With "Afrique Victime" the prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter rips a new hole in the sky – boldly reforging contemporary Saharan music and “rock music” by melding guitar pyrotechnics, full-blast noise, and field recordings with poetic meditations on love, religion, women's rights, inequality, and Western Africa’s exploitation at the hands of colonial powers. The music listeners are the beneficiaries of the staggeringly powerful do-it-yourself musical ethic of Mdou Moctar – the man and the band – who’ve worked so hard to bring the spirits of families and communities in Niger to the West. Afrique Victime sounds and feels like a Tuareg hand reaching down from the sky, and we are very lucky for this chance to get lifted.
Time | Venue | Age | |
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(Film) WIRED FOR CHAOS w/ Harley Flanagan in attendance / plus live performances from YDI and Minefield | 7:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
Ouija Macc / Sinizter | 8:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
VCTMS / Crystal Lake / Not Enough Space / Face Yourself | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Bob Log III / Jim E. Brown / Ecology: HomeStones | 8:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Tower (kcmo) / Hi Helga / T.F.F.N.I / Quik Stop | 8:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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West Philadelphia Orchestra | 5:00pm - 8:00pm | Penn Museum - Stoner Courtyard | All Ages |
Lifeguard | 7:00pm | Warehouse on Watts | All Ages |
Death Drive / God Called In Sick / 3tho / Elijah Machina | 8:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
Jazz Jam w/ Orrin Evans *CANCELED* | 8:00pm | The Lounge at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Snooper | 6:00pm | Spruce Street Harbor | All Ages |
Jae Skeese / B.A Badd / Focus The Truth / Emi P | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
Countdown From Ten / Dumb Waiter / This Temper | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
Os Mutantes / Pinc Louds (Moved to PhilaMOCA) | 8:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Dolphin Hyperspace / My Trio | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
Axioma / Garbage People / Quiet Man | 7:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |