Almost alone among bands of the last two decades, Tortoise is a group that resists easy metaphors and analogies, who can be described as sounding like only themselves and no one else. Twenty years after its founding, the band's signature and singularly inimitable sound—a fluid intersection of dub, dance, jazz, techno, rock, and classical minimalism, with no part overwhelming or dominating the whole—remains an American and international original. Even more unusually, they seem to have arrived at their sound with almost no apprenticeship to speak of; to judge from their early singles and albums alone, they seem to have come into being with their musical identity and DNA fully formed, like Athena from the forehead of Zeus. Further, while the group has spawned countless imitators, heirs, and followers—sincere, flattering, and otherwise—Tortoise remains unique in the world of contemporary music for their boundless intellectual curiosity, their unmistakable compositional voice, and their synthesis of seemingly contradictory sound worlds far from their doorstep.
Day of Show Tickets: Floor/Loge (Standing Room): $25 ($21 ticket + $4 processing fee) Mezzanine (Reserved Seating): $35 ($21 + $14 premium service*/processing fee) *priority seating and VIP amenities/service
Please note: Except for those seated on the Mezzanine, dinner service will not be available Downstairs during this show, although our bar will be open. You are welcome to join us for dinner beforehand in the Upstairs cafe, or order from a limited concession menu at the Upstairs bar to bring Downstairs with you.
Save money! Processing fee is only $2 per ticket when you purchase with CASH at our box office BEFORE day of show! XPN Members: Use your member number to purchase up to two discounted tickets by phone or at our box office (not available online).
Click here to check out more Indie concerts at World Cafe Live.
Be the first to know about upcoming shows & special offers. Click here to sign up for our Live Access newsletter.
Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School is what happens when cabaret meets art school. We tap into local talent supplying you with an extremely interesting pool of models to draw. Expect to have a tremendous time during your visit that includes great music, booze, odd-ball competitions, sexy dames, and straight up debauchery!
Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School was founded in Brooklyn 2005 by artist Molly Crabapple and has spread worldwide from Hollywood to London to Melbourne and of course, Philly! Learn more about Dr. Sketchy's at www.drsketchy.com.
For information on the Philly branch of Dr. Sketchy's and to find sessions dates, contest winners and to see art by our Art-monkeys, go to www.drsketchyphilly.com or follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/drsketchysphilly or on Twitter @drsketchyphilly
All Dr. Sketchy events: Doors open at 2:30, Sketchiness begins at 3:00pm Dates(All Saturdays): 5/8 6/12 7/10 8/14 9/11 11/13
All held in Upstairs Live
Tickets: $15.00 ($12 ticket + $3 processing fee)
Save money! Processing fee is only $2 per ticket when you purchase with CASH at our box office BEFORE day of show
*Please note: Ticket purchase is not a guarantee of seating! Some ticketholders may end up standing, depending on the number of tickets sold. To be assured of seating, place a reservation by calling 215-222-1400. Click here to see our menus.
Ten hours of nonstop music at World Cafe Live! Part of the 2010 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival / Philly Fringe
Buy one ticket, then come and go all day long as today's most adventurous players perform new works by modern composers. As artistically inclusive as it is audience-friendly, the Bang on a Can Marathon is a wild mix of genres, styles, innovation, and radically new sounds, delivered as one open mega-concert.
"There are other places to hear new contemporary music, but it is seldom offered with such a potent blend of intensity, authority, and abandon."Vanity Fair
Bang on a Can Marathon (Philadelphia) has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Music Project.
