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Band brings folk to urban city

20 April 2010 Stephen Kimmerly

The Boxcar Children, a seven-piece band made up of Temple students, brings a new sound to Philly.

Street Sounds: Alright, Junior

30 March 2010 Stephen Kimmerly

Alright, Junior, with its collection of different musical and geographical backgrounds, brings a mix of styles together to create a rock sound unheard for quite a while.

Street Sounds: Long Walk Home

16 March 2010 Stephen Kimmerly

As far as rock bands go, many of them are described as being a mixture of their favorite influences. Long Walk Home is often compared to jam bands such as Phish and the Grateful Dead. While they are fans of these bands, the group members do not consider themselves to be a part of that group.

Street Sounds: Man Man

22 February 2010 Stephen Kimmerly

A strange but catchy band, Man Man takes blues, rock and pop to create a vaudeville-folk, Gogol Bordello-like sound. The addition of experimental sounds makes Man Man difficult to identify with any one specific resonance.

Street Sounds: Oso

08 February 2010 Stephen Kimmerly

Blending a multitude of sounds, Oso takes members’ different musical interests and backgrounds and creates a simple rock sound reminiscent of the more slow-paced, California groove-rock bands. The end result? The Beatles, Sublime and psychedelic rock all rolled into one.

Street Sounds: Oso

08 February 2010 Stephen Kimmerly

Streetsounds

26 January 2010 Stephen Kimmerly

Sounds of the Philly music scene The Anchor Boys Starting off as friends in different bands and solo acts, four-piece rock band The Anchor Boys finally decided to come together and begin making music of

Human body on display

03 November 2009 Stephen Kimmerly

The Franklin Institute’s second edition of Body Worlds offers more skin.

Wooden Shoe walks down a different path

29 September 2009 Stephen Kimmerly

The colorful store located in Center City is a forum for different kinds of opinions and voices.

The 15 best student artists:Justin Foley

07 April 2009 Stephen Kimmerly

Fifteen artists were chosen to share their stories in our special issue, created to showcase some of Temple’s most passionate and creative on-campus talent.