Wednesday, August 4 Diego Paulo 9pm, $5 Inspired by voyages through the Andes, love affairs in the American South, and the clear waters off the coast of Brazil – the sounds of Diego Paulo provide the world with a positive and youthful energy. Formed in the winter of 2009, Diego Paulo was created with the philosophy of maintaining strong spirits while having a fresh sense of what music is and what music can be. Diego Paulo’s style is inspired by the sounds of Africa, South America, the Carribean,... 

Online event registration for Soul Rebels Brass Band w/ The Bullbuckers at The Blockley 8/6 powered by Eventbrite Friday, August 6 Soul Rebels Brass Band The Bullbuckers 9 p.m. $10 advance / $13 day of show Soul Rebels Brass Band formed when Lumar LeBlanc and Derrick Moss, originally members of New Orleans’ iconic Dejean’s Young Olympia Brass Band, decided they wanted to play the new, exciting music they were hearing on the radio while respecting the tradition they loved. Both New Orleans... 

Wednesday, July 28 9 P.M. $5 Featuring… Banned Books, Zebra and Bulls Fight Tonight The Shakedown Project (TSP) was founded to create innovative, thought provoking, experimental theater that blurs the disciplinary lines of entertainment, combining movement and dialogue with music, dance, and visual art. TSP focuses on shaking off the established theatrical conventions, integrating mediums of technological entertainment with live performance and diminishing the boundaries between audience and... 

Friday, July 30 High Kick, The Makes, Close to Good 9pm, $5 High Kick Highkick keeps West Philadelphia constantly supplied with some of the funkiest rock you will ever hear http://www.myspace.com/highkickmusic The Makes Close to Good  »View More

Friday, June 25 9 P.M. $5 Michele Karmin -Biography from www.MicheleKarmin.com- Michele Karmin has been writing music well before she was in her teens but it wasn’t until the release of her first full-length pop/rock album,”This is the Story” that the young singer/songwriter began to make a name for herself. However, merely a few months after the record dropped, she abruptly shifted musical directions with the recording and release of her first piano composition, “Six Years”.... 

CLICK TO BUY TICKETS Doors 7 PM 9 PM, $20 OTEP Dark, dangerous, uncompromising, intelligent, mysterious, poetic, out of control, intense, frightening, original, offensive, insane, combative, courageous, creative, hardcore, messianic, unbelievable, sick!, angry, passionate, immediate, essential, brutal, ancient, wise, free.” All these things have either been said, written, screamed, or sacrificially bled when referencing the creative collective calling itself OTEP. iwrestledabearonce Taking... 

Online Ticketing for 7/23- Toy Soldiers, The Extraordinaires, Dangerous Ponies at The Blockley powered by Eventbrite Friday, July 23 9 pm, $8 *No service fees if tickets purchased online* Toy Soldiers The Story of Toy Soldiers: Philadelphia’s Toy Soldiers are releasing their raucously rootsy debut album Whisper Down the Lane on Drexel University’s nationally renowned student-run label, MAD Dragon Records (WEA/ADA) on May 18th. Whisper Down the Lane was part recorded at the hidden recording... 

Saturday, June 12 9 P.M. $7 CD Release Party w/ Da Rezarekt! Hosted By S-W-A-G Magazine Government Cheaze Government Cheaze, Fronted by hip-hop MC Kameelah Waheed, was signed to PTME, an indy label out of Philadelphia established in 2002 by Will Smith Sr., shortly after Smith caught them performing at a local Philly club called the Khyber in late 2007. After inking the deal with PTME ( Philly Through My Ear Records) multi-platinum producer D Moet was enlisted to produce the GC project. Using a... 

Saturday, July 17 The Lightyears 9 pm, $7 advance/$10 at the door The Lightyears are based in London, England, and play stadium-ready pop/rock. The band have toured extensively across the world including South Africa, USA, Thailand, South Korea and mainland Europe, appearing at many prestigious venues and events including Wembley Stadium, Glastonbury Festival and The Queen’s Birthday Ball. The LYs have annual residencies in Cape Town, Seoul and Phuket, have sung live on American radio to an audience... 

Wednesday, July 21 Kickin’ Bear, Mother Redcap 9pm, $5 Kickin’ Bear Kickin’ Bear was formed three years ago in the tiny beach community of Ocean City, New Jersey. The group was founded by members Rob Swift, Chris Ingram, Wayne Gallagher, and Tom Williamson during the dissolution of their Jersey Rock band, After the Universe. Kickin’ Bear is a roots rock band living and gigging in West Philadelphia. Originally from Southern NJ, its members have been playing music together since... 

Thursday, June 17 9 P.M. $5 Penrose Penrose is Thomas Murphy, Patrick Murphy, and Daniel Murphy, three brothers from Philadelphia. The origins of the band probably date back to their grade school days taking piano lessons together, but in the Spring of 2009 they played their first show together in a warehouse in North Philadelphia. Since then the brothers have worked to create an original, hard hitting sound that combines the hard rock of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath with the delta blues of John... 

Friday, June 11 4:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. David Dye Live Broadcast Come on out to The Blockley and join us for what most wait for during the week- Friday Happy Hour!  This time around we will be gratefuly hosting WXPN’s Funky Friday with David Dye.  Join us and come get funky for this special live broadcast! For more information: click here: Funky Friday  »View More

Wednesday, June 30 9 pm, $5 Nur and Dur (proud members of CAOA) Nurring Dur + Durring Nur = Music *Members of Codename and Igor’s Egg will be jamming throughout the evening. Check out more @ http://www.nuranddur.com/ RGB  »View More

PENTAGRAM AND HOWL TOUR CANCELED NOW PLAYING: SNAKE SUSTAINE with JAIL, COMPANY CORVETTE To purchase tickets, click here Wednesday, June 23 8 P.M. $15 Village Green Presents… Snake Sustaine Snake Sustaine has been described as, “Sabbath-on-a-bad-meth-rager brew of wicked stoner jams.” Some Reviews: “Sunday night brought me to…Brooklyn…for Snake Sustaine, featuring members of A Life Once Lost,…with their Sabbath-on-a-bad-meth-rager brew of wicked stoner... 

Friday, June 4 9 P.M. $5 Long Miles Based in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Long Miles is going beyond the traditional barriers of the music world with their unique style and sound. Attending the same high school right outside of Philadelphia, these six guys were all writing music and playing together by their senior year. Named after their mutual high school friend Jeremy, Long Miles was born. Self-described as “the old school and the new school and the school nobody knows,” Long Miles creates... 

Wednesday, May 26 9 P.M. $5 MaterMathu Matermathu is : Matthew John Jurasek, Alex Frankel,  & Timothy Cobb Passarella Music, to Matt Alex, and Tim is the truest form of expression. As artists they strive to transmit their feelings into every note and beat. They hope as listeners they successfully  interpreted their fraternal blues, rock, and folk influences. They are trying to hold onto the honest beauty of music. Bringing a new generation a piece of what music used to be. A piece of what...