Purple Alpaca's Top Albums of 2018

1.  By The Way, I Forgive You by Brandi Carlile
2.  See You Around by I'm With Her
3.  How to Socialise & Make Friends by Camp Cope
4.  Ruins by First Aid Kit
5.  May Your Kindness Remain by Courtney Marie Andrews
6.  Live from the Ryman by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
7.  The Flora String Sessions by Sera Cahoone
8.  Single Rider by Jenn Champion
9.  Lifted by Israel Nash
10. I'll Sing by Shannen Moser
11. God's Favorite Customer by Father John Misty
12. Evergreen by Michigan Rattlers
13. Lost Friends by Middle Kids
14. Clean by Soccer Mommy
15. The Choice by Kamasi Washington
16. Two People by Robby Hecht & Caroline Spence
17. Appreciation by Horse Feathers
18. Free Yourself Up by Lake Street Dive
19. Camden Session by Butcher Brown
20. The Tree by Lori McKenna
21. Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts
22. What Heaven is Like by Wussy
23. Historian by Lucy Dacus
24. On Dark Horses by Emma Ruth Rundle
25. Twin Fantasy by Car Seat Headrest

Event Listings January 2019

The Brother Brothers

January 8th at Tractor Tavern

Thursday January 3rd
Lake Street Dive
8:00pm
Rams Head Live!
20 Market Place
Baltimore, MD

Tuesday January 8th
Brother Brothers
March to May
8:00pm
Tractor Tavern
5213 Ballard Avenue N.W.
Seattle, WA

Wednesday January 9th
Wood Brothers
Priscilla Renea
8:00pm
Union Transfer
1026 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA

Thursday January 17th
Trampled by Turtles
Actual Wolf
8:00pm
Wooly's
504 East Locust
Des Moines, IA

Saturday January 18th
Fruit Bats
Lake
9:00pm
Tractor Tavern
5213 Ballard Avenue N.W.
Seattle, WA

Friday January 25th & Saturday January 26th
Ann Arbor Folk Festival:
Brandi Carlisle
Haley Heynderickx
Michigan Rattlers
I'm With Her
and other bands performing
6:30pm
Hill Auditorium
825 N University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI

Wednesday January 30th
Michigan Rattlers
The Lil' Smokes
8:00pm
The Foundry (at The Fillmore)
29 East Allen Street
Philadelphia, PA

Event Listings December 2018

Courtney Marie Andrews

December 29th, 30th and 31st at Bowery Ballroom

Saturday December 1st
Middle Kids
The Shacks
9:00pm
Johnny Brenda's
1201 N. Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA

Wednesday December 5th
Soccer Mommy
Ratboys
Anna Altman
9:00pm
Music Hall of Williamsburg
66 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY

Wednesday December 5th
MEWITHOUTYOU
The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die
Hold Down the Ocean
8:00pm
Theatre of Living Arts
334 South Street
Philadelphia, PA

Saturday December 8th
Horton's Holiday Hayride Starring:
Reverend Horton Heat
Junior Brown
The Blasters and Big Sandy
7:00pm
Stone Pony
913 Ocean Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ

Friday December 14th
Phosphorescent
Liz Cooper and the Stampede
9:00pm
Theatre of Living Arts
334 South Street
Philadelphia, PA

December 29th
Margo Price
Lilly Hiatt
6:30pm
Asbury Lanes
209 4th Avenue
Asbury Park

December 30th & 31st
Hop Along
Palm (12/30)
Diet Cig (12/31)
8:00pm (12/30), 10:00pm (12/31)
Asbury Lanes
209 4th Avenue
Asbury Park

December 29th, 30th & 31st
The Lone Below

Courtney Marie Andrews
9:00pm (12/29 & 12/30), 10:00pm (12/31)
Bowery Ballroom
6 Delancey Street
New York, NY

Event Listings November 2018

I'm With Her

November 17th at Union Transfer

 

