So, the Village Voice put Philly-born porn star Stoya on their cover this week. That should be a good story and good click-bait. We should know, since we did a cover story on her in 2008. Of course there’s room…

By the time Stewart Ebersole got his first Black Flag tattoo, the legendary ’80s hardcore band had already imploded and broken up. And, truth be told, he hadn’t much cared for their last few albums. But still, their killer early…

Lansdale band Friends with Murder does their song “Dearly Beloved” at good, old Laurel Hill Cemetery, final resting place of people named Wister, Wistar, Furness, Rittenhouse, Pemberton and Peale — not to mention Harry Kalas and Adrian Balboa. This video…

Not sure if “tape-release parties” were ever a regular thing, but they’re back as long as tiny, sheer-force-of-will labels like Philly-based Single Girl, Married Girl Records are out there doing what they do. (And they’re not stupid — they do…

Keep your eye on the Crutchfield twins. Last week, Allison Crutchfield and her West Philly band Swearin’ fired up a sold-out Union Transfer, opening up for The Hold Steady. And now here comes Katie Crutchfield with Waxahatchee, a fiesty lo-fi…

Sherman Hemsley — born in 1938, grew up at 22nd and Christian, went to Central High — didn’t want to be pinned down. He didn’t have an agent or a permanent address when Norman Lear finally convinced him to read…

I’m still posting standout tracks/videos every night at midnight because why not. (Click here to see them all so far.) I’m not endorsing coke or yoga, but i recommend you get hooked on Philly rapper Ethel Cee.

Every year, my buddy Jon Solomon — lifelong DJ at Princeton’s community-supported radio station and the perennial runner-up in the Best Christmas Jew Pageant — settles in for a long winter’s sacrifice: 24 straight hours on the air, playing holiday…

“Stranger in India, I’m gonna be creepin’ on you so hard. You’re seducin’ Tibetan pop stars, and wreckin’ motor-cars.” Frances Quinlan’s got a way with words. The singer-guitarist aims for that sweet spot on the beautiful/mysterious X-Y axis. There’s humor and…