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If you don't know singer/songwriter Erin McCarley's music, you should. Like, right now. You can start by listening to her full album on MySpace, and then coming to see her this Sunday, October 11, at World Cafe Live. Tickets are $13, which is a helluva bargain. (Her album, Love, Save the Empty, is only her first. Give her a year or two to really catch on, and tickets prices are going to skyrocket.)

As this was Nickel Creek's farewell tour, I expected a concert full of Nickel Creek and their music. (Heaven forbid!) Though the concert was co-billed with Fiona Apple, I thought we would see Apple perform as sort of an opener, as well as at the end, where she would perform a couple of encore numbers with Nickel Creek. I was grossly mistaken. Everyone ultimately felt gypped, annoyed and frustrated regardless of who they went to...

Earlier this week, we had the chance to check out bluegrass legend Alison Krauss, and now we get to see Nickel Creek's farewell tour with Fiona Apple (strange combination, I know.) Now Nickel Creek is also well-known in the bluegrass community with their standard instrumentation of fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and bass, but they've definitely jumped out of the standard bluegrass mold. They refer to their music as "progressive acoustic." I refer to it as "kick-ass bluegrass." Really, it's bluegrass with a twist - it's updated, interesting, and current. The band is made up of permanent (well, not anymore) members Chris Thile (mandolin), Sara Watkins (violin/fiddle), her brother Sean Watkins (guitar) and not-so-permanent Mark Schatz (string bass).

Well-clad in red Mary Janes, red tights, black skirt, white shirt and ascot, St. Vincent took the stage to a background of swirling, strobe light stars, chirping birds and an empty, yellow birdcage. While it might sound like the setting to a B-rate high school musical, it was the platform for Annie Clark to purvey her brand of finger-picking, guitar rock.

Image courtesy Artists Den

Fun around town, for $10 or less:

Gonna find my blog, gonna hold it tight. Gonna grab some afternoon delight. My motto's always been; when it's right (you know, conservative), it's right. Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night to blog? (yeah, that doesn't rhyme) When everything's a little clearer in the light of day. And you know the night is always gonna be there any way. (We're just not trying any more) Blog rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight. (You know, because we're posting this in the afternoon) Anyways, here's your frolic through the Philadelphia blogosphere for the week:

We're back for more Philadelphia blogosphere, this week featuring some familiar subjects (Philly Future! Albert Yee!) and some not-so-familiar subjects (Fiona Apple! Jennifer Weiner! JOHNNY GOODTIMES!)