MASON PORTER BRINGS EXPANDED FOLK SOUND TO STEELSTACKS
Philadelphia-area American band Mason Porter has continued to hone its sound – and expand its growing fanbase – in the roughly 10 years since its inception. The latest step forward for the group is “K...
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PURPLES SHARE NEW SONG, ‘LD,’ OFFER FREE DOWNLOAD
Philadelphia's Purples have shared a lyric video for a new song, "LD." It's the first song the band has released that was written by newest member Mike Quinn, who also handles lead vocals here on a Pu...
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OLD CHARADES TO RELEASE DEBUT EP, PLAY EMBASSY VINYL (STREAM NEW TRACK HERE)
Old Charades - a new band featuring guitarist/vocalist Sean Flynn, formerly of Those Clever Foxes; bassist Tom Lopes, of Final Descent; and drummer Jerry Connor - is preparing to release its debut EP,...
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ANDERS OSBORNE’S INTERCONTINENTAL MUSICAL ADVENTURE HITS ARDMORE & PORT CHESTER
By Michael Lester Photos by Jay Blakesberg Name a low-paying, manual labor job, and singer-songwriter blues-based guitarist Anders Osborne has probably done it during his well-traveled, adventur...
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DEL SUR STREAM DEBUT EP ‘H.A.G.S.’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Even the most geographically challenged among us know it's quite a trek to get from Philadelphia to Southern California, but Yardley, Pa.'s Michael Collier, fronting his recording project Del Sur,...
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PARQUET COURTS, NOW PARKAY QUARTS, RELEASES EP/LP HYBRID and TOUR DATES
Parkay Quarts (a.k.a. Parquet Courts) wanted to release music that their fans could “live with over the winter,” so “Constant Nausea” was born for hibernation. The album is Andrew Savage and Austin Br...
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TITLE FIGHT: NEW ALBUM ‘HYPERVIEW’ IN FEBRUARY ON ANTI-, VIDEO FOR ‘CHLORINE’ RELEASED
Title Fight will release a new album, "Hyperview," on Feb. 3 on Anti- Records. On Monday, a video for the band's new song "Chlorine" debuted at The Fader. "Hyperview" will be the band's third album...
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CABINET TAKES SHERMAN BY STORM FOR HALLOWEEN HEADLINE SHOW
Photos by Pati Bobeck Cabinet brought its Halloween Hootenany run of shows to Stroudsburg's Sherman Theater on Friday, Oct. 31, playing a special headlining show at a venue where it has served as a...
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CHEROKEE RED DEBUTS ‘THE WORLD IS MY OYSTER’ (EXCLUSIVE)
"On some level as a musician, you want to release some kind of opus you're working on, but in a lot of cases it's better to have something people can relate to. And a good chorus is hard to come b...
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SAM AMIDON TALKS ‘LILY-O,’ BILL FRISELL and ‘COLLABORATION’ WITH HENDRIX
Sam Amidon had an idea for his new album. But the album seemed to have another idea for him. That sounds a bit weird, so let's back up a second. Amidon, a singer, songwriter, guitarist and player o...
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