Arts & Entertainment

M.I.A. has announced the dates for her latest tour. She’ll be stopping at the Electric Factory on Sep.
September 16, 2010 at 2:38 am

Music has had myriad purposes in my life, but only one song has ever turned me onto a clothing line.
September 16, 2010 at 2:26 am

Rockers stay moody on self-titled album Paul Banks has the second most ominous voice in indie rock today (Tom Smith of Editors takes first prize). While Interpol has surely crafted valuable tracks in the past the part of them that is most singularly Interpol is Banks’s cavernous, almost nefarious bellow.
September 16, 2010 at 2:22 am

On their latest LP, indie rock veterans get lost in the details. As coy and ironic as the modern indie landscape may be, The Walkmen have always aimed for the gut of both their fan base and their steady, shifting musical output.
September 16, 2010 at 2:14 am

We know that by now, summer seems like a sad, distant memory. As you struggle to get into the school grind, take a look back at some of summer’s happenings in music both in Philly and beyond.
September 16, 2010 at 1:51 am

Anyone who saw either of the Tomb Raiders might be inclined to think Angelina Jolie + action movie = awful monstrosity.
August 4, 2010 at 10:18 pm

The biggest surprise about The Kids are All Right, popularly billed as “that movie about the lesbian moms” is that it ends up being so much more than just that.
August 4, 2010 at 10:03 pm

1. Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse — "Revenge" 2. Lady Gaga — "Teeth" 3. Sleigh Bells — "Rill Rill" 4. Big Boi — "Shutterbugg" 5. Wavves — "Post-Acid" 6. Kanye West — "Power" 7. LCD Soundsystem — "Drunk Girls" 8. Foals — "Miami" 9. Neon Indian — "Deadbeat Summer" 10. M.I.A.
August 4, 2010 at 9:46 pm

Netherfriends is Shawn Rosenblatt, a 23-year-old Chicagoan-via-Suburban Philadelphia who produces buoyant psychedelic pop that ranges from frustrated to ecstatic in tone.
July 28, 2010 at 10:56 pm

Born out of a bedroom psych-folk project by singer-guitarist Luke Temple, Here We Go Magic has bloomed into a buzzworthy indie rock act with two albums under its belt.
July 28, 2010 at 10:51 pm

When we think of devotion, we immediately conjure up religious bowing and scraping or I-can’t live-without-you love stories.
July 28, 2010 at 10:48 pm

Like a typical suburban family’s home, Dark Night of the Soul is a collaboration on multiple levels.
July 28, 2010 at 10:17 pm

For the most part, tracing the genealogy of most current cutting-edge bands is pretty straightforward.
July 21, 2010 at 10:03 pm

If you’re looking for something to make Summer 2010 last just a bit longer, Father of My Children (suprisingly not a story about baby daddies) will make you feel some excruciatingly long moments.
July 21, 2010 at 9:18 pm

CHICAGO — Over the past several years, the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago’s Union Park has valiantly worked to separate itself from the usual crop of summer festivals, attracting attendees with an ear for interesting bands and a yearning for more comfortable, personal concert experiences.
July 21, 2010 at 9:12 pm

The sound that dominates today’s dance floor is a heady mixture of R&B and techno, whose building beats and naughty lyrics are best characterized by the likes of Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Ke$ha, the new divas of nightlife.
July 14, 2010 at 10:46 pm

When Swedish author Stieg Larsson finished the manuscripts for the Millennium Trilogy, he probably never expected that his books would become a must-read sensation around the world.
July 14, 2010 at 10:39 pm

In yet another summer of Gaga’s reign, it’s nearly impossible for any other female artist to avoid the dreaded comparison.
July 14, 2010 at 10:37 pm

Let me preface this review by saying 3Oh!3 is not trying to be the next Coldplay. Their music isn’t for the reviewers or the critics.
July 7, 2010 at 9:36 pm

Explosions and Computer Graphics Imagery can be a lot of fun. That’s why they comprise the majority of the summer blockbuster.
July 7, 2010 at 9:30 pm