Friday November 2nd
The Twilight Sad
8:30pm
Boot & Saddle
1131 S Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA

Tuesday November 6th
The Wood Brothers
Nicole Atkins
8:00pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center
100 South Street
Morristown, NJ

Friday November 9th
The Joy Formidable
Tancred
9:00pm
Music Hall of Williamsburg
66 N 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY

Saturday November 10th
Drive by Truckers
T Hardy Morris
Cannery Ballroom
Nahville,TN

Tuesday November 13th

Tuesday November 13th
Toto
8:00pm
State Theater
15 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ

Saturday November 17th
I'm With Her
The Brother Brothers
8:30pm
Union Transfer
1026 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA

Event Listings October 2018

Horse Feathers

October 13th at Concerts in the Studio

The Barr Brothers

October 15th at Union Transfer

Saturday October 6th
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Zhang Conducts Beethoven 9
8:00pm
State Theatre
15 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ

Thursday October 11th

Trampled by Turtles
The Infamous Stringdusters

8:00pm
The Pageant
6161 Delmar Boulevard

St Louis, MO

Saturday October 13th

Horse Feathers

7:30pm

Concerts in the Studio

3 Jackson Terrace

Freehold, NJ

Monday October 15th
Milk Carton Kids

The Barr Brothers

8:30pm
Union Transfer

1026 Spring Garden Street

Philadelphia, PA

Tuesday October 16th

Israel Nash

Kyle Emerson

8:00pm

Tractor Tavern

5213 Ballard Avenue NW

Seattle, WA

Friday October 19th

The Bottle Rockets

Sarah Borges

Eric Ambel

8:30pm

MilkBoy

1100 Chestnut Street

Philadelphia, PA

Wednesday October 24th
We Were Promised Jetpacks

8:00pm
Asbury Lanes

209 4th Avenue

Asbury Park, NJ

Friday October 26th

Rubblebucket

Diet Cig

Star Rover

8:30pm

Union Transfer

1026 Spring Garden Street

Philadelphia, PA

Event Listings September 2018

Brandi Carlile

September 1st at Moore Theater 



 

Saturday September 1st
Brandi Carlile
Courtney Marie Andrews
7:30pm
Moore Theater
911 Pine Street
Seattle, WA

 

Sunday September 2nd
Alex Williams
Jaime Wyatt
5:00pm
Stone Pier Summer Concert Series
West Stone Pier
3rd and Lake Streets
Black Hawk Lake
Lake View, IA

 

Saturday September 8th
First Aid Kit
Julia Jacklin
9:00pm
The Fillmore
29 E Allen Street
Philadelphia, PA

 

Friday September 14th
Okkervil River
8:30pm
Asbury Lanes
209 4th Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ

 

Friday September 14th
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
9:15pm
Johnny Brenda's
1201 N Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA

 

Friday September 21st
The Jayhawks
The Old Ceremony
8:00pm
World Cafe Live
3025 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA

 

Wednesday September 26th
Israel Nash
Allen Tate (San Fermin)
8:00pm
Johnny Brenda's
1201 N Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA

Event Listings August 2018

Sera Cahoone

August 23rd at Neumos

Saturday August 11th
American Aquarium

Jaime Wyatt

9:00pm
Tractor Tavern

5213 Ballard Avenue NW

Seattle, WA

Friday August 17th
Lori McKenna
Dustin Christensen
8:00pm
The CMA Theater
at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
224 Fifth Avenue South
Nashville, TN

August 16th - 19th
Philadelphia Folk Festival
Old Pool Farm
Clemmers Mill and Salford Station Roads
Upper Salford Township, PA

Wednesday August 22nd
Beach House
Papercuts
8:00pm
United Palace Theatre
4140 Broadway Corner of 175th Street
New York, NY

Thursday August 23rd
Sera Cahoone
Moon Palace
Hyways
8:00pm
Neumos
925 E Pike Street
Seattle, WA

