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                                <title>Julia&#8217;s War 5 Year Anniversary</title>
                                <eventupdate>4 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/julias-war-5-year-anniversary/the-first-unitarian-church/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[SPECIAL GUEST SNOOZER HOOKY BIG NICK]]></description>
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                                <title>Pinhead Gunpowder</title>
                                <eventupdate>5 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/pinhead-gunpowder/the-first-unitarian-church/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[PINHEAD GUNPOWDER &#8220;Pinhead Gunpowder started writing songs in 1990 and made our first 7-inch the following spring. Nearly every year since, we&#8217;ve met up to play. Some years we recorded-five albums and eleven EPs-and some years we played shows. But since 2010, we&#8217;ve been playing just for ourselves, something bands forget to do. Rather than [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>The Varukers</title>
                                <eventupdate>6 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/the-varukers/upper-darby-post-214-american-legion/upper-darby-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[THE VARUKERS VIOLENT SOCIETY THE SLADS REAL SHOCKS]]></description>
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                                <title>Otto Benson</title>
                                <eventupdate>6 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/otto-benson/philamoca/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[OTTO BENSON Otto Benson is a musician and recording artist from Brooklyn, NY. After first gaining online recognition under his teenage alias “Memo Boy,” his sound has evolved in increasingly surreal and introspective directions, blending emotional vulnerability with experimental textures. Peanut is the first vocally-focused album from Otto Benson, known for his heartfelt and experimental [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Mary In The Junkyard</title>
                                <eventupdate>7 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/mary-in-the-junkyard/philamoca/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[MARY IN THE JUNKYARD mary in the junkyard — Clari Freeman-Taylor (vocals, guitar, cello, viola, violin), Saya Barbaglia (Bass, viola, violin, backing vocals) and David Addison (drums) —  release the new single/video, “New Muscles,” from their debut album, Role Model Hermit, out July 3rd via AMF Records. In conjunction, they announce a North American headline [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Nice Strong Arm</title>
                                <eventupdate>7 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/nice-strong-arm/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[NICE STRONG ARM Nice Strong Arm is a product of the creative and welcoming counterculture of Austin, Texas, in the late 1980&#8217;s. The band found its sound playing shows with local peer upstarts like Ed Hall and opening for the underground heavyweights of the time such as Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, My Bloody Valentine, White Zombie, etc. The list is long. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>ML Buch</title>
                                <eventupdate>10 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/ml-buch/penn-museum/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 14:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ML BUCH ML Buch is Marie Louise Buch, a Copenhagen-based composer, producer, guitarist and vocalist. Following the EP ‘Fleshy’ in 2017 she released her critically acclaimed debut album ‘Skinned’ on Danish imprint Anyines in 2020. ‘Suntub’ is her second full length release, a double album consisting of 15 tracks, which was released in October 2023 [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Holidays in United States</title>
                                <eventupdate>10 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/holidays-in-united-states/cousin-dannys-2/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[HOLIDAYS IN UNITED STATES ZACHSHOTS]]></description>
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                                <title>Sweeping Promises</title>
                                <eventupdate>13 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/sweeping-promises/the-first-unitarian-church/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[SWEEPING PROMISES Sweeping Promises was born in a disused and reverberant concrete laboratory in Cambridge, MA. Tracked with a self-devised “single-mic technique” and mixed in mono, serial band-starters Lira Mondal and CauField Schnug completed their debut, Hunger for a Way Out, just in time to enter quarantine. With only a single basement show under their [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>This Is Lorelei</title>
                                <eventupdate>13 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/this-is-lorelei/the-first-unitarian-church/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[THIS IS LORELEI In 2024 the prolific New York artist Nate Amos released his label debut Box for Buddy, Box for Star under his solo moniker This Is Lorelei. The record was critically acclaimed and received year end accolades from Rolling Stone, Billboard, GQ, Pitchfork, Stereogum, The FADER, Paste, but the album and Amos’ star [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Joe P</title>
                                <eventupdate>13 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/joe-p/ruba-club/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[JOE P Joe P makes the kind of indie rock that still trusts a guitar hook to do real emotional labor. The New Jersey songwriter has written and recorded the bulk of his work in his basement studio over many late night sessions. Across Emily Can’t Sing, French Blonde, and his debut album Garden State [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Being Dead</title>
