Daniel Traub Daniel Traub grew up near Fitler Square but often spent summer days during his teenage years in North Philly where his mother, Lily Yeh, established The Village of Arts & Humanities community center. “It was like going to…

Michael Lavine Georgia Hubley, James McNew and Ira Kaplan Revered Jersey indie rock band Yo La Tengo is turning 30 this year, but in a way it only feels like 21. That’s because it wasn’t until 1993’s Painful that the…

[ 11/11 ] Right up until “A Better Son/Daughter,” I was vaguely bored by most of what Jenny Lewis and her band came up with at the very-sold-out Union Transfer on Tuesday. But that song put things into perspective: It’s…

Ruthie Wyatt [ 11/7 ] It’s not easy to review a comedy show knowing the performer collapsed soon afterward and ended up at the hospital for a long time. Before all that, I was gonna write about how Tig Notaro…

Have you heard Pinkwash? They’re a loud, guitar-and-drums duo that mixes white-knuckle punk with something less predictable. But what? The beats are busy and complicated. The riffs are fractal and mathy. Am I crazy or are we barging into prog-rock…

Look, we don’t wanna be the blog that thinks it’s absolutely delightful every time Philly gets namechecked in a national publication, but this Onion piece on gentrification in the rarely alluded-to Walnut Hill made us laugh. This line in particular…

A new book on Ol’ Dirty Bastard — the late rapper best known for his work with the Wu Tang Clan — was just released by Dey Street Books. The Dirty Version, by Buddha Monk and Mickey Hess, is an…

The whole “top this” and “best that” thing is only vaguely useful, if not utterly pointless, but listen: This has been one hell of a year for Philly rock. The War on Drugs, Nothing, Bleeding Rainbow, A Sunny Day in…

Deerhoof | A- For a record that’s bursting with confetti, psycho carnival joy and riffs, riffs, riffs, La Isla Bonita (Polyvinyl) really thrives in its delicate second half, where Satomi Matsuzaki’s voice and some surf/spy sounds rise above the fun-house…