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Philly new wave alt rockers TIOGA have released a video for “Young Man Now,” the bright first single from their debut full-length album “Lodestar.”
I’m going to put my branding hat on for a moment and ask for a show of hands…
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One of the wonderful things about the internet is you can span the globe in your search for great new music and still keep your finger on the pulse of your roots. Lately, there has been some pretty special music coming right from home in eastern Pennsylvania.
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Every Monday, we unleash a fresh playlist of new and mostly independent music on Spotify that we call UMC20.
On the last Monday of every month, some of the top tracks from throughout the month will come out to play.
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The Slow Drag, the “American Rock ‘n Roll” project of Nashville-based musician Austin James, is off to a fast start in 2019, releasing two versions of the fun and spirited new single, “Shake.”
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2019 figures to be a big year for Pennsylvania pop-soul-jazz outfit Cubbage. The band — led by the introspective songwriting and always-smooth, versatile vocal abilities of Anthony Cubbage — has new music on the horizon, and is never shy when it comes to rolling out their favorite modern covers.
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Day two of Hey Monea’s “Nothing In The Tank” Tour brought the Canton, Ohio trio to New Hope, PA on Friday night. While New Hope is not exactly where UMC laid its roots, it was close enough to the Lehigh Valley to be on my own “Can’t-Miss Shows of the Week” list.
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There’s nothing quite like New York City in the winter time, and there’s no video from an independent artist we’ve seen like the one we’re about to show you.
Back home in PA, we have something to heat up the dead of winter: the February 2019 installment of the Lehigh Valley Underground First Friday Concert Series, a joint production between Underground Music Collective and SouthSide Arts District, with support from Comfort Suites Hill to Hill Grille (Bethlehem, PA).
“Songs From Somewhere Else,” the latest release from Aaron English, is a unique compilation of songs composed and recorded over a period of several years and countless miles.