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An explosive Heartless Bastards set marks the return to in-person Free at Noon
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Cimafunk | WXPN Artist To Watch – October 2021
The Afro Cuban funk band’s album is out October 8th, titled El Alimento.
The Afro Cuban funk band’s album is out October 8th, titled El Alimento.
Cimafunk | WXPN Artist To Watch – October 2021
The Afro Cuban funk band’s album is out October 8th, titled El Alimento.
Recordings
Ten releases from Philly artists to support on Bandcamp Friday
It’s the start of another month, and that means our regular Bandcamp Friday shopping spree — your chance to buy local while shopping digitally.…
It’s the start of another month, and that means our regular Bandcamp Friday shopping spree — your chance to buy local while shopping digitally.…
Ten releases from Philly artists to support on Bandcamp Friday
It’s the start of another month, and that means our regular Bandcamp Friday shopping spree — your chance to buy local while shopping digitally.…
WXPN Local
The Skeleton Key: Get into Rocktober with Philly Music Fest, new tunes from Ghosh and Irreversible Entanglements, and a whole lot more
Was everything this busy two years ago? I’m not being hyperbolic, that’s an honest question! I don’t know if it’s due to taking all…
Was everything this busy two years ago? I’m not being hyperbolic, that’s an honest question! I don’t know if it’s due to taking all…
The Skeleton Key: Get into Rocktober with Philly Music Fest, new tunes from Ghosh and Irreversible Entanglements, and a whole lot more
Was everything this busy two years ago? I’m not being hyperbolic, that’s an honest question! I don’t know if it’s due to taking all…
Recordings
PRESS PLAY: 8 New Albums out October 1st!
The dawn of a new month brings a bounty of new albums for October! Brandi Carlile‘s In These Silent Days is the long-awaited followup…
The dawn of a new month brings a bounty of new albums for October! Brandi Carlile‘s In These Silent Days is the long-awaited followup…
PRESS PLAY: 8 New Albums out October 1st!
The dawn of a new month brings a bounty of new albums for October! Brandi Carlile‘s In These Silent Days is the long-awaited followup…
Free At Noon
Interludes: A true story of grief and love at Free at Noon
Catherine Ricketts was on XPN’s staff in 2013-2015. In this essay, she recalls how her weekly encounters with music during the Free at Noon…
Catherine Ricketts was on XPN’s staff in 2013-2015. In this essay, she recalls how her weekly encounters with music during the Free at Noon…
Interludes: A true story of grief and love at Free at Noon
Catherine Ricketts was on XPN’s staff in 2013-2015. In this essay, she recalls how her weekly encounters with music during the Free at Noon…
Artists
Finding Your Rhythm: Barbara Duncan learns and leads from behind the drumkit
Let’s not tokenize her. Yeah, she’s a female. Yeah, she’s a drummer. And yeah, she fits into those identities both simultaneously and separately, but…
Let’s not tokenize her. Yeah, she’s a female. Yeah, she’s a drummer. And yeah, she fits into those identities both simultaneously and separately, but…
Finding Your Rhythm: Barbara Duncan learns and leads from behind the drumkit
Let’s not tokenize her. Yeah, she’s a female. Yeah, she’s a drummer. And yeah, she fits into those identities both simultaneously and separately, but…
Recordings
Watch Empath crash the New York State Fair in their new “Born 100 Times” video
Trippy Philly four-piece Empath made a lot of noise a couple years back with Active Listening: Night On Earth, and today are back with…
Trippy Philly four-piece Empath made a lot of noise a couple years back with Active Listening: Night On Earth, and today are back with…
Watch Empath crash the New York State Fair in their new “Born 100 Times” video
Trippy Philly four-piece Empath made a lot of noise a couple years back with Active Listening: Night On Earth, and today are back with…
Events
Watch Screamcloud’s new lyric video for “Let’s Break Something” off forthcoming debut LP
Days before the release of their debut full-length album, post-punk rockers Screamcloud released a video for their single, “Let’s Break Something.” The video features…
Days before the release of their debut full-length album, post-punk rockers Screamcloud released a video for their single, “Let’s Break Something.” The video features…
Watch Screamcloud’s new lyric video for “Let’s Break Something” off forthcoming debut LP
Days before the release of their debut full-length album, post-punk rockers Screamcloud released a video for their single, “Let’s Break Something.” The video features…
News
Watch Japanese Breakfast perform “Better the Mask,” her favorite song from Sable score
Today Japanese Breakfast shared a live in-studio video for “Better the Mask,” a song from frontperson Michelle Zauner’s score for Sable, an open world…
Today Japanese Breakfast shared a live in-studio video for “Better the Mask,” a song from frontperson Michelle Zauner’s score for Sable, an open world…
Watch Japanese Breakfast perform “Better the Mask,” her favorite song from Sable score
Today Japanese Breakfast shared a live in-studio video for “Better the Mask,” a song from frontperson Michelle Zauner’s score for Sable, an open world…