Another variety show, no particular theme. It was set to be a sunny weekend, and that meant hitting the road. After a late Friday night at the station, I woke up early, grabbed my bike and went on a solid 10 mile ride. It was the first of the sort for 2012; the first of many. I need to get in shape for the 200 mile Seattle to Portland ride in July. Just about half way, I paused to snap the shot above. The Skagit Valley is known [...]
Photo by Tanya Dakin You can check out more BITBY episodes on their website ; you can also read our interview with Summer Fiction's Bill Ricchini, listen to Summer Fiction's performance during our recent Key Studio Sessions Live concert at Johnny Brenda's, and download the band's Key Studio Session . Our interview with BITBY's Dave Kain and Kyle Costill can be found here .
Alex Yaker is one of those way-busy Philadelphia musicians. Most recently, you've probably seen him rock his bass-playing swagger in Summer Fiction. In the past he's performed with Grammar Debate, The Yaker Bros and done a bit of production with Surreal Sound Studios. With everything going on, it's not unsurprising that his own project, Roomtone , only makes periodic appearances, but whenever it emerges, it's worth the wait. This weekend, the band Yaker also refers to as "The Official Indie BossaNova Goosebump Machine" plays its first show in over a year and a half at Johnny Brenda's, [...]
Photo by John Vettese Back in mid-December, Summer Fiction joined Pink Skull and Attia Taylor on stage at Johnny Brenda's for our second Key Studio Sessions Live concert . Tomorrow, we'll post a handful of Pink Skull tracks and an interview with the band as part of our Key Studio Video Sessions. In the meantime, you can listen to and download a trio of live recordings from Summer Fiction's performance. Thanks to Michael Comstock of Indre Recording, as well as Chris Ward and the rest of the staff at Johnny Brenda's. [...]
Eu sei, já tá meio tarde, provavelmente a essa hora todo mundo já comemorou a data e está apenas relaxando, mas não tinha como deixar passar em branco. Sempre torci o nariz para as infames "canções natalinas", sempre gravadas essa época do ano, mas não tive como deixar de ouvir quando algumas das minhas bandas favoritas resolverem entrar na onda esse ano. E ainda bem o fiz. Algumas das canções abaixo nem cara de Natal tem, enquanto outras aproveitam o clima de reflexão da data para criaram composições sóbrias, bem orquestradas e belas. Confira as oito melhores canções natalinas lançadas [...]
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from WXPN and The Key! The last several weeks we celebrated the holiday season by offering a twelve original seasonal songs. WXPN's Helen Leicht asked local bands to write and record original holiday songs for the third year in a row which the bands have offered as free downloads. Thanks to all the bands for these wonderful songs. You can download the entire sampler as a .zip file here . The 12 Days of XPN Philly Local Christmas Sampler Find Vienna - "Christmas Is For Our Hearts" [...]
It's incredible how many lovely covers of traditional holiday songs - Christmas and everything else under the sun - popped into our inbox this year. Just as family get-togethers, work potlucks and visions of sugarplums are traditions every December, so are the renditions of classics like "Frosty The Snowman" and "White Christmas" by underground talents [...]
Bill Ricchini is stealing our hearts yet again, just in time for the holidays. A sweet lullaby of a tune, Summer Fiction's "Christmas Eve For Two" is a song requesting the presence of a loved one amidst everything so awfully cute about the night before Christmas. The track is slow and mesmerizing with the minimal [...]
Photo by Tanya Dakin Summer Fiction We've spent the better portion of the the week hyping up tonight's Key Studio Sessions Live concert at Johnny Brenda's, running interviews with performing acts Summer Fiction and Attia Taylor as well as a Pink Skull mixtape the band made just for us. Well, the show is finally here, and we couldn't be more excited. A handful of free tickets are still available, but only if you RSVP here . In the meantime, you can listen to a track from [...]
