Theatre Of Living Arts: The Dodos + Gauntlet Hair (9 p.m., $15) Johnny Brenda's: East Hundred (record release) + Turning Violet Violet, Steve Goldberg And The Arch Enemies (9 p.m., 21+, $10) North Star Bar: Lenka + Elizabeth And The Catapult, Shannon Corey ($8, 21+, $14) Kung Fu Necktie: The Great Unknown + The Spinning Leaves, The End of America (7 p.m., 21+, $8)

So I was reading through the 'Guide To Being One Of The Cool Bloggers' (You can download it on Pitchfork, but you have to answer a 20-question quiz on Kraut-rock before you can access it. I used my Julian Cope book to cheat.) and it says that I have to do a "Best of the first half of 20093. Seriously? Are the cool kids that desperate for content? I started reading through the lists a few sites have already published and noticed a disturbing trend: They were listing albums released in 2008. Sorry everyone, but Ida Maria was released in [...]

Opening bands: Jotto, Gildon Works East Hundred | Photo Gallery I gotta say, Philly really represented tonight. On the bill were 3 local bands; however, none of them were of the flimsy throw away variety. From the openers (Jotto) to the headliners (East Hundred), it was a solid night all around with no half-ass performances. Tonight was also the first time I was able to test out my new faster fisheye lens... I'm likin' it a lot. My buddy Eric also [...]
While plenty of bands seem to wait until the closing months of any given year to release new music, we are noticing an increasing number of artists choosing to wait until after the holiday rush for January and February to unleash their goods. So would be the case for today's featured music and since notification that an early copy was mailed in our direction, thanks to a certain drummer, our