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Pierce Jordan

Pierce Jordan

Writer, Multi-Instrumentalist, Agitator, Scorpio, Middle Child.

Philadelphia 12 posts

1994! Transcends 20 Years

1994! Transcends 20 Years

The two-piece group embodied the power of (musical) long-term relationships at this year's Two Piece Fest.

Pierce Jordan

23 Feb 2026 · 6 min read

Browsing Between The Beats

Browsing Between The Beats

Pierce Jordan offers vinyl rex from the record shop shelves of Beautiful World Syndicate, all uncovered during a live four-band bill at the store.

Pierce Jordan

20 Feb 2026 · 4 min read

Guess The Genre

Guess The Genre

Gloom rock? Kinda-fried-neo-beat-poetry? Post-industrial Americana? Pierce Jordan asks some musicians at Cousin Danny's how they identify.

Pierce Jordan

19 Feb 2026 · 6 min read

Spectral Forces Get Futuristic

Spectral Forces Get Futuristic

West Philly's rotunda welcomed synth, jazz and afro-futurism through their doors last Thursday.

Pierce Jordan

17 Feb 2026 · 4 min read

Cleaning Up Balloons

Cleaning Up Balloons

Showing up to work can be fun — if your job is setting the stage for bands like Antarctigo Vespucci and Golden Apples to celebrate their last night on tour.

Pierce Jordan

13 Feb 2026 · 3 min read

Found Family Plays Cousin Danny's

Found Family Plays Cousin Danny's

A punk night turns into a tribute to a favorite Black-owned bar and its regulars.

Pierce Jordan

10 Feb 2026 · 4 min read

Elucid Takes The Scene Outside

Elucid Takes The Scene Outside

Pierce Jordan offers his definition — and plenty of live examples — of what he likes to call "outside" music.

Pierce Jordan

7 Feb 2026 · 5 min read

Sudan Archives Levels Up

Sudan Archives Levels Up

This is an ode to a definitive multi-hyphenate: a violinist, singer, pianist, rapper, percussionist, and programmer.

Pierce Jordan

30 Jan 2026 · 3 min read

New Harmony Respects Its Elders

New Harmony Respects Its Elders

A festival celebrating the new generation of screamo artists and fans prompts a hardcore millennial to look back at the scene's life cycle.

Pierce Jordan

30 Jan 2026 · 5 min read

Cool Vs. Uncool Hellscapes

Cool Vs. Uncool Hellscapes

A Subtle Body show at God's Auto Body reminds Pierce Jordan how fun — and necessary — it is to sin.

Pierce Jordan

26 Jan 2026 · 2 min read

Diuretic Lets It All Out

Diuretic Lets It All Out

Pierce Jordan talks with Alyssa Rorke about stepping out of your comfort zone and starting out as a musician.

Pierce Jordan

20 Jan 2026 · 4 min read

A Hall Pass for Punk Rockers

A Hall Pass for Punk Rockers

Pierce Jordan talks with musician and show promoter Izzy Maturana about punk as a state of mind.

Pierce Jordan

16 Jan 2026 · 6 min read