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  Emo, as an experience

  We chat with Adam Lazzara of Taking Back Sunday ahead of a Philly stop

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  Play on words: Hip-hop duo Black Violin prepares to drop knowledge on Kimmel Center crowd

  Through its 15 years together, Black Violin has been challenging the stereotypes of what black men can do.

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  Die hards: Despite many iterations, nothing’s been able to kill off legendary indie punk pack, Flipper

  Divergent punk acts are exactly what we need in this time of political fuckery and social anarchy.

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  Pursuit of the bag: We dive inside the multi-faceted mind of rapper, hairstylist and influencer Cliff Vmir

  These days, the culture of hip-hop is obsessed with “the bag.” 

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  Rockin’ on: After a five-year respite, the vintage duo that is the Black Keys make a fresh start

  Some bands just get better with age.Making a recent stop at the Wells Fargo Center, one of the first on a worldwide tour, the Black Keys brought the same bravado and panache they had before their five-year hiatus. The new tour is to promote their newest album, the highly anticipated, “Let’s Rock.”

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  Golden girl: The roots of music queen Jody Gerson reside right here in the Greater Philadelphia Region

  Pardon the pun, but, it is universally known that Jody Gerson, the freshly anointed Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group — Universal's global publishing division — has quickly become the most important and successful woman in the music business.Since grabbing that gig in 2015, the first woman chairman of a...

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  Philly pianist Uri Caine, vocalist Barbara Walker and conductor Andre Raphael bring activist-educator and provocateur Octavius Catto to life

  If you live, work, dine or drink in Center City, you’ve seen Octavius Catto’s 12-foot bronze statue at City Hall’s southern corner. The memorial known as “A Quest for Parity” is homage to Philadelphia’s most noted civil rights activist, educator, abolitionist and baseball hero. The first city-sanctioned public monument to an African-American in...

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  After a nearly decade-long hiatus, welcome Old City’s Khyber Pass back to the Philly music scene

  Old City’s Khyber Pass Pub is back in the business of live show programming after nearly a decade of being away. While its tin-ceilinged downstairs will stay tuned into a Southern-inspired bar and restaurant menu, Upstairs at Khyber will again roar loudly. Longtime Khyber employee-turned-booking manager Josh Agran gave PW the scoop on...

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  Local teen Louis Knight sparks suicide awareness conversation with his newest single “Change”

  Local talents like Louis Knight provide an optimistic outlook to the future of the Philly area music scene.At just 19 years old, the British-born Knight, who resides just outside the city’s confines in Narberth, is doing all he can to make it known that he has an outspoken voice. He shares stories...

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  Concert corral: Made in America is awesome, sure. But you’re also a fucking grown-up now

  This weekend, the two-day extravaganza that is the annual Made in America festival will surely take the headlines as the biggest event going down in Philadelphia.