01 So Percussion - Drumming Part 1, composed by Steve Reich 02 Signal, Brad Lubman Conductor - Shelter with film by Bill Morrison & projections by Laurie Olinder, composed by Michael Gordon/David Lang/Julia Wolfe 03 Asphalt Orchestra - Carlton, composed by STEW & Heidi Rodewald 04 Asphalt Orchestra - The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive-Ass Slippers, composed by Charles Mingus
4pm-6pm
05 Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra - TBC, composed by Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra 06 Todd Reynolds, violin - Lost Signals and Drifting Satellites, composed by Annie Gosfield 07 Bang on a Can All-Stars - Music from Shadowbang, composed by Evan Ziporyn 08 Bang on a Can All-Stars - Stroking Piece #1, composed by Thurston Moore 09 The Crossing - Epic Text & Statements, composed by Pelle Gudmunsen-Holmgreen 10 The Crossing - Villarosa Sarialdi, composed by Thomas Jennefelt
6pm-8pm
11 Asphalt Orchestra - Electric Red, composed by Meshuggah 12 Asphalt Orchestra - Hyper Ballad, composed by Bjork 13 Uri Caine with Ralph Alessi & Jim Black - TBC, composed by Uri Caine 14 Normal Love - I Heard You Can See Baltimore from up there / Electrolytes in the Brine, composed by Normal Love 15 So Percussion - Threads, composed by Paul Lansky 16 The Crossing - Gloria (Everywhere) , composed by Kamran Ince
8pm-10pm
17 Sun Ra Arkestra - TBC, composed by Sun Ra 18 Bang on a Can All-Stars - Workers Union, composed by Louis Andriessen 19 Asphalt Orchestra - Two Ships, composed by David Byrne/Annie Clark 20 Asphalt Orchestra - Zomby Woof, composed by Frank Zappa 21 Asphalt Orchestra - Champagne, composed by Goran Bregovic
10pm-midnight
22 KEEPERS OF THE CHAOS - TBC, composed by Jamaaldeen Tacuma/G. Calvin Weston 23 Matmos - TBC, composed by Matmos 24 Matmos & So Percussion - Selections from Treasure State, composed by Matmos & So Percussion 25 BOAC All-Stars & Kyaw Kyaw Naing - Selections from Bang on a Can Meets Kyaw Kyaw Naing, composed by Kyaw Kyaw Naing
Sunday, September 12, 2010 | 2:00pm until Midnight | Downstairs Live
General Admission Seating
Ticket Price: $25.00* - Full Price Discounts (available in person at the box office): $15.00* - Student or buyer 25 and younger (with valid ID) $20.00* - WXPN member (with valid ID), WHYY member (with valid member ID), DancePass holder (with valid DancePass)
*$2 per ticket processing fee applies to all purchases
Be the first to know about upcoming shows & special offers. Click here to sign up for our Live Access newsletter.
Part of the 2010 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival / Philly Fringe
Led by Stew and Obie award-winning Heidi Rodewald, this Afro Baroque cabaret ensemble is coveted for their literate precision, sly humor, and deep emotional resonance, hovering between the divergent worlds of rock and theater. Stew's performances have been compared in the same breath with Kurt Weill, Burt Bacharach, and Jackie Gleason. They will be performing numbers from Stew's Broadway rock musical, Passing Strange, which was co-composed with Rodewald and earned Stew the 2008 Tony Award for "Best Book of a Musical." They will also play new songs from Stew and Heidi's upcoming musical. "Stew's endlessly inventive music draws on rock, gospel, soul and blues. . . . A winning tribute to the diversity of the black musical experience." Hollywood Reporter
Join the Philadelphia F/M Festival and World Cafe Live for a cinematic experience like no other!
A depraved bloodsucking sinister force is terrorizing the backwoods! When flirtatious sexpot Liz Walker is thrown into the swamp by her jealous husband, she's taken hostage by giant leeches and held captive in their underwater cavern of horror. Other townsfolk are soon abducted by the leeches, joining Liz in the monsters' subterranean lair. The locals desperately battle the mammoth leeches in an explosive climax!
Performing the live score to Attack of the Giant Leeches will be an expanded lineup of Agent Mooshead, with: • Chris Dippolito – guitar/composer (agent moosehead) • Pete Dippolito – bass (agent moosehead) • Jon McNally – drums (agent moosehead) • John Briley – keys (agent moosehead / synth sircus) • Dan Peterson – alto sax / bass clarinet (agent moosehead / truth and consequence / bottom feeders / warriors of wonderful sound) • Bryan Rogers – soprano sax / tenor sax (shot x shot / warriors of wonderful sound) • Bart Miltenberger – trumpet (agent moosehead / warriors of wonderful sound / chance trio) • Dawn Webster – trumpet / baritone horn (agent moosehead / west philly orchestra)
Also appearing: Dan Malloy, Anabiosis
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 Doors 8:00pm | Showtime 9:00pm | Downstairs Live
A limited number of advance tickets for this performance are available. The remainder will be sold on the day of the show beginning at 10am. Passes for the entire Philadelphia F/M Festival are available for $100 ($70 for students) - click here for more info.
WATCH THE TRAILER – IF YOU DARE!
Click here to check out more Film Screenings at World Cafe Live.
Be the first to know about upcoming shows & special offers. Click here to sign up for our Live Access newsletter.
