Origivation

Mid-Winter Scottish and Irish Festival

2010-02-21T18:24:00.001-05:00

The 2nd weekend in February turned out to be uneventful for Philadelphia residents. Everyone was snowed in and cabin fever swept across the east coast. Soon enough though, people were able to shovel out their cars and make their way to Valley Forge, only to go back inside and not come out for an entire weekend. Why would everyone do this? The same reason why many west coasters and everyone

Tegan and Sara @ The Tower Theater

2010-02-19T00:02:00.002-05:00

Tegan and Sara@ The Tower TheaterFebruary 16, 2010Just in time to grace this month’s cover, Tegan and Sara have returned to the City of Sisterly Affection for their biggest Philly show yet. The touring history of the twins from our neighbor to the North spans an impressive variety of 215 venues from the dives (The Fire), to the avant-garde (International House), to the majors (World Café Live,

The Seven Fields of Aphelion - Periphery

2010-02-16T02:13:00.002-05:00

The Seven Fields of AphelionPeripheryGraveface RecordsBlack Moth Super Rainbow’s Maux Boyle has recently taken up the moniker The Seven Fields of Aphelion and released an ambient album accompanied by more than a dozen of her multiple exposure photographs depicting the dissolving contrast of nature and ruinous industrial age artifacts (think, the opening credits of Twin Peaks). She has cited,

Asobi Seksu @ The First Unitarian Church

2010-01-30T01:13:00.002-05:00

Asobi Seksu@ The First Unitarian ChurchJanuary 28, 2010From shoegaze to dream pop to something resembling postmodern lyric poetry, Asobi Seksu have never lacked audacity; it’s also safe to say that they’re still yet to lack brilliance. Last November the group (comprised of Yuki Chikudate on lead vocals and keyboards/piano and James Hanna on guitar, along with additional help from Billy Pavone on

Music Review: In Cadeo "Making Our Graves"

2010-01-21T21:22:00.001-05:00