                                <eventupdate>13 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/being-dead/philamoca/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[BEING DEAD Being Dead’s records are mosaics, technicolor incantations, each song its own self-contained little universe. Something about their music suggests it’s a dispatch from both the future and the past – vocal harmonies that sound like they’re reverberating in a medieval church to surfy guitar lines, weirdo-punky cacophonies erupting into chaos. For their sophomore [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Demonstrate</title>
                                <eventupdate>13 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/demonstrate/the-first-unitarian-church/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[DEMONSTRATE Philadelphia straight edge hard core punk. Record release show! SPEED PLANS Pittsburgh mutant idiot hardcore. FIGHTBACK Baltimore youth crew on Rebirth Records. BY ALL MEANS Minnesota hardcore on tour. JOYSTICK FURY Kutztown positive youth.]]></description>
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                                <title>WU LYF</title>
                                <eventupdate>17 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/wu-lyf/ruba-club/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[WU LYF FOR WU LYF, REFORMATION BEGAN WITHOUT CEREMONY IN IRREGULAR JAM SESSIONS HELD AT BOUND &#38; INFINITY, AN ESOTERIC BOOKSHOP PERCHED CROWLIKE ABOVE THE REVELRY OF MANCHESTER’S INFAMOUS TIB ST. IT WAS HERE—IN THE LIMINAL SPACE BETWEEN THE CEREBRAL AND THE CARNAL— THAT TIB ST. TABERNACLE WAS CONCEIVED: A SIMMERING CRUCIBLE OF MYTHIC IMAGINATION [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>First Day Back</title>
                                <eventupdate>19 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/first-day-back/the-first-unitarian-church/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[FIRST DAY BACK Thundering out of Santa Cruz’s thriving and resurgent music scene, First Day Back have spent their final years in college solidifying their place in the emo revival revival. Heralded as the rightful torchbearers of second wave emo, First Day Back recalls the vocal exasperation of Cap&#8217;n Jazz, the twinkle of American Football, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Hurry</title>
                                <eventupdate>21 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/hurry-2/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[HURRY Hurry is the Philadelphia band led by Matt Scottoline, a jangly fixture in the City of Brotherly Love since the early 2010s. Over six albums — the last four released on beloved Philly label Lame-O Records — Hurry has grown from a local cornerstone into a defining force in contemporary power pop that’s toured worldwide. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>L.O.T.I.O.N.</title>
                                <eventupdate>26 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/l-o-t-i-o-n/cousin-dannys-2/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[L.O.T.I.O.N. L.O.T.I.O.N. Multinational Corporation have been percolating in the NYC underground for the past 10+ years &#8211; gaining notoriety for their unique brand of industrial cyberpunk with intense live shows, fiercely political lyricism and striking visual aesthetics (masterminded by the band’s vocalist, noted visual artist Alexander Heir.) Blending noisy electronics and pumping beats with live [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Lilyisthatyou</title>
                                <eventupdate>27 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/lilyisthatyou/the-first-unitarian-church/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[LILYISTHATYOU Hailing from Toronto, Lilyisthatyou is a genre-defying pop provocateur carving out her own lane at the intersection of dark pop, alt-rock, and electronic experimentation. Her music is equal parts seductive and unfiltered- blending raw, confessional songwriting with a sharp, irreverent edge that turns vulnerability into power. Her rapidly growing catalog has already amassed hundreds [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Death Lens</title>
                                <eventupdate>27 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/death-lens/philamoca/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[DEATH LENS Death Lens fuse the urgency of punk with the grit and melody of Southern California rock, turning everyday struggle into cathartic, communal release. Raised in working class neighborhoods and proud of their roots, the band channels lived experience into songs that balance sharp social awareness with a sense of hope, crafting choruses meant [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Spike Hellis</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/spike-hellis/ruba-club/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[SPIKE HELLIS Spike Hellis is Cortland and Lainey. The Los Angeles-based electronic duo became fully formed on October 31st, 2019. Following the release of their first EP Crisis Talk in 2020, they self-released their debut full-length under their imprint Over-Pop in April 2022. They&#8217;ve since toured relentlessly across North America, Europe, and Latin America with [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Jejune</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/jejune/ukie-club/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[JEJUNE The San Diego via Boston alt trio that disappeared before most folks caught on. Jejune, formed at Berklee College of Music in 1996 and relocating to San Diego, spent years building a sound that owed as much to dream pop as it did to the emo scene they were part of. Male-female dual vocals, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Chase Icon</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/chase-icon/warehouse-on-watts/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[CHASE ICON Chase Icon is a pop provocateur who first rose to fame as a viral internet personality and sharp-tongued Twitter presence. She made her official musical debut in 2021 with the fearless single “SRS.” Since then, she has carved out a distinct space in pop, blending her signature wit with bold, club-ready anthems that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Tim Kasher</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/tim-kasher/philamoca/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[TIM KASHER Hey, you.  