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Apparently it was "90s Alt Rock Radio Weekend" here in Philadelphia. Not only did we have our favorite cornflake girl, Tori Amos, mystifying the Tower Theater, but we also had the Canadian post-grunge quartet Our Lady Peace rocking the TLA on Sunday. The fact that Philadelphians who yearn for the good ol' days could see both these acts on back-to-back nights was enough to bring back many happy memories of flannel and long hair for this Phillyist. And with a newly-formed Alice in Chains hitting Philly Labor Day Weekend, Dinosaur Jr. making a stop in October, and Pearl Jam finishing off the Spectrum with four epic performances, it appears as if those of us who reminisce about the awesome music of the Bush-Clinton era will have our fill this fall as well. Just like those toothy actors in the McDonald's commercials, this Phillyist is lovin' it.

There are always questions that arise when a tour like this one rolls into town—one headlined by a charismatic frontman once at the top of the rock charts who has since struggled because of drug addiction and problems with the law. One who has sold tens of millions of albums with his original band, but whose subsequent efforts have fallen short of that success. Questions about whether that frontman still has that edge, that charisma that made him one of the most popular rock vocalists of the 1990s. Whether his voice has withstood the test of time, and if his first sober songwriting can still rock the house.

Basically I am still pissed about last night's concert, though it really had nothing to do with Albert Hammond Jr. Yesterday in my preview post I told you, "It will be worth it." It was definitely NOT worth it. It was not worth the hearing loss I suffered, the headache I still have or the fact that I didn't even get to finish listening to Albert Hammond Jr. Yep, that's right folks, I didn't stay...

Albert Hammond Jr., guitarist for the indie-rock group The Strokes, just released his solo album, Yours to Keep, last month. Tonight, he'll be singing along with his band (Marc Philippe Eskenazi - guitar / keyboards, Steve Schiltz - guitar and Todd Dahlhoff - bass) at the Theatre of the Living Arts starting at 7PM.

As far as I'm concerned, The Honorary Title should be headlining their own tour, but Friday night at the Theatre of Living Arts they fronted Butch Walker. Obviously most of the audience was there to see Butch Walker. This simple fact had a huge impact on The Honorary Title's performance and attitude. There were several issues with the concert, but most of them were due to circumstance, and weren't the band's fault. They played...

Tonight, Theatre of the Living Arts presents Butch Walker and the Let's Go Out Tonites with The Honorary Title and Rocket starting at 9PM. We're very excited for The Honorary Title's performance because they're debuting some new tracks off of their upcoming CD, Scream and Light up the Sky, which is due out in June. Earlier this week, we had the opportunity to interview Jarrod Gorbel, the lead singer of The Honorary Title. He talked...

Jarrod Gorbel of The Honorary Title

Yes, yes, we know it's nice outside, but the light's not lasting forever. So walk yourself down to the TLA and check out tonight's show: Mute Math with the Cinematics and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin.

Long before we'd ever heard Lily Allen sing, Phillyist was completely in love with her. (We even posted about it on a "This Week in Celebrity" post back in October.) Between that and the fact that the media buzz around Lily Allen is continuing to grow, we clearly HAD to start listening to her music. And now that we have her debut CD, on iTunes, it's just about all that we listen to. Allen's music is insanely catchy: a blend of Britpop, reggae, and Hip-Hop with funny, clever lyrics: the combination instantly evoked The Streets for us We find ourselves singing her most explicit lyrics to ourself, but probably too loudly, on the way home from work. Allen isn't necessarily doing anything new, but she's definitely enjoying herself. And we're enjoying ourselves, too, because anyone who samples 50 Cent to write a song about her grandmother's shopping habits gets a gold star for humor in our book. She may just be our new girl-crush.

Phillyist is an American Idol fan. We will happily own up to an obsession with the cheesefest. It's a love/hate relationship, truly. While we never vote and wouldn't be caught dead with a schmaltzy album of any of the winners, we're really in it for the snark factor.

by Jen A. Miller

. (We love self-titled debut albums...their titles are so easy to remember!)