka Flame and dubstep disc jockey Borgore. After the first opening…
Oct. 25, 2013
Dance choreographer visits Drexel
Kariamu Welsh and company gave a striking lecture and demonstration Oct. 17 in Drexel’s Mandell Theater on her revolutionary African dance technique, Umfundalai. Welsh, a…
Oct. 11, 2013
The Flaming Lips astound audience
Stepping onto Philadelphia’s Festival Pier Oct. 3, was like stepping back into the vibrant decade of the 1960s. The impassioned music, intense visual effects and…
Oct. 4, 2013
New Brown releases ‘Old’ album
Thanks to Spotify, fans of the Detroit rapper Danny Brown, who is signed to Fool’s Gold Records, can now stream his much-anticipated full-length studio album…
Sep. 27, 2013
CHVRCHES puts on an intimate, dynamic show
Up-and-coming Scottish electro-pop band CHVRCHES, which released its studio album “The Bones of What You Believe” Sept. 23, played a killer show Sept, 18 at…