Photo by Eric Ashleigh The War On Drugs performs Dec. 17th at Union Transfer FRIDAY DECEMBER 16th XPN Welcomes The Key Studio Session Live featuring Summer Fiction, Pink Skull, and Attia Taylor at Johnny Brenda's (9 p.m., 21+, FREE with RSVP ); Atlas Sound + Balkans, Carnivores at First Unitarian Church (8:30 p.m., all ages, $15); Atomic Square + Ages, Panic Years, Strangled By The Stereo Wire at Highland Gallery (9 p.m., 21+, $5–$10); Cuddle Magic + The Milkman's Union, Lady Lamb The Beekeeper at First Unitarian Church (all ages, $8); The Wonder Years + Man Overboard, Fireworks, [...]
Photo by Tanya Dakin Bill Ricchini's first album as Summer Fiction is just over a year old, but the frontman is no stranger to the Philly music scene. Though he has released albums under his own name, Ricchini shifted toward a more conceptual dream-pop gaze when writing Summer Fiction's self-titled debut, resulting in a unified set of songs offering Lolita -style narratives and a mix of instruments to accessorize the piano and guitar-based tunes. The music is nothing if not pretty; while lyrically manipulated by adolescent, girlish things like make-up and first boyfriends, [...]
Photo by Tanya Dakin Summer Fiction is an indie act from Philadelphia led by singer-songwriter Bill Ricchini. Summer Fiction's self-titled debut album—which was critically acclaimed by Vogue, New York Magazine, NPR, Magnet, and picked as one of 20102s best records by The Philadelphia Inquirer— loosely follows a young girl's coming of age, but reads like the journal entries of the guys who fall for her. (In fact, most of the songs are about girls—with more than a few lyrical references to make-up, lipstick, and mascara.) The songs on the album were written to flow [...]
Pine trees and icicles and carolers - check. But can we please just talk for a moment about how it was -2 degrees the other night in Colorado? TWO BELOW, with howling winds. I like the beer , but man alive that makes for some cold sleeping. All the golden loveliness of autumn is gone, and in its place we have this icy, silent cocoon all around us, luminescent and silvery-blue. Perhaps I just have to survive these next two weeks of school, and maybe go on a little cookie-baking binge, and [...]
Last year's breakout band Summer Fiction returns this year with a great Christmas single to celebrate the season. It's a free download from their bandcamp, but you can snag it here. It's a must-have for any of you looking to spice up your Christmas mixes. MP3: Summer Fiction - Christmas Eve For Two Summer Fiction [...]
Genre: Indie Pop Next Christmas thing. This time by Summer Fiction. It's way too cheesy, really. It's not bad. A nice ballad in end fifties "a doo wop wop" style, but mixed with WHAM! "Last Christmas" and the jingle bells stuff that sounds like a Reindeer ride... Oh no! Please... It's ... just cheesy... [ This is the summary, read the whole story on Website ]
SUMMER FICTION is the new music project from Bill Ricchini. The self-titled debut album was recorded in Philadelphia studios, bedrooms, and church basements and features a cast of over 20 classical and rock musicians including a string quartet, horn section,etc. Read more »
Well my friends, it's that time of year again! November is a key month in the world of Aaron Loves Meghan... it's the month where we started dating, when we got engaged, and, of course, when we got married. And every year around this time we present our latest Aaron Loves Meghan mixtape! For the newbs, on Nov. 17th, 2007, Megs & I were married and at our wedding (which I iPod DJ'd) we gave everyone there a mixtape called Aaron Loves Meghan and, of course, posted it up on tsururadio. Since then, we've [...]
Bill Ricchini's Summer Fiction has released a new Christmas song that you can download below for free. "Christnas Eve For Two" was written by Ricchini and was produced and mixed by Steve Yutzy-Burkey of The Swimmers. Alex Yaker plays bass, Alec Meltzer plays drums, bells and sings, Yutzy-Burkey is on guitar, organ and sings, and Ricchini plays guitar and sings lead vocals. We're hoping this will be in Summer Fiction's set list when they perform at our Key Studio Session Live concert at Johnny Brenda's on Friday evening December 16th with Attia Taylor and Pink Skull. [...]
Attia Taylor , along with Summer Fiction and Pink Skull , are performing at The Key Studio Sessions Live concert at Johnny Brenda's on Friday, December 16th. This is our second Key Studio Sessions Live concert and we hope you can join us for this free show with three Philly bands. Registration is required and you can sign up for the show here . Attia recently released a new EP called Wild Forest that you can download for free here . Attia also recorded a Key Studio [...]
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