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Snooze Alarm: Your early-afternoon link roundup, 9/15/10
Photo courtesy of DHDesign Philadelphia’s music scene doesn’t get up early enough for a morning roundup. While the rest of the world is sipping on their lattes and reading about international affairs,...
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The Key Studio Sessions: Ground Up
On a visit to New York City earlier this year, I ran into Ground Up while walking down a flight of stairs to catch the MTA. Not literally, you know, but visually. The hallway to my stop was lined with...
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Tonight’s Concert Picks: The Lawsuits and Ground Up at Rittenhouse Square and...
Tonight is all about listening to music in the great outdoors. Our first pick for this evening is a free show in Rittenhouse Square featuring Philly country rock band The Lawsuits and local hip-hop...
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Download The Key Studio Sessions Vol. 5 (feat. The Spinto Band, Turning...
The latest edition of our Key Studio Sessions compilations is out today – now streamable and downloadable from Soundcloud! Dig into the best of what we’ve been doing since May with The Key Studio...
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Watch a Tarantino-style video for Ground Up’s new single “Whenever” (playing...
With their latest mixtape, Supernatural, getting ready to drop on September 18, Philly hip-hop three-piece Ground Up released a new music video today for its first single, “Whenever.” The clip,...
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Download Ground Up’s new mixtape Supernatural (release party at The TLA on 9/29)
The long-awaited new mixtape from fast-moving Philly hip-hop trio Ground Up dropped today at Datpiff.com. Supernatural features collaborations from West Philly rapper Chill Moody, pop singer Patty...
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The Week’s Best MP3 Downloads, incl. Secret Mountains, Grizzly Bear and Tamarin
Baltimore band Secret Mountains were the subject of Weathervane Music’s latest Shaking Through episode. Tasked with writing a complete song in two days, the dreamy folk six-piece came up with the...
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Cheif Keef to headline eight artist blowout at TLA tonight
The TLA will host a massive lineup headlined by Chicago rapper Cheif Keef as well as seven other performers tonight. The 17 year old hip-hop artist, who is the CEO and founder of the Chicago label...
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Scope Rare Chandeliers with Action Bronson (performing at The Blockley on 12/28)
On Friday, December 28th, Queens hip-hop artist Action Bronson will be performing at West Philadelphia’s The Blockley. Bronson, a respected chef turned rapper, has released a string of critically...
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Watch Ground Up backed by The Lawsuits performing a HotBox Session (The...
If you caught Philadelphia Weekly‘s Concerts in the Park show with Ground Up backed by The Lawsuits last August, you know the unexpected pairing of a hip-hop duo and roots-informed rockers worked in a...
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The Week So Far: 14 must-read stories on The Key
Download B.C. Camplight‘s BBC Radio 6 session featuring two new songs [link] Juston Stens and the Get Real Gang bring rock and soul to their Key Session [link] Listen to Free Energy‘s new album Love...
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Stream (and download!) Ground Up’s new Promiseland EP (playing Allentown’s...
Local hip-hop trio Ground Up just released their awesome Promiseland EP today, and it’s all available to stream and download through SoundCloud. It manages to have both a catchy mainstream rap sound...
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Tonight’s Concert Picks: Kopecky Family Band at TLA, Jose James at World Cafe...
Kopecky Family Band | via Facebook The Nashville natives of Kopecky Family Band will be headlining the TLA tonight, just one stop on a tour that is taking them around North America for the remainder of...
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New Ground Up video for “Let’s Ride” features water guns, Bentleys, and a...
Ground Up is back with a new music video for their single “Let’s Ride.” This song is serious fun and the Philly rap trio made an equally fun video to bring the track to life (hat-tip to The Deli for …...
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The ever-evolving Ground Up is making its way to the top
It’s always interesting to see how an artist grows throughout its career. It’s like following a great television series; every season, you’re watching to see what’s different, hoping your favorite...
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Tonight’s Concert Picks: The Damned at The TLA, Will Sparks at District N9ne,...
English rockers The Damned bring their Hallow-East tour to The TLA tonight. Formed in 1976, the influential punk rock stalwarts are credited with leading the punk crusade by releasing the genre’s...
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Tonight’s Concert Picks: DakhaBrakha at Arden Gild Hall, You Do You at...
After a well-received showing at this summer’s Philadelphia Folk Festival, Ukrainian four-piece DakhaBrakha returns to the area tonight for a headlining gig at Arden Gild Hall. The band calls their...
View ArticleHometown Throwdown: Moosh and Twist and Ground Up will tear down The TLA
In three weeks, a pair of Philadelphia hip hop groups will bring their tour back for a hometown blowout. On Friday, February 27th, OCD: Moosh and Twist and Ground Up will tear the house down at the...
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Ground Up discuss organic beginnings, songwriting and tour with OCD
Philly’s Ground Up may have jumped into the realm of major exposure in recent years with songs like “Got Damn” and “Daps,” whose video views boast over 200,000 views. But it’s their summer smash “Lets...
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SXSW Dispatch: Reppin’ Philly with RECPhilly, What Scene, Freeway, Moosh and...
It was a rainy night in Austin on Friday, making it the perfect time to stay indoors, off of the 6th Street melee and hang with a stacked lineup of Philly hip-hop and R&B musicians. The party at...
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