Wednesday August 29th
Shovels and Rope
Aaron Lee Tasjan
8:00pm
Asbury Lanes
209 4th Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ

Purple Alpaca's Top Albums of 2017

1.  A Deeper Understanding by The War on Drugs
2.  The Nashville Sound by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
3.  I See You by The xx
4.  Out in the Storm by Waxahatchee
5.  Puxico by Natalie Hemby
6.  Moonshine Freeze by This Is The Kit
7.  Cigarettes After Sex by Cigarettes After Sex
8.  What Now by Sylvan Esso
9.  Semper Femina by Laura Marling
10. Wrangled by Angaleena Presley
11. Golem by Wand
12. In Mind by Real Estate

Event Listings Summer 2017

The War On Drugs

September 21st at The Dell Music Center

Saturdays (Year Round)

Country, Bluegrass & Pinelands Music Concerts

7:30pm

Albert Music Hall

131 Wells Mills Road (Route 532)
Waretown, NJ

Wednesday July 26th
Okkervil River
Jesse Hale Moore
8:00pm
World Cafe Live
3025 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA

Thursday July 27th
Shagwuf
Accidental Seabirds
Lyons
Phoebe Nix
Brian Ericson of Paper Jets
8:00pm
The Saint
601 Main Street
Asbury Park, NJ

Saturday July 29th
Cafe Improv TV Show Featuring: 
Spook Handy and the Seed Planters
and many other performers
6:30pm
Princeton Arts Council
102 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ

Friday August 11th
The Districts (Record Release Show)
The Spirit of the Beehive
Abi Reimold
8:30pm
Union Transfer
1026 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA

Saturday August 19th
Robbie Fulks
A.J. Croce
8:00pm
World Cafe Live
3025 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA

Thursday September 21st
The War On Drugs
8:00pm
The Dell Music Center
2400 Strawberry Mansion Drive
Philadelphia, PA

Friday September 22nd
The Head and the Heart
The Shelters
8:00pm
The Fillmore
29 East Allen Street
Philadelphia, PA

Friday September 22nd/Saturday September 23rd
The Philadelphia Arts and Music Festival
World Cafe Live
3025 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA

Purple Alpaca's Top Albums of 2016

1.  American Band by Drive-By Truckers
2.  case/lang/veirs by case/lang/veirs
3.  Teens of Denial by Car Seat Headrest
4.  Signs of Light by The Head and the Heart
5.  Painting of a Panic Attack by Frightened Rabbit
6.  Day Breaks by Nora Jones
7.  Three by Phantogram
8.  Schmilco by Wilco
9.  Honest Life by Courtney Marie Andrews
10. The Bird & The Rifle by Lori McKenna
11. Away by Okkervil River
12. At Hope's Ravine by Holy Esque
13. Forever Sounds by Wussy
14. Omni by Navvi
15. United Crushers by Poliça
16. Kidsticks by Beth Orton
17. Secrets by Deep Sea Diver
18. Not To Disappear by Daughter
19. Do Hollywood by The Lemon Twigs
20. Why Are You OK by Band of Horses
21. You Know Who You Are by Nada Surf

Event Listings October 2016

PASS 2016 Live Music

Selected shows during PASS 2016 Conference in Seattle, Washington. 

Sunday October 23rd

Young Dubliners
Sam Russell & Creeping Time
9:00pm
Sunset Tavern
5433 Ballard Avenue NW
Seattle, WA
$10

Sleep
Helen Money
8:00pm
The Showbox
1426 1st Avenue
Seattle, WA
$35

Chatham County Line
The Barn Owls
8:00pm
Tractor Tavern
5213 Ballard Avenue
Seattle, WA
$15

