THE N CROWD TEACHES IMPROV You've seen them perform, now you can learn of the dark arts from those who know best. The N Crowd is offering improvisation classes every Thursday. They last a couple of hours and set you back $40 a pop (or you could drop $200 for 7 weeks' worth, at a savings of $80). We suggest considering this a date-worthy outing, especially if you and yours are a recent match. Improv......

If your lasting memory of Silverchair is the Cobain-lite bombast of the “Tomorrow” video on MTV—we still heart you, Tabitha Soren—you’ve missed out on some fine tunes over the years. But you can catch up Saturday night when their headlining tour comes to our fair city. The Australian trio burst onto the scene as teens and scored a hit with its debut, Frogstomp. Each successive album got a little better, culminating in the cult hit......

Fans of straight-ahead, no-nonsense rock 'n roll from bands with talent to burn have had a rough go of it lately. Enter the Kings of Leon, who will bring their unique blend of indie and blues to the Electric Factory tonight. The show is way sold out, but you’re gonna wanna worm your way in, by hook or by crookaigslist. The brothers (and cousin) Followill made a name for themselves with two critically acclaimed throwback......

Memorial Day weekend is filled with block parties, barbecues, picnics and family. If you get tired of your perverted Uncle or nosy Aunt, then head over to Tower Theatre to see Rocco Deluca and the Burden opening for Keane. Rocco Deluca and the Burden hail from Long Beach, CA and just released their debut album I Trust You To Kill Me. "Colorful," their new hit single, has wowed critics in both the magazine and......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Read this and weep. It's the results of the Superbrawl of Rock listener voting contest that 94.1 Free FM had Super Bowl weekend. Now, we kind of like Disturbed - at least, we like their cover of "Land of Confusion" - and Linkin Park can be all right, too, but how in the hell did those two bands end up in......

Texas is thawing, the Northeast is freezing, and a sort of natural order seems almost restored to the Ist-A-Verse. Almost. Londonist HQ—that is to say, the city of London—was battered by heavy winds, making it a bad time to be a twelve-meter (nearly forty-foot) tall snowman. Still, not everyone decided to keep warmly covered. Meanwhile, back indoors, the Big Brother racism is now causing all kinds of headaches for international diplomats, and Londonist got into......

I can't believe this year is over. It has come and gone in a haze of concerts, martinis, deadlines, endings, beginnings, highs and lows. Goodbye 2006. You came and went like a 30-second john trying to get blown for half price. Hello 2007. What surprises will you bring? Pencopal's top 10 albums of 2006: 1. TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain. Aside from the fact that after meeting Kyp Malone inside the......

-By way of the This Is the City of Brotherly Love LJ Community, (and subsequently The Inquirer and Bizjournal.com) we learn that Philly isn't as smart as we might think we are. We were going to start a discussion about how this was a syllogistic fallacy to equate "degreed" with intelligence, but we just couldn't be arsed, frankly. So, um, yeah. How do you like those apples, smarty pants? - Please, won't some one......

On Memorial Day Weekend, Americans all over the country gather together to remember those who have died in service of our nation...by getting a really good deal on a pair of shoes, and then going outside and partying in them. Hey, we're Americans; buying and partying is what we do. Oh, and eating a lot of barbecue. Anyway, here's some stuff you can do in Philly to celebrate your Memorial Day Weekend - some of......

LAist has so much fun this week! They go to E3, where they overhear the timeless remark "Man, this is where nerdy girls get laid." Is that a promise? They also give us this week's best CDs and make us realize that LA is the best place to use Zillow. Ah, Houstonist. They're biking to work, that is, if they can figure out how to get there. That's right, Mapquest says "Houston had the......

Best of the week is compiled and edited by Seattlest's Dan Gonsiorowski. Torontoist throws down the gauntlet and challenges all comers: pillow fight, bitch. They also stand up for a fellow blogger taking heat from the TTC and welcome city-wide WiFi. SFist can finally admit it: It's possible that http://www.sfist.com/archives/2006/03/07/say_it_isnt_so_barry.php">Bary Bonds juiced. Is Bay Area artist (tempted to put quotes around that) Thomas Kinkaid "kinda crappy" or "explosively crappy" or does he just like marking......

Sorry we're late today, folks. We'd offer excuses, but we're sure you don't care, so we won't waste any more of your time! SFist: If you're excited about tonight's Project Runway finale, you'll love this post. Otherwise, you should at least appreciate the pretty pictures, like the one on the right. Gothamist: Guess what the dirty minds at Phillyist misread this headline as? Londonist: It took us a while to realize this wasn't a typo.......

Note: In this review, Phillyist is going to make some musical and pop culture references that we understand some of you may be too young to understand. For those of you, Phillyist would like to say two things. (1) We're including some helpful keywords so you can do follow-up research on Wikipedia, at your local music store, or in your parents record collection (see: LP or Long Playing Record) (2) the fact that some......

The Borgata has been packing them in lately. Along with the House of Blues, the Borgata is making a push for larger music crowds. The House of Blues has drawn in Eminem and the White Stripes, while the Borgata has booked Pearl Jam, the Roots, Tom Petty, Kelly Clarkson and Gwen Stefani. There's a definite movement towards pop and mainstream alternative music -- the venues are trying to not just appeal to their previous consumers,......