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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Izzy True / Secret Secret / So Totally | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Eliza and the Delusionals / Kate Stephenson | 7:30pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |
Mugger / Commitment / Territory | 8:00pm | Foto Club | All Ages |
West 22nd / Pretty Jane / Surf Haven | 8:00pm | The Lounge at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
Matt Berninger / Ronboy | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Johnny Manchild & The Poor Bastards / Fake Shark | 7:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
A Place To Bury Strangers / The Serfs | 7:30pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |
anees / Joseph Solomon | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
Mei Semones / John Roseboro | 8:00pm | Music Hall at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
Death's Dynamic Shroud / Vitesse X | 8:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
The Pink Stones / Ma'aM | 8:30pm | The Lounge at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Something About Us: A Daft Punk Dance Show Experience (Night 1) | 7:00pm | Vox Populi | All Ages |
Clinic Stars / janedriver / secret guest TBA | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
Catbite / The OBGMs / SOJI / The Heavy Beats | 7:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
Labrador (LP Release Show) / Petal / Hurry / Lowercase Roses | 8:00pm | The Khyber | 21+ |