Post-punk quartet Parquet Courts headline an eclectic line-up at PhilaMOCA tonight. Back in Philadelphia for the third time this year, Parquet Courts continue to tour in support of their debut full-length Light Up Gold , which just got a proper label release through indie label What's Your Rupture. Tickets and information for tonight's all-ages show with Scott & Charlene's Wedding , Amanda X and Household can be found here . Watch Parquet Courts perform "Master of My Craft" and "Borrowed Time" live on WNYC below. [...]
XPN welcomes The Bacon Brothers to the Keswick Theatre tonight. The Philadelphia natives were playing music together long before Kevin's acting and Michael's composing careers took off, though their last album of new material was 20082s New Year's Day . Tickets and information for tonight's show can be found here . Watch a video of the brothers and their band performing live below. XPN welcomes The Smithereens to the Landis Theater tonight. After putting out their tenth studio album in 2011, the New Jersey [...]
Local indie group Turning Violet Violet play Kung Fu Necktie tonight. The Key Studio Session alums carve out chamber alt-rock songs on the fringe of art-rock that seem bathed in a purple glow, though that might just be residual effects of their band name. Either way, the songs on Turning Violet Violet's debut full-length Double ... Continue reading
Bands sending us their music is a great thing. Sometimes it's shite but it's we're appreciative of the postion we're in. Free of PR guff and label labouring, personal messages from smaller bands often leave us with a wry smile on our face as they try and make their mark upon your inbox. Last weekAscot-trio Febueder linked us to their EP and simply told us: " Only vibe it if you feel the display of the vibes ." With a message like that, and an album cover like [...]
I would say "Eee!" too with a giant mint milano cookie wedged in my head. Brenton Wood (1967) Don Dixon (1989) Among the covers of Brenton Wood's 1967 pop-soul classic, "Gimme Little Sign," that I've heard, there are quite a few that are nothing more than weak, pallid reflections of the original. Wood's original hit is lively, infectious, and emotionally soulful (which, I suppose, is a bit of a redundancy, since I don't think you could have "soulful" without the "emotion"), simultaneously [...]
Kenny Howes "Tornadoes Here and Past" It seems like a million years since I last heard Kenny Howes, who was a bona fide power pop superstar in the late 902s. I am happy to report on his return, with Tornadoes Here and Past , a new album full of original material. Opening with the delicate acoustic rhythms of "Cannot Remember" to showcases Kenny's instrumental prowess, then builds to a fantastically lush melody. "Slip On By" has echos of Todd Rundgren, and "Silence and Camouflage" guitar and bass combo is classic Kenny Howes pop. There [...]
The sound system forever went silent Monday night at a famed Greenwich Village club that had provided a stage to struggling artists and superstar musicians over a storied [45] years. Adoring fans had packed Kenny's Castaways on Bleecker Street to hear singer-songwriter Willie Nile and garage rockers The Smithereens blister through a pair of last sets inside the closing music Mecca. "We started playing here in July of 1980. We were just starting out," said Jim Babjak, lead guitarist for The Smithereens. "A lot of people wanted you [...]
Courtesy of the artist Tonight, The Smithereens will be stopping by World Cafe Live for an XPN Welcomes show. The New Jersey-based rock quartet is performing behind its latest album, 2011 , which was released last year. (Last summer, the band performed a Free At Noon Concert at World Cafe Live, which you can listen to here .) XPN Welcomes The Smithereens at World Cafe Live at 8 p.m.; tickets to the show are $32–$42.
I did a little playlist shuffle on January 1st to get a prediction of how 2012 is gonna be. A musical version of Tarot cards, if you will. 1. Athenaeum - Flat Tire 2. Bare, Jr. - You Blew Me Off 3. Cross Canadian Ragweed - Burn Like the Sun (Hmmm, seems like its going to be a rough start in the romance area) 4. [...]
Bowery Electric: CBGB's Exile X-Mas Jahn Xavier with Lenny Kaye, and Tish & Snooky Here's a very special Christmas Playlist treat straight from DJ Tone . Once upon a time there was a little club called CBGB's OMFUG which was owned and operated by Hilly Kristal. He developed a home where a legacy of bands that defined NYC's underground music from The Ramones, Blondie to the The Patti Smith Group could perform. Every month these wayard punks that defined an era of music get together once a month. Punks in Exile from that [...]
Marla Mase steps away from her theatre setting to provide us with a new album - Speak . Marla Mase | Speak A ten track album, Speak opens with - Lioness, a tribal vocal opens the track before we head off to the theme of the album - caging and compliance. The musicality heads to a new space for Marla, as she permits the lyric and music to paint the picture with no need for stage presence. Scream [...]
In 1989 The Smithereens released their third full length albuym titled 11 . The title and the cover are an homage to the original 1960 Ocean's Eleven film. This album was their most successful owing to the single A Girl Like You. If you're a fan of Troma movies like The Toxic Avenger, then look for The Smithereens starring as themselves as they were featured as the entertainment in the indoor beach party scene of the Troma film Class of Nuke 'Em High , playing the song "Much Too [...]
Big Dipper North East rock was never so eloquently defined than by the alternative music vehicle known as Big Dipper . I meant this to be a follow-up post on the music from City Gardens Riot on the Dance Floor post but needless to say when a group makes a melodic dent like these guys did it's worth one of my retro-posts because a lot of the submissions I'm getting just don't rank. This is though one of those bands I trekked down to Trenton to see opening up [...]
I used to tell people I worked in the "social expression" industry. Their usual response…"so you work in porn." "No", I would respond, "I write those lovely sayings on the inside of greeting cards". Not quite as interesting as porn, but much safer. When the company laid me off there were no parting gifts, just lunch and a "Sorry to see you go" card signed by the gang I'd shared my living hell with over the past several years. To add insult to injury, the card was one I wrote. It was [...]
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The Smithereens, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes and Collective Soul have all been added to the MusicFest 2011 lineup .
Courtesy of the artist From NPR Music : The rock music veterans in The Smithereens have just returned with a brand-new release, Smithereens 2011, which marks their first set of new originals since 19992s God Save the Smithereens . What better way to celebrate than to listen to the band perform songs from its new record at World Cafe Live? The Smithereens' members have earned their living with successful releases for more than 25 years, dating all the way back to their debut album, Girls About Town, [...]
Nice weather is right around the corner. Know how I know? ‘Cause so many bands are loading up their tour buses and vans and hitting the road. To which I say woo hoo! Some are doing club shows, others are gearing up larger venues including festivals (Hello Coachella and Sasquatch!), and there’s something for everyone. Hopefully this list will inspire you to get off your couch and check out some of these bands live. We all need a little rock n' roll to make us feel good. If you have additions to the list [...]
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