Adam Granduciel, vocalist and lead guitarist for Philadelphia indie rockers The War on Drugs, set the stage for the main act Destroyer just before finishing up the opening set Tuesday night at Lincoln Hall. "You guys are in the sax section," Granduciel said, waving a sleeve of his jean jacket stage right, "and you guys are trumpet," he told the other half of the audience. Granduciel may have been the spitting image of Jimmy Fallon doing his dead-on Neil Young impersonation, but what he was was the telling the truth and cutting to the chase. This sold-out crowd had come for the horns, and it was horns they were going to get. more ›

If you're not off to New York for the CMJ Music Marathon, or to Reykjavik, Iceland for the Airwaves Festival this weekend, there's plenty to take in right here on the home turf. There's nary a group of more talented individuals in independent music than Matador Records' New Pornographers. Despite the widely varying solo careers and additional projects of the main dudes, Carl Newman and Dan Bejar (of Destroyer and Swan Lake), and dudette Neko... more ›