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We've been waiting for this tour since the "Very Last" Reggie and the Full Effect show at the TLA in September of 2008. Back then The Get Up Kids reunion and Someting to Write Home About 10th Anniversary Live DVD was just a rumbling on the internet. Fortunately, a rumor fueled by James Dewees is a reliable one indeed. The Get Up Kids' keyboard player and Reggie founder dropped hints all along his tour that a reunion would be upcoming, and all but confirmed it during the encore at the TLA.

           

On stage Princeton looks every bit as young as they are. Of the four, Jesse Kivel (guitar/vocals) seemed to be settling nicely to an almost prerequisite indie style with a classic pair of clear plastic eye glasses and throwback plaid. Lucky for him, the combination played as easy and natural geek/cool, as opposed to douchey hipster. Sans pretense Princeton played straight-up versions of "Sylvie," "Clyde and Martina," and "I Left My Love in Nagaski." Late in their set Mat Santos of Ra Ra Riot joined the guys on stage to play bass on "Show Some Love, When Your Man Gets Home." The extra instrument nicely rounded out the sound on one of my favorite Princeton songs. The band closed out the set with a fierce yet quirky rendition of "Shout it Out" providing a sneek peek at the type of relaxed, playful showmanship that should eventually permeate Princeton live shows.

With a name like Princeton (Myspace), I formulated a vision of a young band from my great homeland of East Coast, New Jersey (Philadelphia Metro Area, naturally), breaking out onto the indie rock scene. And so I was slightly disappointed to find out that my completely baseless guess as to the band's name origin couldn't have possibly been more wrong. Sure enough, twin brothers Jesse and Matt Kivel named their band after the place where they spent most of their childhood. Unfortunately, that place isn't crawling with ivy and preppy college students (or fortunately maybe, depending on your opinion). These boys mean Princeton Street, Santa Monica. As in California. West Coast, Pacific Ocean, sand, sun, surf—all that nonsense. But I'm not going to hold that against them as their first full-length album is pretty damn cool.

Recently we received a request from an out of town reader for our non-touristy recommendations for the best local spots. More specifically our favorites in Food, Galleries, Booze, Books, Clothes, Music, "Women" (back to this later) and "Any other cool shit that you think people who are into eating, drinking, art, reading, music, etc. would like to see." Well, we like to appease so we'll give it a shot. Oh, and dear reader, we're not a hipster either, so if you accidentally wander into hipster territory based on our solid normal person advice, sorry. It can't be helped. It's Philly. They're everywhere.

Phillyist's quick-picks for your evening agenda.

We covered Kiss Kiss's last record release, when they put out Reality vs. the Optimist and we have good news: they still bring the awesome. Their newest release, , due out July 7, is just as hyper-kinetic and jarring as their first effort. The differences? Well, there's a more calculated organic approach.

One morning last week, when my alarm clock sounded and XPN kicked on—my standard start to the day—I was greeted by a catchy folk melody sung in three-part harmony. It was upbeat but relaxed, exactly the kind of thing I needed to get from asleep to groggy to somewhat coherent. When the song was over, Michaela Majoun said that the catchy song was called "Coney Island," and that it was by a group named Good Old War (MySpace). The name sounded familiar, but I couldn't quite place where from. So I checked my pile of promo CDs, an ever-growing backlog of music that I need to listen to to decide what to write up and recommend on this website, and sure enough, Good Old War's album, was sitting there, unwrapped and unheard. But "Coney Island" was catchy enough, so I figured I would bump it to the top of the list and give it a listen.

This Aussie comedy series is coming to a U.S. television near you, but you can catch a sneak peek at tonight's screening. Summer Heights High is a mockumentary television series in which three of the characters are played by the creator and writer, Chris Lilley. The show is no stranger to controversy—as its own network once reported.

HOW MUCH: $15 if you get 'em now, $17 at the door.

On this day in 1967, the Outer Space Treaty went into effect. Since then, over 90 countries have agreed that our planet's nuclear annihilation will have to originate on the surface thereof rather than from orbiting weapons of mass destruction.

October 6, 1889 was the day on which Thomas Edison first displayed his moving picture device to the world. On the same day in 1927, The Jazz Singer became the first popular talking movie. And on the same day in 2008, you're going to The Troc to see Iron Man.

The Omaha electro-pop quintet The Faint is coming to the Trocadero this weekend, and we suggest you check them out. We've been listening to the latest album from the band, Fasciinatiion, and we're pretty impressed. Fasciinatiion is the band’s first album in four years, and the first on their newly formed label, blank.wav—which is a great name for a label, btw. The band has something of a knack with titles, actually; they got on our good side right away by titling one track on Fasciinatiion "The Geeks Were Right," a rocking song which unsurprisingly turned out to be one of our favorites on the disc. Fasciinatiion was written, recorded, produced, and art directed entirely by the band, making it their purest expression of themselves in their history. The result is a highly entertaining record loaded with catchy, danceable tracks, clever lyrics, and a vaguely familiar but still otherworldly sound. Besides "The Geeks Were Right," our favorite song is probably "Machine in the Ghost." But we understand their live shows are even better than their recordings; in fact, they're described as "sweat-drenched, full-on parties" that are "a favorite amongst music lovers." Sounds worth a trip to the Troc to us. Even the opening bands are pretty good: they're playing with Jaguar Love, whose new album Take Me to the Sea, though uneven (is it old fashioned to want a band to sing in key?), contains a few rough gems, and Shy Child, whom we've only heard one song by ("Astronaut")—but it was a good song! So check it out. We think you'll have a good time.

We bring you Monday classics this evening.

Yes, it's Cinco de Mayo. We've got one event related to the fiesta, but that doesn't mean you can't throw together your own party. Just get some tequila and the number you'll need to call out of work tomorrow morning.

It just may be that this particular Phillyist is going to the sold out Jimmy Eat World show in Atlantic City tonight. And it just may be that you aren't.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Thursday post only collects the latest announcements, so definitely check the Tuesday post for any you may have missed.

) has such a big under-age following that The Troc, whose balcony we always count on as a place of over-21 refuge, opened the upstairs to all of the teenagers who deigned to go up. I have a feeling that if I die and go to hell, it will be something like that.

The last time I saw Cat Power perform was the first and only time I saw the entire Trocadero fall in love at once. Her voice and her persona could only be described as haunting yet powerful. Some people showed in the hopes that she'd fall apart, as she has been wont to do, but a lot happens in a decade. Much more centered by the time The Greatest dropped, Chan Marshall prowled the stage like a sexy animal that was caged no longer.

We're kicking off a new regular feature today, and here it is! "Can't Miss This!" should be going up every weekday for the foreseeable future and, as you may have already guessed, it'll feature a handful of events going on that day in and around the city that we think are so cool you should make sure not to miss them. Hope you enjoy it!

Tomorrow night, One Republic is playing The Trocadero. We've never heard of them, and outside of the song that automatically pops up on their MySpace page, we have no idea what their music sounds like.

, Pig Iron Theatre Company's fundraiser, only happens once per year, so we're not going to trouble you with a full review that might make your mouth water and your jealousy rise. If you weren't there, try to make it next year. That's all.