Philadelphia dream-pop band A Sunny Day in Glasgow are currently mixing their new album. While we wait, bassist Ryan Newmyer has begun sharing tracks off his side project, Roman à clef. "PSBTV" is a playful twee-accented spin on his band's immersing sound. Delightfully affable in composition and lyrical content, this can be enjoyed by both fans of A Sunny Day in Glasgow and those who find their albums more difficult to process.
I saw this list the other day and felt compelled to make a more comprehensive, accurate, and essential rundown of albums that have truly stood out in a musical and historical sense. Albums that are influential, groundbreaking and still memorable. And let's be clear that bands like Galaxie 500, Mercury Rev, Verve, Mazzy Star, etc., these are all great bands that have produced some astounding work, but they are definitely not shoegaze. It's obviously way too early to rank the new MBV album so I'm not even gonna go there. [...]
Local folks including Ape School, Tadoma and King Britt - as well as outside-Philly names Benoît Pioulard and Lymbyc System - tried their hand at remixing Arc In Round's layered and heavy debut LP in the new ::::remixed:::: collection, available today as a free download. The set contains eight reconstructions of songs like "Spirit" (morphed ... Continue reading
With A Sunny Day in Glasgow 's mastermind Ben Daniels living halfway around the world in Sydney, Australia, their live performances have come few and far between as of late. That is why you should definitely take advantage of their free show tonight at the Ibrahim Theater where they'll be providing a live soundtrack to science film clips and fragments from Roman Vishniac as part of International House Philadelphia's Spring Arts Preview. The band will then head back into the studio with Uniform Recording's Jeff Zeigler to finish up mixing their new album, which hopefully means their drought of [...]
A Sunny Day in Glasgow are wrapping up work on their new album which was funded via Kickstarter . The band are also looking to road test the tunes on a few East Coast dates. After hitting Baltimore last night, they'll hit NYCF tonight (1/16) for a show at Pianos with Friend Roulette, Desert Stars, Relatives and Heidi Harris . Tickets are $8 at the door. Thursday (1/17) ASDIG will hit their Philadelphia hometown for a show at The International House. Meanwhile, Jen Goma 's other [...]
Suggested NYC Concerts The Best Indie Shows Hand-picked Each Week Photo by Kevin Morosky After about a month's worth of music relative-silence, things are really picking up in New York City this week! With Jessie Ware , Freelance Whales , MS MR , Here We Go Magic , Total Slacker , and Lucius all playing this week, there's no excuse for staying in! Enjoy. #1 CONCERT [...]
Philadelphia-founded dream pop outfit A Sunny Day in Glasgow is playing its first local show in over two years this month at International House's Spring Arts Preview on January 17. The band will perform a live set at the event, and will also provide a live soundtrack to a Puce MomenT, a short by American ... Continue reading
With some of us, the way to guarantee we'll do something is by telling us not to do it. So yesterday afternoon, when Philly-bred electronic pop band A Sunny Day in Glasgow tweeted "new ASDIG side project sneak peak wasntwisnt.bandcamp.com you should not listen to it.", of course the first thing I did was go ... Continue reading
Meeting at the crossroads of introspective indiepop and aggressive punk is Philadelphia’s Pet Milk. You see it in the group’s pedigree – drummer Josh Agran also plays in the mighty Paint it Black, a long standing local hardcore act, while singer-guitarist Herbie Shellenberger is an alumnus of South Philly-based Slumberland Records popsters Brown Recluse. Bassist ... Continue reading
Philly's purveyors of krauty darkpop, Arc In Round are getting ready to release their self-titled debut LP. It comes out on the 5th of June via La Société Expéditionnaire . This here is track number six. It features Chris Ward from Pattern is Movement on drums and Kurt Vile on trumpet. Listen. Downloadable: Hallowed (mp3) Arc in Round will be available @ la-soc.com at some point in the near future. The LP looks something like [...]
