4/4/26 at Mini Mart
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benefit show to raise funds for the Prairieland Nine, a group of protestors who were recently convicted of domestic terrorism following a noise demonstration at an ICE detention center. stay aware.
performers, in order:
granite01
Ruth in the Bardo
Greg Mendez
4/6/26 at Luigi's Mansion
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incredibly popping monday function pulled together by Malcolm at FM Philly. many people told me beforehand that Or Best Offer were a band to see and they absolutely delivered. spidery falling over themselves slowmathindie thing with the drummer operating a suitcase full of electronic devices. Theadoore were also tight as hell, they were going at the same idea but from a more country and less devices oriented direction. and of course Cowpokes were something else as usual. somehow Dom climbing onto the drumkit, falling into Sam, and breaking most of the strings on his guitar was not the end of the set. beautiful evening.
performers, in order:
Lola.5 (not pictured)
Or Best Offer
theadoore
Cowpokes
4/10/26 at Luigi's Mansion
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neat little Outside Noise/FM Philly joint. two killer touring acts in Strumbrush and Nina Garbus, very magical sound, made me want to go to Atlanta sometime. Lateral were killer, i heard like four people seperately compliment a specific one of their songs (i was one of them). of course if you read this blog you understand i fuck with Artax and mICROgOBLET. also shout out to Baltimore photography goat Erin "Camera" Bennett, who drove up for this show and is visible in some of the crowd shots.
performers, in order:
Lateral
Artax
Strumbrush
Nina Garbus
mICROgOBLET
4/11/26 at Luigi's Mansion
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my desire to see Paul's new project (fangirl) results in me going to Luigi's for the third time in a week. pretty fun. i didn't get any photos of it but at one point first president of japan's guitarist ran all the way out of the basement, out onto the street, writhed around for a bit, and went back inside, all mid song. credit where credits due.
performers, in order:
Altar
En Plastic
first president of japan
fangirl
4/15/26 at the Rug Club
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chill evening, didn't expect to run into Connor from Wiring playing bass in both Keta Ester and Vega, but it was nice to.
performers, in order:
Keta Ester
Vega
amelia cry till i die
4/23/26 at Mini Mart
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if you know me, you understand that i like Them Airs more than i reasonably should, and they're probably someplace in my alltime musical pantheon. the distilation of 40 years of art rock and post punk, the kitchen sink recording style, the bizarre sense of humor, it was extremely my shit before i listened to them a bunch and reinforced it. if you know me, you also understand that this bill is exclusively bands i don't shut up about. mICROgOBLET haven't worn off of me yet, Sallow Friend continue to be the band who wrote Haircut Is Cancelled, and Giant continue to make me feel like i'm gonna get attacked. beautiful evening.
performers, in order:
mICROgOBLET
Sallow Friend
Them Airs
Giant
4/25/26 at Philly Style Pizza
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an at this point rare excursion to North Philly. highlight of the evening was Motocrossed performing their song Motocrossed, which made me feel like i was gonna boil.
performers, in order:
Lola.5 (not pictured)
Ash Maleno
Motocrossed
Peach Rings
Mystery Dungeons