Monday October 24th

Bad Suns
Coin
8:00pm
Neumos
925 E Pike Street (upstairs)
Seattle, WA
$20

PAPA
Perfect Families
8:00pm
925 E Pike Street (downstairs)
Seattle, WA
$12

Throw the Temple
Blackstone Daze
The Janitors of Chaos
Rogues Among Us
8:30pm
Funhouse
109 Eastlake Avenue East
Seattle, WA
$10

Tuesday October 25th

La Luz
The Shivas
Donormaal
8:00pm
Tractor Tavern
5213 Ballard Avenue
Seattle, WA
$18

Earshot Jazz Festival presents:
Michael Bisio
Kirk Knuffke
Paul Rucker
8:00pm
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown)
1300 First Avenue
Seattle, WA
$18

Face to Face
Phasers on Kill
Afterwords
7:00pm
Neumos
925 E Pike Street
Seattle, WA
$20

M83
Yeasayer
Tennyson
7:00pm
WaMu Theater
800 Occidental Avenue
Seattle, WA
$52-$75

Dillinger Escape Plan
O'Brother
Cult Leader
Entheos
7:15pm
El Corazon
109 Eastlake Avenue
Seattle, WA
$20-$25

Opeth
8:00pm
Moore Theater
1932 2nd Avenue
Seattle, WA
$30-$85

Wednesday October 26th

Charlie Parr
The Last Revel
8:00pm
Tractor Tavern
5213 Ballard Avenue
Seattle, WA
$15

Earshot Jazz Festival presents:
Derek Gripper
7:00pm
PONCHO Concert Hall
710 E Roy Street
Seattle, WA
$16

Screaming Females
Moor Mother Goodness
Vera Project
Seattle Center
8:00pm
305 Harrison Street
Seattle, WA
$12-$14

John Cleese
Eric Idle
7:30pm
Moore Theater
1932 2nd Avenue
Seattle, WA
$60-$100

Thursday October 27th

KEXP presents: 
Sunflower Bean
The Lemon Twigs
8:00pm
Chop Suey
1325 E Madison Street
Seattle, WA
$12

Tim Reynolds and TR3
Heels to the Hardwood
8:00pm
Tractor Tavern
5213 Ballard Avenue
Seattle, WA
$18

John Cleese
Eric Idle
7:30pm
Moore Theater
1932 2nd Avenue
Seattle, WA
$60-$100

Friday October 28th

The Sonics
8:00pm
Neptune Theater
1303 NE 45th Street
Seattle, WA
$35

Earshot Jazz Festival presents:
Jaimeo Brown Transcendence
Paul Rucker
8:00pm
V2
1525 11th Avenue
Seattle, WA
$20

Blitzen Trapper
Sera Cahoone
9:00pm
Tractor Tavern
5213 Ballard Avenue
Seattle, WA
$15

Event Listings Fall 2016

Dronebaby

November 8th at The Saint

Saturday October 15th
Shovels and Rope
Matthew Logan Vazquez
8:30pm
Union Transfer
1026 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA

Friday October 21st
Princeton Folk Music Society presents:
Bryan Bowers
8:15pm
Christ Congregation Church
50 Walnut Lane
Princeton, NJ

Saturday October 29th
The Prophets
9:00pm
Amalfis
146 Lawrenceville Pennington Road
Lawrence Township, NJ

Wednesday November 2nd
Asbury Cafe presents:
Corb Lund
8:00pm
The Saint
601 Main Street
Asbury Park, NJ

Friday November 4th
Countdown to Ecstasy
7:00pm/9:30pm (two shows)
The Kennett Flash
102 Sycamore Alley
Kennett Square, PA

Tuesday November 8th
Accidental Seabirds
The Porchistas
Dronebaby
Beatrice Potter
8:00pm
The Saint
601 Main Street
Asbury Park, NJ

Saturday November 26th
Stephen Kellogg
8:00pm
New Hope Winery
6123 Lower York Road
New Hope, PA

Sunday December 4th
Strand of Oaks
The Boot and Saddle
8:00pm
Union Transfer
1026 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA