Bands I Caught: Barking Spiders, Bear is Driving, Normal Love, Venue: The Avant Gentleman’s Lodge The Avant Gentleman’s Lodge is located just around the corner from the 40th St. El stop, which makes me love it. As does the tiny factory feel, the hand-painted wooden bench sitting in the lot beside the old ivory car I’d knock an old lady over to drive, the twinkling Christmas lights, the giant paper maiche phoenix dangling from the......

Band I Caught: Barking Spiders Venue: The Avant Gentlemen's Lodge I'd never been to the Avant Gentlemen's Lodge before last night. I assume that most people haven't, either. So here's a tip: bring earplugs. I didn't, but the good folks at POPPED! had a bunch at the door, and I'm glad. Because the space is loud. Low ceilings + concrete floors + makeshift sound system = a few decibels louder than the human ear should......

It isn't for a little while now, when the weather will hopefully be a little bit warmer (although Phillyist makes no promises to that end), but we figured that the POPPED! festival, April 9-15, needs to be on your radar already. The week-long event is a festival of Philly self-love taking place each night at various venues around the city, with the promise of reasonable ticket prices and various venue sizes. According to Philebrity, three......