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Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'shewantsrevenge'

January 22, 2008

We had very high hopes when we made our way to the Electric Factory for Y-Rock on XPN's FREEZEtival 2008. After all, Louis XIV (MySpace) delivers smart, edgy electro-rock, Editors' (MySpace) first two albums have gotten some pretty good critical reviews, and Hot Hot Heat (MySpace) is one of those bands that we remember enjoying like five years ago and lost track of, so we were eager to hear what they've been up to. First......

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October 31, 2007

In our preview of Kenna's show last week, we hit on his three faces as seen in the new album Make Sure They See My Face: the danceable side ("Loose Wires"/"Blink Radio" and "Say Goodbye to Love"), the rock side ("Daylight" and "Face the Gun/Goodluck"), and the contemplative side ("Static" and "Be Still"). Thursday night, all three of these faces were present and accounted for. Though the first few songs were marred by sound trouble,......

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October 29, 2007

I was expecting to walk into the TLA on Thursday night and find myself in a sea of black: teenagers in goth-lite, preparing for the heavy sounds of She Wants Revenge. In fact, they were actually conspicuously absent. Some heavy eyeliner here, a big silver cross there, but for the most part, the audience members that I observed were older than me (sometimes by twenty or thirty years), and dressed like, well, normal people. There......

Continue Reading "Revenge Is Sweet"

October 25, 2007

Forever's a Long Time By Editor Jill We really dug She Wants Revenge (MySpace) when we first heard them a few years ago – of course, that might be because we thought we were listening to Interpol. Don't get us wrong – that's not a bad thing. In fact, it helped us really get into their debut self-titled album. (It also helps that Reactionaries did an awesome performance to "Tear You Apart" two DanceBOOMs ago.)......

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August 22, 2006

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Tuesday post only collects the early announcements, so definitely check back on Thursday for the latest ticket news. COMEDY Kathy Griffin Music Box at the Borgata, Atlantic City Sat, 9/30/06, 11PM $35 On sale: Sat, 10AM, Live Nation MUSIC The Killers Borgata Event Center, Atlantic City; Electric Factory Sat, 10/21/06, 8PM; Mon, 10/23/06, 8PM $50; $35 ($40......

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