Hyped By: Izzy Cihak Sacred Objects, musical moniker of Damian David Ciccarone, is worth a listen if only for the fact that he has the balls to list Kriss Kross alongside the Velvet Underground as an influence. The product, however, is neither reminiscent of Nickelodeon Rap or Godlike sonification from the Lower East Side. Sacred Objects, instead, blends phat beats, […]

Liz Phair@ Theater of the Living ArtsPhiladelphia, PAAugust 27th, 2008 Even at 41 Liz Phair sounds just as earnest singing songs about one-night stands, pre-teen fornication, and “cunt(s) in spring” as she did fifteen years ago on Exile in Guyville. On August 27th Rock N Roll’s favorite MILF found herself gracing the stage of TLA, performing the album in its […]

The Cute Lepers@ The M RoomPhiladelphia, PAAugust 19th, 2008 Can’t Stand Modern Music, the title of the debut LP from power-pop outfit The Cute Lepers, couldn’t be more suitable to describe their August 19th gig in the heart of Fishtown, Philadelphia’s hippest locale and the regular stomping ground of over-hyped, underimpressive Phooklyn acts like Vampire Weekend and the Dirty Projectors. […]

Sons & Daughters | Johnny Brenda’s (Philadelphia, PA) | March 23, 2008 | This Easter, the annual zombie bar crawl was far from the most exciting thing going on in Philadelphia. That title belonged to Sons & Daughters, the Scottish quartet who have spent the past five years proving to the music world that the hot-chicks-and-big-riffs equation can actually be […]

Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie & In This MomentWachovia Spectrum (Philadelphia, PA)January 10, 2008 In a time when rock’s greatest stars have become middle-aged family men and worthwhile younger bands are confined to clubs, even the year’s best arena rock tour can look more like Spinal Tap than The Song Remains the Same. This was the case when Ozzy Osbourne, Rob […]