Algernon Cadwallader

Provoking kids to crowd surf, mosh and dance all at the same time, Philadelphia’s own Algernon Cadwallader’s music is sloppy – in all of the right ways. Comprised of Peter Helmis on vocals and bass, Joe Reinhart on guitar and Tank Bergman on drums, Algernon Cadwallader has been making houses shake throughout and outside of [...]

Film and music come together at festival

Films in the first year of the XPN festival explored the work of musicians like Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Paul Simon. University of Pennsylvania’s radio station, 88.5 WXPN, hosted its first annual music film festival this past weekend. Thursday, April 26, night opened the weekend’s events at University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Center, [...]

Music Issue: Chiddy Bang

While most Philadelphia musicians credit their hometown with helping them score gigs, drummer Noah Beresin of Chiddy Bang appreciates his roots for its musical diversity. “I think where Philly helped us the most was in raising me as a child and exposing me to jazz and hip hop and punk rock and disco and all [...]

Music Issue: Summer festival season

Festival season means one of two things: One sits and cries about all of the amazing festival line-ups that they’re reading about the day after, or one has the time of their life listening to a random sampling of 10,000 of their favorite bands alongside a random sampling of 100,000 of their new least favorite [...]

Music Issue: CC Jazz Fest

Jazz has etched itself into the cultural fabric of Philadelphia. The city has served as the mold for jazz legends such as Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Bessie Smith, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. Throughout this month in Philadelphia, jazz appreciation month will be honored in venues across the city that are hosting events to capture [...]

Music Issue: There’s an app for that

Remember going to Walmart, Best Buy or local record store to pick up a favorite band’s CD? Today, that process has been simplified – just hop in bed, open up a laptop and search for favorite music instantly. The digital age has made it effortless to purchase music, and has simplified the quest of discovering [...]

Music Issue: Tayyib Ali

The opening shots of the music video for Tayyib Ali’s “Keystone State of Mind” show glimpses of City Hall, 30th Street Station, Fairmount, Walnut Street shops and other well-known Philly destinations. And even though he relocated to Los Angeles, it’s fairly evident in his career so far that he’s a Philly native. “It’s beautiful – [...]

Music Issue: Good Old War

The “team effort” approach isn’t just for class projects anymore. On Good Old War’s new album, “Come Back as Rain,” collaboration was the driving force behind the album’s creation, according to drummer and vocalist Tim Arnold. “Every single part of every song, everybody had a say in,” Arnold said. Arnold, Keith Goodwin and Dan Schwartz, [...]

Music Issue: Pixel8ter

In the past year, the word “dubstep” has been on the tip of many music lovers’ tongues as the popularity of artists such as Skrillex, Deadmau5 and Bassnectar has skyrocketed from the electronic music scene to the mainstream. Meanwhile, from his home studio on the outskirts of Philly, Pixel8ter has been working tirelessly to perfect [...]

Music Issue: Learning how to rock

The growing School of Rock franchise offers performance-based lessons. For some members of the current generation, the only exposure to classic rock and roll music comes with shredding on a plastic Guitar Hero controller in their living room. Modeled after Gibson-brand guitars, the game’s wireless controllers,  which appear to be better suited in a Fisher [...]

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