BREAKING NEWS: Good Old War Will Play the TLA on New Year’s Eve.
Images by Rick Kauffman.
The local trio from Good Old War will perform on New Year’s Eve at the TLA. Find tickets for the show here.
Good Old War headlined the final event of this year’s Philly FM Fest, an outdoor/ indoor show at the Ukie Club. The lineup was jam packed with Philly talent, complemented by some quality touring acts like The Head and The Heart (see the images below).
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Philly FM Fest: Riot Fest @ Festival Pier.
Text by Aaron Jollay. Images by Matt Emmerich.
Punks and punk lovers gathered at Festival Pier Saturday for Riot Fest. There was an appropriately grimey layer of clouds early in the day that gave way to a scattered-cloud sundown and not a drop of rain.
Headliners The Descendents rolled through their set, pausing to bring singer Milo Auckerman’s (right) well-indoctrinated kids on stage to help read some commandments and chant “quah” for the song “All-O-Gistics.”
Fellow legends X (bassist/ singer John Doe is at right) performed their 1980 debut album Los Angeles not bothering to stop the onslaught when the house speakers failed. Both of these bands have been around more than 30 years and still sound amazing. They’ve also not lost their ability to energize fans and entertain.
Philadelphia punk elder statesmen Dead Milkmen excelled along those same lines. Lead singer Rodney Anonymous was a bouncing ball of energy when away from his keyboard, traversing all over the stage every half minute. Their cover of Gary Neuman’s “Cars” highlighted the more Devo-sounding aspects of this group when they play songs easier to dance to than mosh.
There was also a cameo by Green Party Sherriff candidate Cheri Honkala, touting her no-evictions platform and introducing the song “Bitchin’ Camero.”
Hardcore heroes 7 Seconds (right) also delivered a scorching set to a packed-out tent audience earlier in the lineup. Read more…
Philly FM Fest: Good Old War, The Head and The Heart, and Jukebox The Ghost @ The Ukie Club.
Text by Ashley Hall. Images by G.W. Miller III.
“We are staying in Philadelphia,” yelled Tim Arnold, one part of the Philly-native trio Good Old War. “Fuck New York.” Read more…
Philly FM Fest: Reading Rainbow and Nicos Gun @ The Ukie Club.
The second annual Philly FM Fest culminated with an outdoor/ indoor show at the Ukie Club near Northern Liberties. Reading Rainbow (above) was among the groups to perform on the outdoor stage, in the humid air.
Reading Rainbow will play a free show at Johnny Brenda’s on Wednesday with Cat Vet and The Homophones.
Nicos Gun (below) also took the stage at The Ukie.
Swag Me Out: Chill Moody & More @ The Blockley.
Images by Brittney Bowers.
Chill Moody (above) rocked The Blockley Pourhouse as part of the Swag Me Out party on Saturday. Check out the winter issue of JUMP magazine, due out on 11/11/11, to learn more about Chill. Read more…
POPPED!: Girl Talk and Pretty Lights @ The Liacouras Center.
Images by Rick Kauffman.
The POPPED! Festival took over the Laicouras Center this weekend after heavy rain forced the annual festival away from their scheduled location at FDR Park.
Above, Girl Talk gets the crowd dancing and below, Pretty Lights spins for the crowd.
Among the others who performed Saturday were Foster the People, Rakim, Sun Airway, Black Landlord and Patty Crash.
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Philly FM Fest: The Power Of Love, Jukebox the Ghost-style.
Jukebox the Ghost wound down their super fun set at the Ukie Club as part of the Philly FM Fest by covering the Huey Lewis and the News classic “The Power of Love.” There might be some “Ghostbusters” theme music mixed in there too.
Philly FM Fest: Descendents @ Festival Pier.
Images by Matt Emmerich.
Milo Aukerman (right) and Stephen Egerton of the Descendents playing at Festival Pier Saturday as part of Riot Fest, which was technically part of the Philly FM Fest. In the bottom image, bass player Karl Alvarez jams.
Philly FM Fest: Weathervane Music Showcase @ World Cafe Live.
Text and images by Colin Kerrigan.
Weathervane Music held their Philly Fm Festival showcase Friday at World Cafe Live featuring Sharon Van Etten (top), Hezekiah Jones (below) and Marissa Nadler (bottom).
All three have ties to the city of Philadelphia.
Sharon Van Etten and Hezekiah Jones both filmed Shaking Through sessions with the Weathervane folks. Marissa Nadler recorded her recent album right here in Philly with producer Brian McTear. Sharon Van Etten also recorded with McTear for her recent EP, Epic. She was in the studio again recently with the Weathervane guys to record a full length that should be out sometime in February. 
Philly FM Fest: Kuf Knotz @ The Fire.
Kuf Knotz and his band took the stage at The Fire, the end of an afternoon of free music at the Northern Liberties venue. The show, part of the Philly FM Fest, was supposed to be outside but the skies looked ominous.
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