Sponges of Experience was written over the 4-day weekend of Memorial Day, 2025. It was a challenge to myself: when I was a wee teenager, I heard Elvis Costello mention on some talk show (I’ve long forgotten which) that he could write an album over a weekend. It was an offhand [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Casket Cassette</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/casket-cassette/philamoca/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[CASKET CASSETTE A reflection of both the industrial grime and the sun-soaked glow of Los Angeles, Casket Cassette is the project of Constant Williams, blending euphoria and melancholy into a sound that evokes the complexities of the human condition. The music is dark yet danceable, drawing from post-punk, darkwave, new wave, EBM, synthpop, and alternative [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Basia Bulat</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/basia-bulat/philadelphia-ethical-society/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[BASIA BULAT Basia Bulat is a Montreal-based singer-songwriter whose work bridges gospel, soul, and classic folk, carried by a distinctive voice and a deeply expressive, multi-instrumental approach. A three-time Polaris Music Prize finalist and JUNO Award nominee, Bulat has built an international reputation through a rich and evolving catalogue, from her early analogue folk recordings [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Fiddlehead</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/fiddlehead/lithuanian-music-hall/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[FIDDLEHEAD Formed with the most modest of expectations, Fiddlehead has unexpectedly become one of the most vital groups in rock music. Their fervent audience responds to the urgency of their music, but also the intensely human exploration of loss that’s colored so much of the band’s output. Fiddlehead’s previous albums, 2018’s Springtime and Blind and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Bike Routes</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/bike-routes/philamoca/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[BIKE ROUTES Bike Routes is David Lawrence Osterhout. Deeply intimate, earnest, and heartfelt expressions of anxiety, heartbreak, and acceptance lie within deceptively sugary melodies and hooks. David’s acoustic guitar is the anchor, inviting listeners into a notebook full of emotion and authenticity. The Garden State gave the world Bruce Springsteen, The Misfits, Lifetime, and The [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>The Fiery Furnaces</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/the-fiery-furnaces/philadelphia-ethical-society/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[THE FIERY FURNACES The Fiery Furnaces is the long-running collaboration between siblings Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger. Renowned for their dense, allusive lyrics, formally inventive compositions, and unpredictable live shows, the band occupies a singular space in the landscape of experimental pop. They will reconvene for a limited series of duo performances to revisit their 2004 [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Panic Shack</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/panic-shack/philamoca/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[PANIC SHACK If there&#8217;s one thing Panic Shack know, it&#8217;s how to have a good time. Comprised of Sarah Harvey (vocals), Meg Fretwell (guitar/backing vocals), Romi Lawrence (guitar/backing vocals), Em Smith (bass/backing vocals) and Nick Williams (drums), the band formed in 2018 as a middle-finger to the “members-only club” atmosphere of indie and punk scenes [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>The Body</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/the-body/philamoca/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[THE BODY The Body have been a leading force of innovation in heavy music for over two decades. The prolific duo of guitarist/vocalist Chip King and Lee Buford (on percussion/electronics) have consistently expanded the scope of what heavy music can be. The Body has produced a wealth of groundbreaking collaborations and benchmark albums that over the past 2 decades have [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Plow United</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/plow-united/the-first-unitarian-church/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[PLOW UNITED Plow United&#8217;s classic album Goodnight Sellout! is celebrating its 30th birthday like a true slacker: by moving back in with its parents. Yes, that’s right, the cult classic second album from the 90s Delaware Valley punks is getting the deluxe reissue treatment from its original label, Creep Records. Painstakingly remastered from the original [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Pavement</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/pavement/the-dell-music-center/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[PAVEMENT Pavement are Mark Ibold, Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg, Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich and Steve West. Among the most beloved acts to come out of the American underground in the 1990’s, the band released five era-defining albums – Slanted And Enchanted (1992), Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994), Wowee Zowee (1995), Brighten The Corners (1997) and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Make The World Better Concert Weekend w/ Pavement, Kurt Vile &#038; The Violators, &#038; More!