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LULLANAS Takes You On A Ride With New Song “Highway Honey”

Indie Folk duo LULLANAS has been hard at work cooking up some new songs for fans since their 2016 debut single “Don’t Say” took off with over a Million plays as well as a spot on Spotify’s Folk Pop playlist! With their new EP Before Everything Got Real set to release on April 24th, the two have released the second single following their recent first look at new music, “Memphis”, a sweet open road…

Thouxanbanfauni is Returning To Philly

The Atlanta raised, Tennessee born rapper Thouxanbanfauni is performing on Wednesday night at Voltage Lounge in Philadelphia. This marks the rappers first Philly show in almost three years, when he opened for UnoTheActivist at The Foundry.

Since then Fauni has released four total projects. The best being his 2018 project Requiem, which is loaded with lo-fi trap hits tailor made for live sets.…

Rock On Exclusive: Basement Dream Awakes With New Song “The Detainer”

The beginning of 2020 has brought us the return of Rock On Philly featured artist Basement Dreamafter a two-year period of exploring new projects. New Jersey based songwriter Brandon Linke has re-emerged through his static explorations with a new-found curiosity in the majesty of existence, bringing with him his second new single of the year, “The Detainer”. On the back of his first new tune of…

Nada Surf Returns To Philadelphia

Nada Surf has been a busy band so far in 2020, releasing the beautiful new single “So Much Love” to join their already impressive catalogue ahead of their upcoming ninth studio album. The band makes their return to World Café Live tonight with Aaron Lee Tasjan in support, marking the acts first return to Philly and World Café since the Summer of 2016. Having kicked off the U.S. headline dates of…

2018 event, which was the first year of the event, was completely sold out, making this year’s tickets in even more high demand! Sold out and held over 20,000 people in the convention center!

People from all over traveled to Philadelphia to see the lights, the artists, hear the bass, and soak in the culture of Philadelphia.

Day 1 fans got hype with Clozee, Griz’s debut of a new Lizzo remix, then mind-blown with Bassnectar and mesmerized by Zedds Dead insane bass and lights!

Day 2 kept the EDM energy alive with Big Wild’s live set, Porter Robinson’s fresh mixes, Skrillex performance !! and Excision + Slander to complete the EDM festival!

Thanking the staff and security for making this a safe area to enjoy both music and vendors.

A huge success for the EDM crowd, especially in the winter time 🙂

Hope to see everyone next year !

HiJinx Festival 2019 !

“The salt of the half sends may remain, but the hearts, minds and souls of full senders will melt again with even more lights, lasers, video, monsters and a brand new custom sound system.” –HiJinx Festival

The Philadelphia Convention Center holds HiJinx EDM Music Festival for the second year !

Starts at 5pm on Friday December 27th and ends Saturday December 28th.

18+ Entry, 21+ for alcoholic…

The Rentals Debut New Song, Announce Record with Members of Killers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The Rentals have announced their fourth full length album entitled Q36, debuting “Spaceships” as the first offering of 16 songs. The band plans to release a new one every two weeks leading up to the scheduled June record-release, for which the band has made a run of Translucent Gold Double LPcolored vinyl pre-order available on their Bandcamp page. Keeping with a history of creative…

House of Vans has been hosting pop-up shops all over the world to inspire, teach, and spread creativity. Over the weekend, Philadelphia was lucky enough to host House of Vans at a similar warehouse just off the Spring Garden Market-Frankford line stop. Of course in true Philly fashion, the weekend was filled with chaotic skate contests, overflowing drink tokens, and people throwing shoes onstage for Tierra Whack to sign during her performance. 

House of Vans Philly opened their doors on Thursday to a full house (RSVP tickets sold out weeks in advance.) This may be partially due to Philly heavy-hitters headlining the performances for the day —  Orion Sun, Hop Along and Tierra Whack.  All three acts were a perfect addition to the event, as they have perfectly captured the essence of Philly DIY in respective scenes. The event also hosted acts Phantogram,Y La Bamba and hosted a special Philly Locals showcase which included Yowler, Arch of Love, Buddie and Cheeky.

The experience culminated through a series of music, workshops, art demos, local vendors, and, of course, lots of skateboarding. 

