Philly's Sun Airway is the new project from Patrick Marsceill and Jon Barthmus (formerly of the A-sides). Their new EP, Oh, Naoko, is a smart mix of breezy electronics and lush vocals. It's easily one of the best records of the year thus far. Listen to the title track below ...
Sun Airway is the groovacious new electro pop project from a couple of the guys from Philly's ultra-suede A-Sides, Jon Barthmus & Patrick Marsceill.They sound like their name; poppy and full of wonder. They sound like Yes if Panda Bear and Jimmy Tamborello in the band instead of Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman. If you have a soul and believe in magic you will love this. And don't let the Yes part
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Broken Records : "If The News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It" [mp3] from Until The Earth Begins To Part (out July 7th) other Broken Records posts at Largehearted Boy Darlings : "If This Is Love" [mp3] from Yeah I Know (out August 11th) Darlings : [...]

Sun Airway is the groovacious new electro pop project from a couple of the guys from Philly's ultra-suede A-Sides , Jon Barthmus & Patrick Marsceill. They sound like their name; poppy and full of wonder. They sound like Yes if Panda Bear and Jimmy Tamborello in the band instead of Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman. If you have a soul and believe in magic you will love this. And don't let the Yes part scare you. Oh Naoko - Sun Airway [...]

[Photo Credit: Mike Fleming] [ Alt Photo 1 ; Alt. Photo 2 ] We were as surprised as the next guy when Philebrity broke the news in October that The A-Sides were officially kaput and in its place had blossomed the relatively mysterious electro/psych-pop duo Sun Airway . The act is comprised of former A-Sides singer and guitarist Jon Barthmus and former A-Sides drummer Patrick Marsceill, and we've heard little from the duo since that initial announcement. So we figured it was high time to check in with Sun [...]

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So who doesn't love the weekend and free music? We dig both and want to share the love. PopWreckoning is proud to present 'Free Music Friday' — we'll give you a quick rundown on a band and have an mp3 streaming and available for download. We think it's a solid idea and hope you do, too! Day late and a dollar short, but come on. Still, free music is free music. Enjoy this Saturday edition of 'Free Music Friday!' - Empire of the Sun Aussie electro pop [...]

Born out of the ashes of the A-Sides, a band we've talked about on MOKB a couple times previous , comes Sun Airway . Former A-Sides lead singer, Jon Bartmus, teamed up with his band's former drummer, Patrick Marsceill, to try a new direction. The band states they were growing tired of guitar rock and seem to want to push a more atmospheric direction. These new Sun Airway songs, however, were originally written to be A-Sides songs, but the band is attempting to push them away from [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: DM Stith : "Thanksgiving Moon" [mp3] from Curtain Speech EP (out December 9th) DM Stith : "Be My Baby" [mp3] from Curtain Speech EP (out December 9th) other DM Stith posts at Largehearted Boy Ford & Fitzroy : "Las Vegas Blush" [mp3] from Canyons (out November [...]

Just found out today that Bag of Songs and Philadelphia favorites the A-Sides , who released one of the best discs of 2007 in Silver Storms , are sadly no more. There's a glimmer of good news in the clouds though, Jon and Patrick are forging ahead with a new project called Sun Airway . Here's the first taste of their new sound. Fans of the shimmering, majestic music of the A-Sides , I don't think you'll be disappointed, it's good [...]
>> [Video Credit: Acid Marshmallow4 ] Performances by Austin-based shoegaze provocateurs Ringo Deathstarr along the U.S. East Coast heretofore have been rare. Happily, the quartet has posted a strand of dates to its MySpace dojo that bring it back to not only New York and Washington, D.C., but also the Boston area. Indeed, The Deathstarr will perform at Tufts' Oxfam Cafe Friday Oct. 24. Based on a video of the band performing last month at The Cake Shop in New York that we've posted atop this item, fans can expect loud, [...]