Earlier this month, we posted the trailer for the Black Cab Sessions ' tour through the USA, which included a stop in Philadelphia and recording sessions with several local acts. The Philly-centric part of the trailer specifically lists performances by Freeway, Spank Rock, Meg Baird, Kyp Malone, Plastic Little, and Reading Rainbow; back when they were here last November , we noted that they had recorded with Grandchildren as well. For now, however, babelgum.com has videos of sessions with Strand Of Oaks and A Sunny Day In Glasgow. You can watch both videos below; more videos of the Black [...]
Another word that a lot of bands use in their names these days: sun. As in Sun Araw , Sun Airway , Sun O))) , Sun Kil Moon , Empire of the Sun , etc. and that's not even taking into account those bands like Treefight for Sunlight , Sunny Day Real Estate , A Sunny Day In Glasgow , Sunset Rubdown , Sunset and such who have some kind of variation on the word sun in their name. Then again, the sun is a pretty [...]
(artist - song - album + purchase link :: extra info) Vetiver - Wonder Why - The Errant Charm Mathieu Santos - I Can Hear the Trains Coming - Massachusetts 2010 :: Ra Ra Riot member Milagres - Glowing Mouth - Glowing Mouth :: out September 13 Toro Y Moi - Still Sound - Underneath the Pine Wild Flag - Romance - Wild Flag :: out [...]
Stream the gorgeous new EP from Philadelphia's Arc in Round at Bandcamp . The five-song set includes this great remix of the title track from fellow shoegaze maniacs A Sunny Day in Glasgow, which you can download for free . <p&a mp;gt;&amp ;lt;a href=" http://arcinround.bandcamp.com /track/ii-asdig-remix"& ;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;II (ASDIG Remix) by Arc In Round& lt;/a& gt;</p& amp;gt;
Photo by by Kristie Lee Krause Philadelphia experimental-rock heads Arc In Round have a lot going on these days. Last week, the recent stars or our Key Studio Sessions released their latest EP, II , to Bandcamp; today, they begin a series of tour dates with Kurt Vile And The Violators. We send them on their way in this Philly Local Phile with the title track of their new EP, as well as a remix of it by kindred local spirits A Sunny Day In Glasgow. Arc in [...]
Help. Please send vitamin D. And a flotational device. (artist - song - album + purchase link :: extra info) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Heart in Your Heartbreak - Belong Gomez - Options - Whatever's On Your Mind A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Drink Drank Drunk - Autum, Again :: hear more ASDIG music Fences - My Girl The Horse - [...]
mp3: Arc In Round - II mp3: Arc In Round - Spirit (Pink Skull Remix) Philadelphia 4-piece band Arc In Round are releasing a new ep on July 5 centered around its rigorous title track "II". The release also includes a remix from A Sunny Day In Glasgow, as well as four additional new tracks. Also check out the Pink Skull remix of "Spirit", up for grabs above. A new LP is expected later this year.
Philadelphia's own experimental shoegazers Arc in Round have a new EP coming out on July 5th. The || EP will reportedly be available on both cassette and digital. Here is the title track. Listen. Downloadable: || (mp3) The EP will feature a remix of the above track by A Sunny Day in Glasgow . Other non-album remixers include Our Brother the Native , Ape School , Benoit Pioulard , Lymbyc Systym and previous Arc in Round remixer - Pink Skull . [...]
Photograph by Handsome Joel Hansen The holidays tend to be rife with tension, and our Ca Va Cool family is no exception. Picking only 20 albums from 20102s offerings is tricky; every year, some fantastic records/EPs/tracks are overlooked. Our super-secret ranking process starts from civilized debate and degenerates into name-calling, tantrums and sulking. To pacify the whiners and to give you, the readers, more awesome music, we present our 2010 mixtape. Thanks for reading us, and happy 2011! Ca Va Cool 2010 Mixtape - Disc One 1. School [...]
Seeing how our staff has distinct tastes and opinions on music, it would be nearly impossible for us to determine a 10 Albums of 2010 list as a single entity without excessive bloodshed. Therefore in the next two weeks, we’ll be posting multiple Top 10 Albums of 2010 lists as determined by Loud Loop Press editors and contributors. Today, contributor Britni Day body slams us with her list for Top 10 Albums of 2010. Before we start, I’m sure my lovely Editor-In-Chief, Richard Giraldi, would like me to [...]
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