Local Music Party What's up with Local Music Fridays? I should start by saying that listening to a recording of Pony Pants can not even come close to actually seeing Pony Pants live (hint: they're in NYC on May 8 at Cake Shop). They have this completely unique set up, sound and energy that turns the room into an instant party. And it's the right kind of party. It's not a stuffy party. It's not the kind of party that reminds you that you're "too old for this." [...]
Genghis Tron announced today that they will be issuing several remix albums on limited run vinyl. Totaling five releases the band will be using several different labels ( Temporary Residence Ltd. , Lovepump United , Relapse Records , Anticon Records , and Crucial Blast ) and artists ( Jesu , Ulver , Dntel , Black Moth Super Rainbow , and more) and will be limited to 1,000 pressings. Additionally, Board Up the House cover artist Jon Beasley will be providing art for each new release. Continue reading for [...]
Isalnds - "Kids Don't Know Shit" IF THE SEVENTIES ARE ONLY IN THEIR THIRTIES, THEN YOUR MIDDLE AGES WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE ENLIGHTENMENT AFTER THIS. YOUR INNER KID BECOMES INWARDLY IGNORANT, AND YOUR FUTURE OFFSPRING WILL COME OUT AND PLAY IN THE HEAVEN TO WHICH THEY'VE BEEN CONDEMNED. IT'LL BE FUN! Islands have made a hot album. Hot like it's been heated to a high temperature, its particles are vibrating very quickly. Hot like sometimes when I touch it I recoil, sometimes I nuzzle right up to it. Hot like [...]
Electro Metal Punk? Seriously? How can I explain my surprise when I walk into the Drunken Unicorn and set eyes upon this crazy mix drink band of all mix drink bands? Will I continue making every sentence in the rest of this post a question? Is there a better way for me to relate how confusingly good this is? Perhaps could I at least stay on topic and make refrences about the music rather than rambling and trying to be cute? Pony pants will you be my Valentine? Whats that? I would have [...]
As if you needed any further proof that Philly has one of the finest indie rock scenes in the country right now, Pony Pants are heading out on a September tour in support of their new EP 5's , which will be released in the coming week on totally awesome local label Badmaster Records . The tour begins tonight, which means it's probably too late for all of you to go to it now, but it will continue tomorrow and i bet you can pick up said EP, along with last year's debut record 'Til [...]
Popped! Philadelphia starts in a week and is a week long music festival that starts on Monday, April 9th and ends on April 15th. Over 40 of Philly's finest indie bands are playing including Dr. Dog, The Spinto Band, Illinois, Bardo Pond, Pattern Is Movement, Yah Mos Def, and The Asteroid No. 4. WXPN and Yrockonxpn will be providing radio coverage during the week and on Friday April 13th, Illinois [...]
Elsewhere Friday night, friend of the 'Stamps DJ Dave Tomar is spinning at The Parlor, and has promised us a mix that is "weird and danceable. There are no boundaries." What you need to understand about Dave is that this man knows music the way the 'Stamps boys know realness: biblically. Also, he may be the beardliest mp3 jockey this side of Steven Bloodbath, and that is truly sayin' something people. Along with the clicky clicky, you get a live set from recent one-man NY transplant Ladyfingers. Description-wise, we're gonna reach deep into the bag and pull out freakabilly, but [...]
Comedian Jackie Mason has filed a lawsuit against Jews For Jesus, those duckbilled platypi of the religious world, after his image was used on a promotional pamphlet distributed by the group's recruiters throughout New York. Now, exactly how this face is supposed to effectively recruit anybody to do anything is a topic of speculation for another day. More troubling is the fact that Jackie seems to have taken this incident not only as an assault on his Jewish identity, but as some sort of attack on his very masculinity...
Friday night, semi-local Human Television are back at The Khyber, along with support from very local Asteroid #4. HTV's last Khyber show was the absolute tits. And you all like tits, don't you? I rest my case...
A more serious topic than usual, but there's still mp3s attached to this entry, believe it or not. There’s a very fine line you walk when you’re a fan of a band, and then you become their friends, and then you decide to try your hand at music writing. The other day, that line became blurred and then disappeared entirely. And I’m here to make some corrections and clarifications on the subject of Shearwater and Misra Records . But maybe I should back up a little. (Alternatively, scroll down [...]
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