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Video by Layne Miller

The event hosted a series of workshops ran by Todd Francis, Jaqueline Quinn, Phil Jackson, Frances Quinlan, BJ Betts, Tim Gough, Jeffrey Wright, Matt Wohlab, and Lauren Cat West. Zine making, block printing, and mini-guitar lessons were some of the sessions that attendees had the opportunity to experience first-hand. 

Philly is a city known for it’s murals all over the city so it seemed pretty fitting that the event featured a live mural painting by Justine Kelley, Kees Holterman, Keith Greiman, Kendra Dandy, Lauren Cat West, Matt Wohlrab, TJ McGlade, and Zo Perron.

Did you take part in this epic weekend? Sound off in the comments below!

Longtime Philly music stalwart, Luke Eccles, is performing on Friday night at Round Guys Brewing Company in Lansdale. The fantastic brewery in downtown Lansdale regularly holds shows at their venue, The Underground. The Underground is located at 405 West Main St, right near their Lansdale Brewpub location. Several nights a week, the venue holds events from Movie Nights to band showcases to…

Sun Blind’s Luke Eccles Rocks Round Guys Brewing Friday

Longtime Philly music stalwart, Luke Eccles, is performing on Friday night at Round Guys Brewing Company in Lansdale. The fantastic brewery in downtown Lansdale regularly holds shows at their venue, The Underground. The Underground is located at 405 West Main St, right near their Lansdale Brewpub location. Several nights a week, the venue holds events from Movie Nights to band showcases to…

Seen Sun Blind’s Luke Eccles at Round Guys Brewing

Longtime Philly music stalwart, Luke Eccles, is performing on Friday night at Round Guys Brewing Company in Lansdale. The fantastic brewery in downtown Lansdale regularly holds shows at their venue, The Underground. The Underground is located at 405 West Main St, right near their Lansdale Brewpub location. Several nights a week, the venue holds events from Movie Nights to band showcases to…

Jac with No K Delivers SONGS FOR A LONG DRIVE HOME

Less than two weeks ago, local singer/songwriter Jac Carson dropped his latest EP – his second this year – as Jac with No K. You may be better acquainted with him as the lead guitarist for Saint Wilde. As Jac with No K, he forgoes some of Saint Wilde’s pop rock style for a bluesier sound. Fans of blues, Americana, and country music are sire to find a gem with Jac’s Songs for a Long Drive Home. At…

Paul Maged FIGHTs TO THE DEATH

Being situated near our beloved Philly and having grown up in New Jersey, I find myself drawn to checking out the local scenes of not only Philly, but also NYC and the surrounding metro areas. One of my recent discoveries, Paul Maged, resides just a bit North of us in that aforementioned city that never sleeps. With upcoming dates in the works, he’ll hopefully come down our way soon, but until…

Goo Goo Dolls dish on ‘Miracle Pill’ and their summer tour

Photo: Mark Dellas

Don’t let the sugary sweetness fool you: The new Goo Goo Dolls single “Miracle Pill” is a departure from their previous work in terms of sound, but the lyrical content goes against the grain, making a profound statement on the social media-crazed world we live in and its emphasis on instant gratification.

“Are your sad? Take a pill. Are you lonely? Get popular on social media.…

Marielle Kraft Releases Honest, Raw EP “The Deep End”

Photo credit to Nick Grant

For indie pop singer-songwriter Marielle Kraft, her decision to leave her stable job as an English teacher and pursue music full-time came down to a lighthouse.

“There’s this lighthouse in Rhode Island that I always used to go to in high school to process things or reflect,” explains Kraft in a phone interview with Rock On Philly. “When I went there in April last year…

Andorra Presents BAD HABITS FEST at the Barbary TONIGHT

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With a killer two night lineup, local rock band Andorra put together a two night festival called Bad Habits Fest that starts in just a matter of hours. Andorra’s Kevin McCall explains why he decided to put the event together.

Within the past year, I have come across so many cool and talented artists that are not getting opportunities for one reason or…

Aura Blaze Presents THE SPARKLING BLACK

In the area of Central NJ that can’t fully be claimed by the NYC or Philly metro areas lies the town of Lebanon. As in much of Central NJ, there you’ll find NY sports fans alongside Philly fans. This is the area where Philly staples like Wawa are a mile down the road from North Jersey convenience stores like Quickcheck. It’s a different type of place than the hustle and bustle of North Jersey or…