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We did. After all, when we previewed Jack's Mannequin's recent stop at the TLA, we said that Andrew McMahon "has one of the most commanding stage presences in young music today." It sounds like hyperbole, but after last week's concert, we can safely say (and not to pat ourselves on the back " nature of the music was reflected by the audience, as we saw 13 year olds and 43 year olds at the show. (And the 43 year olds were singing along, so it's not like they were only there to chaperone the kids.)

We'll have a full review of the Jack's Mannequin TLA show we were at soon, but in the meanwhile, we thought that this song was worth sharing, as (a) it mentions Philadelphia and (b) it probably won't ever be recorded. It was really a special moment in a really solid show.

In the summer of 2005, Jack's Mannequin (MySpace)—the spinoff-turned-focal project of Something Corporate frontman Andrew McMahon—put out one of the catchiest, most hook-laden albums we've ever heard, was a clear, and substantial, step up from McMahon's prior work, and evidenced a young songwriter who was really starting to hit a groove.

Paper Route's recent EP poses the question, "" In a weekend where this Phillyist saw six bands—including three of this Phillyist's favorite bands—and Paper Route was the first of those six, it would be easy for the answer to that question to be, "Yep," or at least, "Oh yeah, we did see Paper Route this weekend." But fortunately, Paper Route's set at Festival Pier on Friday night was strong enough that it stuck in our heads, despite seeing some other fantastic performers both Friday night and on Sunday night (which you'll read about tomorrow).

No, not the kind that your parents made you get to earn extra money as a kid, but the kind that will be playing at Festival Pier at Penn's Landing tonight. Paper Route (MySpace) is the opening band on Paramore's Summer Riot tour, and the Philadelphia stop happens to be on this fine Friday. Rain be damned! The band recently released an EP, . And the buzz around them is phenomenal. They've drawn comparisons to The Postal Service. It's kind of there, but based on the admittedly few Paper Route songs we've heard, we think the more appropriate comparison is to another Nashville-based band who's in town this weekend (and who has an eerily similar name), Paper Rival. Paper Rival, Paper Route. Paper Route, Paper Rival. Uma, Oprah. Oprah, Uma.