Illvibe Collective Saturday Nights

Philadelphia Weekly
June 27, 2007

A-List

UNDERGROUNDHOG DAY

Grady

Illvibe Collective 
Saturday Nights

Sat., June 30, 11pm. $5. 1520 Parrish St. 215.765.2702. 
www.theartsgarage.com

What do we have to do these days to throw off the pseudo-hipsters? How ’bout taking the most skilled DJs in town out to a hole-in-the-wall spot ’twixt Fishtown and West Philly.

The Illvibe Collective have done just that with their new Saturday-night parties at the Arts Garage, and goddamn if these kids don’t have their shit straight.

Let’s check the hipster handbook point regulator. Obscure locale—check. Kickass DJs—check. Squatters from West Philly who aren’t out to stomp people to death—check. A location that won’t draw reporters from 6ABC—check.

So the big’uns are taken care of right off the bat. Meantime, some seriously awesome DJs are spinning the underground hip-hop your suburban friends can only dream about.

The flier mentions food “on-site.” Approach at your own risk.

Will this gig fly? Yeah, so long as John Law keeps his paws to himself, leaving this night free to develop into the biggest shit this side of Back to Basics. (Joshua Valocchi)