Elena Gooray
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Music
Album Releases: 4.17.12
Azealia Banks – 1991 EP
Since making waves last December with her infectious (and filthy-mouthed) single “212," Azealia Banks has energized the rap scene with house beats and blink-and-you-miss-it speed verses.
Music
Album Releases: 4.10.12
Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
Alabama Shakes has already achieved a feat in choosing a band name that is both geographically and musically apt — the notion of music so raw it gives you the shakes well suits the Southern blues rock crafted by these Alabama natives on their debut LP.
Music
Album Releases: 4.3.12
Bear in Heaven – I Love You, It’s Cool
For a band that has chosen such a pointedly nonchalant title for their latest album, the Brooklyn-based Bear in Heaven offers up some pretty earnest electro rock.
Music
Walkin' On Sunshine
Explore the charming Center City West neighborhood over some well-matched tunes
Music
Album Releases: 3.20.2012
Daniel Rossen – Silent Hour/Golden Mile EP
Talk about a multitasker: already a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist for Brooklyn darlings Grizzly Bear as well as the more experimental Department of Eagles, Daniel Rossen is now releasing his first solo EP.
Music
Album Releases: 3.13.2012
Delta Spirit – Delta Spirit
Preserving their distinct combination of a world-weary attitude and high energy, Delta Spirit drops their third round of soul and country-infused rock.
Music
Album Releases: 2.28.2012
Chiddy Bang – Breakfast
More than three years after meeting just a hop, skip and jump away from Penn at Drexel, alternative hip hop duo Chiddy Bang has finally dropped their studio debut.
Music
What A Beautiful World
Break out of University City for some of Philly's best vinyls — and more
Music
Album Releases: 2.21.2012
Damien Jurado - Maraqopa
Indie singer/songwriter Damien Jurado adds to his repertoire of soft, brooding tunes with his tenth studio album.
Word on the street
Word on the Street: Do I Have To?
They’re only three little words, but they can say a lot. I’m not talking about “I love you,” or “Who’s your TA?” or anything else with such obvious (and earth–shattering) meaning.
Music
Review: Lasers by Lupe Fiasco
Spring Fling headliner leaves his rhymes in the oven for a little too long
Music
Review: Gutter Rainbows by Talib Kweli
Eminently Kwelified: Talib Kweli goes old school on latest.
Music
Infinite Similarity
Like their 2006 debut Everything All The Time, Band of Horses’ third release, Infinite Arms, opens with what is possibly its best song.
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