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Unfortunately, not every show is a home run…sometimes the band you want to see blows out a monitor in the second song… From PopMatters earlier in the week. Bishop Allen + The War on Drugs + The True Jacqueline 14 May 2008: Pearl Street — Northampton, MA "How are they live?" It’s the question you always ask before you head out to see a new band, because in a frightening amount of cases, what sounds pretty good on record turns to mush or anarchy or ho-hum in ... MORE
My favorite watering hole, sometime employer and best new music venue in Philadelphia, Johnny Brenda's opened with a bang last night. Fishtown locals Bardo Pond, Jack Rose, Meg Baird (of Espers) and the blistering hot band, The War on Drugs played to an insanely packed house. It's the dawn of a new era in Philly, friends. Yes! [Click here to see my rather blurry photo set.]
The good people at one of Philadelphia's most popular blogs, Philebrity, just chose my great friends The War on Drugs first home-recorded EP, Barrel of Batteries as their featured album of the week! I'm spreading the word because you can listen to the entire album via streaming audio (hosted by Apollo Audio) on Philebrity. And dig the awesome review!







