Philadelphia Weekly

Switchfoot

San Diego’s favorite righteous rockers have made a career out of doing the unexpected. Whether breaking out of the Christian music ghetto to sign with a major label or singing about some of the messier aspects of faith that most artists would avoid like the plague, Switchfoot has long stepped to the beat of their own drum. It is for this reason that their latest album, Vice Verses, is arguably their strongest yet. The aggressive rock of “Dark Horses” and “Afterlife” are classic Switchfoot, as is the thought-provoking powerpop track “Rise Above It,” but the band really shines on epic numbers like “Restless” and the closing track “Where I Belong,” where notions of the eternal come to the forefront. Singer Jon Foreman is as razor-sharp as ever with his observations, especially on “Selling the News,” a hip-hop-meets-spoken-word-meets-rock ditty whose unflinchingly honest evaluation of society’s need for instant gratification is spot-on. -Brian Palmer

7pm. $23.50. Theater of the Living Arts, 334 South St. 215.922.1011. tlaphilly.com

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WHEN
Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Recurring: ONCE

TIME & PRICE
7pm. $23.50.

WHERE
TLA , 334 South St., Philadelphia, PA
One time only on 10/02/2012. .

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