
Coup Couroux FRIDAY, JANUARY 6th Rev TJ McGlinchey + Dani Mari, Up The Chain, Joe D'Amico at World Cafe Live (8 p.m., $17.50-$22.50); Liat + Amanda Wells, Sarah Donner, Sun Flight at Tin Angel (10:30 p.m., 21+, $10); Artie Appleseed + The Trowels, Zwanendale, McRad at Johnny Brenda's (8 p.m., 21+, $10) SATURDAY, JANUARY 7th Local quartet Coup Couroux —which XPN22s John Vettese recently highlighted in his Philly Local Philes—performs with Lamagier + Synth Sircus, and Audio Kings Of The Third World [...]

South Philly's Faux Slang have released a new self-titled EP . The band includes Rick Hass, Adam Herndon, Dan Verechia (all former members of This Radiant Boy) and Ian Nauroth. The band have their own unique take on psychedelic influenced garage rock, like sifting through old records by Guided By Voices, Can and Velvet Underground. The album is available digitally now and you can pre-order the vinyl here . Ha Ha Bang Bang by Faux Slang Golden Throats by Faux Slang

The Philadelphia Film and Music Festival livens up the city this coming weekend. For those of you not familiar with it I'll let the press release do the talking: THE PHILADELPHIA FILM AND MUSIC FESTIVAL or "PHILLY F/M" for short) is a four-day festival taking place at over 30 music and film venues, with free outdoor stages, day parties and a record fair. Philly F/M will take place on Thursday, Sept 23 - Sunday, Sept 26th, 2010 and will feature a wide variety of regional, national and international musicians and films. The festival strives to be [...]

It is time once again for the round-up of the weekends musical events coming to the IA area. Not as packed as past weekends, but it is a little front heavy. Friday is absolutely loaded, before it slows down for Saturday and Sunday. Here's who is playing Friday and those going on to other regional locales afterwards: Dinosaur Jr. Photo by Johannes Scherman When certain bands get back together and tour, it's almost tragic. I'm not going to [...]

We're back! And thank you for your suggestions on file hosting; we're checking them all out as we hit crunch time. So we need to hit 'em hard today and get you guys some quality covers to make up for lost time. Today's first cover comes via Last Christmas friend and Philly neighbor Philebrity who featured us last year. This year, they get in the action and present the world with Faux Slang, which they describe as having enough "early Teenage Fanclub sludge to mask the true pain that lies at the core [...]