Artist: The National

The Deli's Erin O'Keefe sat down recently with ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead 's Autry Fulbright to talk about ambition, the creative process, and Autry's numerous side projects (musical and otherwise). Check out the full article here .

Here's a bliss-tering new song from Nothing called "Downward Years To Come," which is the title track from their upcoming EP due out this fall via A389 Records. It was produced and engineered by Kyle "Slick" Johnson. You can listen to and download "Downward Years To Come" for free below. Downward Years To Come by Nothing

Check out below the May Episode of Weathervane Music & WXPN 's Shaking Through with bluesy, psychedelic ROCKERS Purling Hiss as well as an interview with this month's curator The War on Drugs 's Adam Granduciel, who also helped out with engineering/producing duties alongside Jon Low at Miner Street Recordings. You can take a listen to and download the fruits of their labor "Lolita" for free HERE . Enjoy! (Photo by Peter English)

The Philadelphia Folk Festival committee announced at Johnny Brenda's yesterday this year's lineup for its 51st annual event that will be taking place on August 17 - 19 at the Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Township, near Schwenksville, PA. Locals that you should set aside time during the weekend to catch are Strand of Oaks a.k.a. Tim Showalter (it should be interesting to see if he'll be picking up the guitar again or giving the diehard folkies a taste of the synths that he's mentioned being obsessed about lately), Chris Kasper and [...]

True Widow from Texas returns to Kung Fu Necktie tonight with locals Psychic Teens and Dreambook . Dreambook is a new arrival to the Philly indie music scene. This will be their first show, and it's a good one to be on. Dreambook has an airy quality to their music with ominous undertones that may seem a bit more nightmarish than dreamy as fuzzy guitar sounds sprinkled with bits of angst stand forefront in their demo tracks. "Stay Inside" could easily fit in the soundtrack of a '90s TV Show (for fans of the Adventures of Pete [...]

Evi Antonio claims he's having a tough time finding a good woman... but I'm not buying it. His music is so carefree and fun, I can't imagine he's having this much trouble attracting the right girl. In his latest EP 'China, Man,' Antonio whines and wails his way through two bouncy escapades all about the dangers of finding yourself with either no woman, or worse... the wrong woman. But if any of this makes you think Evi's a downer, don't be alarmed. He is truly a master at the absurd, and builds his songs in a playground [...]

You do not want to be on the bad side of Christine Hoberg . Her romantic reflections often turn to rage and revenge, and her lyrics rarely miss their mark. While 'J'Aime' off its eponymous record brings out an honest yearning to find love, Hoberg more often than not revels in love's less saintly modes, like the wrenching 'White Ass' and 'Nutcase.' For her latest record, Hoberg challenges herself not in changing what worked so well over the past couple years, but in finding a space where her feelings can elevate amidst layers of haunting echoes that [...]

Lara Meyerratken may be relatively new to the LA scene, but she is far from an amateur musician. Hailing from Australia, the songstress began her musical career at the ripe age of 17, when she wrote a letter to fellow Australian performer Ben Lee, suggesting the two's respective bands play some underage shows together (Lee was 15 at the time). He obliged, and a few years later he called Meyerratken and invited her to play in his band. Three weeks later, she was in New York rehearsing. After years of touring with Lee, the ambitious young artist decided it was [...]

The trio known as Moritat is fairly new to the Chicago scene, but from what I have heard from their new album Clill Blanzin they are going to make a big impact. The will be released on June 26th and you can catch Venus Laurel, Konstantin Jace and Corey McCafferty at The Whistler on June 25th. MP3 : Moritat "Cats"

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Angie Mead and Stephen Howard are Redgrave , and the duo are preparing to release their new album National Act on June 13th. The band has released the albums first single, "Dick Moves". MP3 : Redgrave "Dick Move" You can catch Redgrave at Quenchers on May 26th, at Martyrs on June 9th, and at the their free release party at The Whistler on June 13th.

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Playful pop with a lo-fi edge by way of two minute songs is the domain of Brooklyn's The Hairs . "I Remember Alien Gonzales" serves up word play though a song title and chorus that cleverly references a headline grabbing story from a decade ago. "Duh" (streaming below, video here ) is happy, foot tappin' garage-punk, with traces of Robert Smith guitar interplay. "Ghetto Control" continues the lo-fi sonics, with lyrical references to cops and social disobedience. "Houseplant Songgg" is a compact 1:39 in length while still fulfilling the requirements one expects from a [...]

After years of performing together (originally under the moniker Natalie Portman's Shaved Head), Brite Futures announced today that they will no longer be writing and touring with one another. The announcement comes along with the confirmation that the band will play their final hometown show on June 16 at the Vera Project. Brite Futures posted this note on their Facebook page earlier in the day Friends, BFFs, everyone, It is with many bittersweet feelings that we announce that as of next month Brite Futures will cease to be an active band, and we [...]

James Levy and the Blood Red Rose (aka the guy from Levy - the band - and Allison from The Pierces) just released this video for the song "Hung to Dry". The duo is splitting their time between NYC and London, and just announced a string of UK shows. James also debuted his new project with a show at Cameo on May 13.

We covered NYC indie-pop outfit Jump Into The Gospel a bunch of times in the past and today we found out that the band has decided to change their name to HITS after the recording of their new EP, which reportedly triggered "major changes and commitments." The band will debut the new name with a show at The Mercury Lounge tonight May 15. Check out the new electronic single "Madness" streaming below.

Check out the new sonic assault called "Ghost In A Mirror" from the reconfigured Grimace Federation (who is currently a trio)! You can download it for free below, and catch them live in Philly next on Tuesday, June 12 at the TLA opening for Battles.

Below is a floaty new space adventure music video for the track "Balloon in the City" from Cheers Elephant . It takes advantage of YouTube's 3D setting. You didn't know that YouTube had a 3D setting - did ya? Yeah, neither did we. So throw on those cardboard glasses or the fancier plastic ones from your junk drawer that you stole from the movie theater. (BTW: Is it just us? This 3D function doesn't seem to provide the pop that we are used to.) The video was directed, edited and effected by Ryan Suits.

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• Sharon Van Etten - Serpents

Hear Kodacrome scream and chill out at the same time. This isn't a combination that comes naturally to most of us, but in channeling rage through rhythm, singer Elissa Pociask has carved out a unique space that'll make you wonder why no one has thought of pairing an acoustic guitar with casiotones before ('Modern Man'). When there's a limit to frustration, San Fran and Brooklyn based Kodacrome provides the perfect outlet. Tracks like the winding 'All the Ama' off their new EP 'Perla,' gives and takes in equal measure, pushing the listener through an unexpected series [...]

With his soul-infused folk, Matt Cranstoun 's music has a possessive mixture of character and earnestness. The Brooklyn-based singer released his sophomore album "The Last Drop of Color" last fall and has spent the past few months on stage set to an energetic "big band" supporting group. Complete with choral-like gospel singers and horn section, the album comes alive with the energetic backing band, showing the vulnerable but spirited singer at his best and charging his up already electric indie rock. Cranstoun and company will be performing their final show in the series at Rockwood Music Hall on May [...]

One of the more compelling narratives mewithoutYou 's career has lent itself to is the band's quest to find solace in its faith. At first, they seemed utterly lost in it; their first two records, [A-->B] Life and Catch for us the Foxes , are feverish, frantic post-hardcore albums characterized by heavily distorted guitars and Aaron Weiss's panicked poetry on the conflict of faith in a secular world. They revisited this conflict on Brother, Sister , but with a sense of triumph deftly characterized in its final lyric: "I do not exist, only You exist." [...]