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Alex G’s album release show sells out The Fire
Source: The Key (WXPN) On Sunday night, lo-fi fans and Philly basement enthusiasts rallied together as hometown hero Alex G put on a sold out show at the Fire. The concert marked the end of their month...
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Cayetana puts on a brilliant show for a brilliant album
Source: The Key (WXPN) The Golden Tea House was packed from wall to wall Sunday night as local favorites Cayetana celebrated the release of their debut full length album Nervous like Me on Tiny Engines...
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Joyce Manor captivates a roomful of fans at Union Transfer
Source: The Key (WXPN) This past Wednesday, California pop punk band Joyce Manor stopped by Union Transfer in support of their most recent album, Never Hungover Again. With support from Seattle-based...
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Rise Against plays a commanding set at The Tower
Source: The Key (WXPN) Last Wednesday, alternative rock staples Rise Against put on a show to a packed crowd at Upper Darby’s Tower Theater. The Chicago band, touring in support of their 2014 album The...
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Cloud Nothings bring a high-energy show to Union Transfer
Source: The Key (WXPN) On Sunday night, Cleveland indie punk band Cloud Nothings played an intimate show at Union Transfer. The band is on tour in support of its latest album (and breakout success),...
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Dads takes on one of the last regularly scheduled shows at the First...
Source: The Key (WXPN) Last month R5 productions announced that they would be scaling way on booking shows at the legendary First Unitarian Church basement (read full story here). Emo heavyweights Dads...
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Restorations throw a wild hometown party for the release of LP3
Source: The Key (WXPN) On Saturday night, hard-hitting Philadelphia rock band Restorations throw an enormous party at the First Unitarian Church to celebrate the release of their third full-length...
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The World Is A Beautiful Place leads a stacked lineup at World Cafe Live
Source: The Key (WXPN) While interning for WXPN, I photographed tons of shows at the World Cafe Live. Countless guy/girl with guitar singer-songwriters, heaps of Americana influenced alternative...
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CRUISR owns the stage of the Tower like it was meant for them
Source: The Key (WXPN) The last time I saw Cruisr (then known as Cruiser) they were the first opener for a show at the North Star Bar with Shorty Boy Boy headlining. There were about 15 people watching...
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Came out Swinging | Celebrating 10 years of The Wonder Years and the fans...
Source: The Key (WXPN) “Three days. 3,600 tickets. 10 minutes.” This was how Dan “Soupy” Campbell set the stage for fans as he started performing The Upsides on the first day The Wonder Years‘ 10th...
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Tumblrcore Tourdom: La Dispute and Title Fight co-headlined Union Transfer
Source: The Key (WXPN) The Title Fight / La Dispute co headlining tour seemed to be the pinnacle of tumblrcore tourdom. Both bands had made huge strides in the in the punk and post-hardcore world and...
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Taylor Swift enchants sold out crowd in Philadelphia two nights in a row
Source: The Key (WXPN) Taylor Swift flaunted her total world domination this weekend in Philadelphia with two sold out concerts at Lincoln Financial Field. These two nights had one hundred thousand...
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The Sidekicks, All Dogs, Lithuania and MARGE put on a stand-out show at...
Source: The Key (WXPN) It isn’t too often I can say a show felt curated perfectly. However, each band on Friday’s bill at PhilaMOCA seemed meant to play together. The evening started off with...
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Three Man Cannon debuts its excellent new album at PhilaMOCA
Source: The Key (WXPN) Scranton-to-Philadelphia transplants Three Man Cannon released their second LP on Lame-O records on November 6th. Last Thursday, the band put on a great show to celebrate,...
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The Key’s Year-End Mania: Rachel Del Sordo’s five artist to put on your...
Source: The Key (WXPN) Petal | Photo by Rachel del Sordo | racheldelsordophotography.com Year-End Mania is the Key’s annual survey of the things below the surface that made 2015 incredible. Today, Key...
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Daughter doesn’t look back at Union Transfer on Thursday
Source: The Key (WXPN) Daughter | photo by Rachel Del Sordo for WXPN | racheldelsordophotography.com British songbird Elena Tonra and her bandmates in Daughter first broke on to the U.S. scene with a...
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Explosions In The Sky light up The Fillmore for a sold-out instrumental show
Source: The Key (WXPN) photo by Rachel Del Sordo Explosions in the Sky were welcomed by a sold out crowd to The Fillmore Philadelphia on Friday night. It was the bands first show in the city in five...
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Sixteen Years Later and Worth the Wait: At The Drive In show The Fillmore how...
Source: The Key (WXPN) For many people in last night’s sold-out crowd at The Fillmore, June 13th was a day they had been waiting sixteen years for. It had been that long since At The Drive In played a...
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Hot Fun: ATL’s Shaky Knees Festival in pictures
Source: The Key (WXPN) Shaky Knees Festival | photo by Rachel Del Sordo for WXPN The second you enter the Shaky Knees Festival grounds, you realize that is not going to be like most festivals. The...
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Mitski finds a home in Philadelphia
Source: The Key (WXPN) Mitski | photo by Rachel Del Sordo Last week indie rock heavyweight Mitski came to Philly in a big way, playing three shows in two days. First there was sold out show at Boot...
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PUP returns to Philly for out of this world headlining show
Source: The Key (WXPN) Pup | photo by Rachel Del Sordo I saw PUP for the first time in 2014, on their first US tour, at a weekday Golden Tea House gig. I had never seen a band command a crowd of about...
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Punk and Community: Something in the Way Festival and lots of Philly bands...
Source: The Key (WXPN) Alex G | photo by Rachel Del Sordo Last Wednesday, a mob of punk rock fans engulfed Webster Hall in New York City. The occasion was Something In The Way, a one-night-only...
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The Menzingers ring in album release with sold out Kung Fu Necktie gig
Source: The Key (WXPN) The Menzingers | photo by Rachel Del Sordo “It is not every day you get to release an album,” The Menzingers‘ singer-guitarist Tom May told a sold-out crowd at Kung Fu Necktie....
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Photo Recap: Tigers Jaw, Saintseneca and Smidley packed the Union Transfer
Tigers Jaw | photo by Rachel Del Sordo Hometown heroes Tigers Jaw returned to Philadelphia Friday night with a packed gig at Union Transfer. The band is touring in support of their latest album Spin...
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