Let Me Tell You About ‘Being White In Philly’

  BY JEFF DEENEY As a little boy in the late ’70s I lived with my family on 63rd Street in Overbrook in the row home attached to my grandparents’ row home. I never knew my Irish grandparents on my father’s side; their lives were cut short by ill health and alcoholism when my father was a teenager, leaving him and his four older siblings to fend for themselves. But my grandparents on my mother’s side were ever-present, their tiny house a hub of activity on the block where they had spent much of their lives since getting off a […]

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BEING THERE: The Eels @ World Cafe Live

Photo by PETE TROSHAK The Eels have a history of odd opening acts. That streak continued on Saturday night, with opener Puddles Pity Party. Puddles [pictured, above]  is a six foot five clown clad in a white outfit who arrived on the World Café Live stage after shambling through the crowd with a lantern and suitcase in hand. He stood at the mic silently and stared into space for what felt like a nine months before opening his mouth. When he did finally sing he stunned the crowd with a short set of heartbreak ballads served up lounge style with […]

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BEING THERE: Man Man @ Union Transfer

Photo by MEREDITH KLEIBER A way sold out Union Transfer got its collective weird-beard on last night when local yokels Man Man planted their freak flag with an onslaught of rock-and-roll absurdity that spanned all four of their extant albums. It didn’t take long for the local cult favorite to raise the collective heart rate of the audience. By their third song, “Mr. Jug Stuffed,” they had the floor dancing, the balconies stomping, and the crowd surfers doing a great job of pissing off security. Momentarily slowing down the audience’s collective pulse, Honus Honus donned his signature alien mask as […]

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THIS JUST IN: Morrissey @ The Tower 4/6

  Tickets go on sale Friday at noon. PREVIOUSLY: Morrissey first canceled concerts earlier this month, citing a bleeding ulcer and Barrett’s esophagus as the reason for his cancelation. “Morrissey thanks everyone concerned for their well wishes during this time and hopes for a speedy recovery,” a rep for Morrissey said at the time of the first cancelations.  While he intended to resume his tour in El Paso on Feb. 12, that show was canceled and he announced that the tour would return on Feb. 21 in Denver. That show has since been canceled as well. A post on Morrissey’s […]

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The Belle & Sebastian To Rock Skyline Stage (Gently)

  Belle & Sebastian will be playing the Mann’s Skyline Stage on July 10th. Anybody who was witness to the splendor in the grass that was Sigur Ros’ two-night stand at the Skyline Stage last summer can attest to just how splendid this will invariably be: Craft beers, food trucks, blanket-on-the-lawn, under the bushes under the stars. And no cops. Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10 AM. So don’t just sit there with your teeth in your mouth. Fold your hands child, you walk like a peasant! RELATED: An Oral History Of If You’re Feeling Sinsister RELATED: The Postal […]

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BEING THERE: Bleeding Rainbow @ Johnny Brenda’s

Photo by PETE TROSHAK There are a few things you need to know about Bleeding Rainbow. 1) they have been praised by both surviving members of Nirvana 2) they once were known as Reading Rainbow but changed their name after being chided by Carrie Brownstein and one too many stupid questions about LeVar Burton and 3) they might be the best band you’ve never seen. The band started out as an indie duo of husband and wife Rob Garcia and Sarah Everton, but last year expanded to a four piece by adding lead guitarist Al Creedon and drummer Greg Frantz. […]

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Win Tix To See Power Pop Pied Piper Chris Stamey

  We have a whole buncha tix to giveway to see power-pop legend Chris Stamey at World Cafe Live on Feb. 17th. To win all you have to do is sign up for our mailing list (SEE RIGHT, at the bottom of the masthead) and then send us an email at FEED@PHAWKER.COM saying as much with the subject line WHERE’S MY FREE CHRIS STAMEY TICKETS? Please include your full name and a mobile number for confirmation. If you have no clue who Chris Stamey and why you should care school yourself below. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: From his tenures with the […]

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