</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/mtwb/the-dell-music-center/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[PAVEMENT Pavement are Mark Ibold, Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg, Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich and Steve West. Among the most beloved acts to come out of the American underground in the 1990’s, the band released five era-defining albums – Slanted And Enchanted (1992), Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994), Wowee Zowee (1995), Brighten The Corners (1997) and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Kurt Vile &#038; The Violators</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/kurt-vile-the-violators/the-dell-music-center/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[KURT VILE &#38; THE VIOLATORS Released in God’s year of 2026, the 250th anniversary of the founding of America in Kurt Vile’s fine city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia’s been good to me finds one of our nation’s greatest songwriters staking a claim on his hometown. “This is my ‘bringing it all back home to Philly’ record,” [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>My New Band Believe</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/my-new-band-believe/the-first-unitarian-church/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[MY NEW BAND BELIEVE My New Band Believe, led by Cameron Picton, bassist and sometime frontman of black midi, with whom he practiced an explosive form of musical world-building, weaving complex storytelling through thrilling passages of controlled chaos. The moniker serves as an open invitation, a subtle nod to listeners willing to meet the music [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>MESS</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/mess/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[MESS Pure MESS, fuss &#38; impact!. Banda mexicana de punk oi! &#8211; / , Mexican punk oi! band with UK 82 sounds. VAXINE New York, New York. THE STRESS American Punk n Oi! From Long Island NY. THE SLADS The Slads punk band from Philadelphia.]]></description>
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                                <title>Flipper</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/flipper/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[FLIPPER WITH GUEST VOCALIST MATT KORVETTE of PISSED JEANS! They came, they saw, and they conquered — sort of. Never topping the charts, nor possessing a huge following, San Francisco’s Flipper, even in the ’90s alt-rock sweepstakes, would still be considered a fringe act. But, in 1982, they were the toast of rock critics across [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Prewn</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/prewn/philamoca/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[PREWN If Izzy Hagerup’s new album, System, feels immediately uncompromising it’s because it was never really designed for public consumption. Released under her Prewn moniker, Hagerup describes the album as a “private journal made public.” The arresting nine songs on System chronicle a deeply personal journey through the darkness of depression, but one that’s always [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Greg Mendez</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/greg-mendez-4/the-first-unitarian-church/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[GREG MENDEZ Greg Mendez has always been an economical songwriter – he wields restraint and simplicity as tools, the core of his songs sharpened into simple, cutting truths. On Beauty Land, his new album and debut LP for Dead Oceans, we’re guided by a wry but forgiving narrator, an underdog who has learned to balance [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Buck Meek</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/buck-meek/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[BUCK MEEK A gleaner of the forgotten, Buck Meek tips over the familiar and turns the unknown into a companion. On The Mirror, the artist’s fourth solo record and second album released by 4AD, there’s a tender power, countered by immutable vulnerability. With an uncanny curiosity, Meek conjures twin worlds to reveal the uniqueness in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Saetia</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/saetia-2/the-first-unitarian-church/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[SAETIA Saetia was formed in 1997 in New York City and only existed until 1999. During two decades of inactivity, the band&#8217;s music took on a life of its own, cultivating a large international fanbase and is broadly acknowledged as massively influential in the DIY emo hardcore universe. In 2016, the band released a double [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Lip Critic</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/lip-critic/philamoca/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[LIP CRITIC Theft World is an album about stealing. I’ve stolen a lot, and I’ve been stolen from a great deal. Nothing interesting has been taken from me though, just the things that everybody seems to have, social security number, credit cards, etc. Not long after I turned 25, while at the Lost Lake Lounge [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>mekons</title>
                                <eventupdate>5 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://r5productions.com/event/mekons-2/the-latvian-society-of-philadelphia/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[mekons Sonic adventurers, punk rock fundamentalists, exuberant luddites, willing outcasts. “The mekons are the most revolutionary group in the history of rock ‘n’ roll” – wrote rock critic Lester Bangs The genre-defying mekons formed in Leeds, England in 1977.  Born from the emerging British punk scene, they progressed from art students with no musical skills [&#8230;]]]></description>
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