We weren't familiar with Jennifer O'Connor (MySpace) when we recently received a copy of her latest release, Over The Mountain, Across The Valley And Back To The Stars. But with an album title like that, we assumed her music would turn out to be the worst kind of touchy-feely singer-songwriter crap. Luckily, we were entirely wrong. Yes, it is low-key pop from a singer/songwriter/guitarist. But it's really high quality low-key pop with fantastic vocals, clever......

Bands I Caught: The Bad News Bats, The Northern Liberties, The Mountain High, The Lowbudgets Venue: Millcreek Tavern Granted, I have virgin ears for this kind of thing. But for me, last night was hard. And not hard in that "I could hardly keep my eyes open" sort of way or that "struggling to find words to describe it" sort of way. Not difficult. Just hard. My Millcreek experience was the antithesis of Monday night.......

In the wake of a 15-song outing lasting just over 40 minutes, the Black Lips vocalist/bassist Jared Swilley knocked back a shot of Jameson at the upstairs bar; he should have brought enough to share with the class. The band rolled through their set, sandwiched in between Philly's The Mountain High and Chicago headliners The Pony's, to a packed house at the cozy Johnny Brenda's, barely stopping to introduce themselves or their songs. Not that......

Drunken calisthenics. That's really the mental image that the Black Lips imparts on Phillyist. See for yourself, then come back. Let the whole clip play, even the bits at the end, then tell us that this band won't be freaking awesome live. If you didn't like the clip, you're a tool. If you did, check them out at Johnny Brenda's this Sunday. XPN has been all over these guys, and if they're in any way......