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Soccer Mommy, Bad Bunny, Aubrie Sellers

Soccer Mommy - “Color Theory” (Loma Vista ***)Sophie Allison is a young star with an old soul.In 2017,...

Philadelphia Inquirer

The 8th Annual Rock Against MS Benefit Concert & Award Show at The Palace Theatre on March 21

Legendary Guitar Player’s Steve Stevens, Orianthi, Steve Lukather, Wayne Kramer and more - will dominate the stage at the...

Sean Bello

Music Report

Fotocrime Ready for "South of Heaven" with Apocalyptic New Song "Expulsion From Paradise"

Equal parts heathen and heaven, Fotocrime’s new album is summoned from a darkness that lives all around us, deep within...

Campus Circle Staff

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Pet Shop Boys, Lil Wayne, Tami Neilson

Pet Shop Boys - “Hotspot” (X2 ***)Pet Shop Boys have been a thinking-person’s dance band for three-and-a-half...

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Amoeba Music Finds A New Home

The iconic independent record store is set to move from its current location to 6200 Hollywood Blvd. in fall of...

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Frances Quinlan, Marcus King, Destroyer

Frances Quinlan - Likewise (Saddle Creek ***)Likewise is the first album that Philadelphia’s Frances Quinlan...

Music Live Show Reviews

What’s Hot? Ryan Sallis at The Hotel Cafe

Ryan Sallis took over the main stage at The Hotel Cafe on Saturday night with a packed house. Sallis was joined...

Sean Bello

Music Preview

Mt. Joy at The Wiltern on Friday, November 8th at 8PM.

Following the release of their self-titled debut album last year, Mt. Joy have emerged as “a fast and furious 21st century...

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Music Preview

The Japanese House at The Wiltern on October 12 at 8PM

Amber Bain, aka The Japanese House, first heard the phrase "Good at Falling", when a friend showed her a video game...

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Chick Corea Trilogy with Christian McBride & Brian Blade (Oct. 3 at Royce Hall)

UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA)presents Chick Corea Trilogy with Christian McBride &...

Music CD Reviews

Missy Elliott, Bon Iver, Rodney Crowell

Missy Elliott - “Iconology” [EP] (Atlantic *** 1/2 stars)Take “Iconology” for what it sounds...

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Haim’s ‘Summer Girl’ is like a mash note to L.A.

Haim’s new single appears at first to be the latest in a long line of tributes to Los Angeles from the sister trio that...

Music CD Reviews

P!nk, The National and Little Steven

P!nk - “Hurts 2B Human” (RCA ***)In its own way, P!nk’s eighth album confirms the Doylestown, Pa.,...

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Kevin Abstract, Mac DeMarco, Rodrigo y Gabriela

Rodrigo y Gabriela - “Mettavolution” (ATO ***)For those who claim the guitar’s reign as a lead instrument...

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Weezer, Juice WRLD, Hayes Carll

Hayes Carll - “What It Is” (Dualtone ***)Texas tunesmith Hayes Carll was fittingly bummed out on 2016’s...

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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M83 Announces the release of "Knife + Heart" Soundtrack

M83 today announces his third feature film soundtrack, Knife + Heart, will be released digitally March 8on Mute. Knife...

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Xzibit to join Cypress HIll on month-long U.S. West coast High Tour

Hip-hop icon Xzibit will join Cypress Hill on their month-long West Coast High Tour beginning February...

Campus Circle Staff

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The Delines, Joe Jackson and Deerhunter

The Delines - “The Imperial” (El Cortez *** 1/2)Songs by the Delines take place in seedy motels, dimly...

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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The Dream, Randy Houser and John Mellencamp

The-Dream - “Ménage à Trois Sextape Vol. 1, 2, 3” (Radio Killa *** 1/2)“We don’t...

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Hopeless Records Celebrate Milestone 25 Year Anniversary

2018 marks the 25 Year Anniversary for the independent and influential label, Hopeless Records. Today, the Van Nuys-based team...

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21 Savage, Bad Bunny, Paul Kelly

Bad Bunny - “X 100pre” (Rimas *** 1/2)If 2018 was the year Latin-language música urbana won chart-topping...

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Music Special Features

The Beatles ‘white album’ at 50: A classic or an overindulgence?

When it comes to Beatles nostalgia, the band’s self-titled 1968 “White Album” has a king-size reputation —...

Greg Kot

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Lil Peep, Graham Parker, Swizz Beats

Graham Parker - “Cloud Symbols” (100 percent Records ***)The title of Graham Parker’s new album comes...

Philadelphia Inquirer

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Lil Wayne, Brockhampton, Mandy Barnett

Lil Wayne - “Tha Carter V” (Young Money ***)The role of Tha Carter series in Lil Wayne’s career is...

Philadelphia Inquirer

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Boz Scaggs, Underworld & Iggy Pop, Travis Scott

Boz Scaggs “Out of the Blues”(Concord ***)Although he’s best known for such sleek mid-’70s pop hits...

Philadelphia Inquirer

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SOPHIE, Dierks Bentley, R + R = Now

SOPHIE“OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES”(Transgressive/Future Classic *** 1/2)In 2015, mysterious producer-trickster...

Philadelphia Inquirer

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Nine Inch Nails, Lily Allen, Angelique Kidjo

Nine Inch Nails“Bad Witch”(The Null Corporation ***)An EP that Trent Reznor calls an album just to outfox Spotify,...

Philadelphia Inquirer

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Charlie Puth, Chvrches, Kelly Willis

Charlie Puth“Voicenotes”(Atlantic ***)Charlie Puth, the young son of Rumson, N.J., showed a real knack for glistening,...

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Album reviews: Beach House, Van Morrison, Leon Bridges

Leon Bridges“Good Things”(Columbia ** 1/2)It was hard to avoid the Sam Cooke comparisons with Leon Bridges’...

Philadelphia Inquirer

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musical.ly Launches College Scholarship Program

Initial program in $50 million Creator Fund provides educational scholarships to talented college-age usersmusical.ly, one of...

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