You might not know it, but what you need right now is a BYO-blankets-and-booze concert under the stars. Fronted by Gillian Chadwick (pictured), a refugee from Espers’ cult compound, Ex Reverie claims they make “glam rock from the year 1066,”…

This is no declaration. I just thought I’d let you know goodbye.

A former editor once told me she didn’t need Belle and Sebastian in her life because she already had Nick Drake. Seventeen years after Tigermilk and If You’re Feeling Sinister, the old words we used to use when we talked…

In the most recent issue of City Paper, I interviewed Quentin Stoltzfus — formerly of Mazarin, currently of Light Heat — about his new band, new album, lots of stuff. You can read it here. And you can see Light…

You can be damn sure Quentin Stoltzfus did some Googling before naming his new band.  Almost no one had heard of Google last time he named a band. It was the late ’90s. He’d come across the word “Mazarin” in…

For almost a century, nobody wanted to know what went on inside Byberry. But once Northeast Philly’s infamous mental institution got shut down in 1990, there was no keeping anybody out. During its busy afterlife, the sprawling, decaying campus is…

When The Postal Service did the ol’ ritualistic “thank you all good night see you soon” thing about an hour into their set, we had to wonder if it really was goodbye. But the more pressing questions were… Hadn’t they…

Ladyfest Philly 2013 runs Fri., June 7, to Sun., June 9, and includes concerts, workshops and other events. Individual tickets are $10-$20; a three-day pass is $40. Complete schedule and ticket info at ladyfestphilly.com. Allison Pense Black Wine Friday/June 7 Philly…

During the great psych-rock recession of the early 2000s, a gritty strain of power pop bubbled up from the basements and practice spaces of our fair city. Among the most alluring and obfuscating was This Radiant Boy, whose mad-scientist frontman…