New Orleans duo Generationals play tonight at Johnny Brenda's tonight. They recently released a new album, Heza , on Polyvinyl records . The indie pop band brings a lot of fun with their sound as they utilize various guitar tones, 802s-esque beats, claps, bells, and an overall uplifting tone. Tickets and information for the 21+ show with Splashh can be found here . Below, check out a music video for the band's "Put a Light On" off their new record album. Influential post-punk band [...]
Billy Bragg Garage-punk Los Angeles natives Bleached headline The Fire tonight. Signed to Dead Oceans , Bleached released their debut album Ride Your Heart earlier this month. Tickets and information for tonight's 21+ show with Hunters , Omar and Catnaps can be found here . Watch the video for Bleached's "Next Stop" below. The Ladyfest Philly benefit concert presented by Girls Rock Philly is happening tonight at Little Berlin . With [...]
From the beginning, Bonnaroo SuperJams have been synonymous with exciting, unexpected one-off collaborations of music's top artists, with past festivals linking up the likes of Dr. John, Mike Gordon, Luther Dickinson and Stanton Moore (2003), and this year featuring Jim James, Zigaboo Modeliste, John Oates and Preservation Hall Jazz Band. In 2012, Questlove and The Roots took things one step further by facilitating the return of R&B artist / producer D'Angelo in one of his first stateside concerts in eleven years. In the third of four videos documenting the SuperJam, the collaborators perform [...]
With what is arguably his best release only a few weeks old, local musician Kurt Vile brings his Violators to World Cafe Live next Friday for a Free at Noon performance. Wakin' On A Pretty Daze has catapulted the psych rock / singer-songwriter to national attention, receiving high marks from Pitchfork, Consequence of Sound and ... Continue reading
San Francisco-based singer-songwriter Jessica Pratt has been added to Julia Holter's appearance at World Cafe Live on July 13th, making the concert a California-centric showcase of talented musicians. Pratt released her debut effort on Tim Presley's (White Fence, Darker My Love) new label Birth Records and her 60s folk style songwriting and stirring voice instantly ... Continue reading
North Wales recording space Brighton Sound Studio pulled in Philly psych / pop band Laser Background for their latest video series, produced by local venture Seven Knots Productions. The first of three recordings originating in the recent session, "Fizzy Lifting Drinks" is a song that will be featured on Laser Backgrounds new LP Super Future ... Continue reading
Philadelphia's Toy Soldiers will be bringing their roots rock-inspired music to Johnny Brenda's tonight as a debut for the band's documentary The Maybe Trails. The documentary, shot by Seth Klinger, follows the band as they travel across the U.S. The film's soundtrack was done entirely by Toy Soldiers, and as the event page on Johnny ... Continue reading
It's kind of fitting that my voice recorder was (accidentally) on for the full half hour between the time I stepped out of work and the moment I met with Ron Gallo (Toy Soldiers' front man) and Seth Klinger (Toy Soldiers' “intern” and documentarian). The two worked together to film Maybe Trails, a reality film about real ... Continue reading
It's almost like the guys and gals in Work Drugs have their listeners in a single-of-the-month club that never stops. Which is totally fine with us. Today, they premiered a new jam with the folks at All Things Go Music and it's an unexpected and eviscerating fusion of black metal, grime and IDM / industrial ... Continue reading
Experience the Key Studio Sessions live tonight at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The free event will showcase three of the Philadelphia area's top acts: folk-rockers and two-time Tri-State Indie Award winners New Sweden, vocal powerhouse and in-demand collaborator Ali Wadsworth and local man-about-town Joey Sweeney with his new band The Long Hair Arkestra. Admission ... Continue reading
Joseph A. Gervasi has been a mainstay in the Philly DIY scene for more than two and a half decades now, between his work with '90s punk promotion agency the Cabbage Collective and DIY film companies Exhumed Films and Diabolik DVD (in addition to countless other forays). For his latest project, LOUD! FAST! PHILLY!, he combines his dual loves of ... Continue reading
After a relatively ambitious runs of narrative / conceptual albums, Philly art rockers The Chairman Dances returned this week with a more streamlined release - which, for them, means something like a short story. The new EP Michael and the Prophetess, available as a free download, is "a song cycle steeped in biblical language and ... Continue reading
Floaty electronic pop band Vacationer just debuted a new music video for their song "Farther," a bobbing and bass-heavy cut from their 2012 record Gone. With footage of mountains, plains and other vistas surreally blending with performance clips from the band's recent tour, it pretty much nails their easygoing, exploratory vibe. Check out the video ... Continue reading
Floaty electronic pop band Vacationer just debuted a new music video for their song "Farther," a bobbing and bass-heavy cut from their 2012 record Gone. With footage of mountains, plains and other vistas surreally blending with performance clips from the band's recent tour, it pretty much nails their easygoing, exploratory vibe. Check out the video ... Continue reading
Liz and the Lost Boys is a Philly-based act I was happy to make the acquaintance of this week after their slot opening for William Tyler at Ortlieb's Lounge on Sunday. The project of Philly songwriter Liz Ciavolino has been around since 2009 dabbling in various breezy, exploratory sounds led by ethereal harp, folksy guitar ... Continue reading
Touring in support of his latest releases - the Wishbone LP and the Bedroom EP - British singer-songwriter Bobby Long plays World Cafe Live tonight. Mixing downtempo country and rockabilly with a decidedly retro bent, Long has built a growing stateside fan base since his 2009 debut Dirty Pond Songs. Tickets and information on the ... Continue reading
I first heard Philly by-way-of-Jersey heavy psychedelic four-piece Ruby The Hatchet back in September while I was holed up in my house, watching the winds of Hurricane Sandy (er, excuse me, Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy) spew sheets of rain on my porch and blow large branches down my block. The music fit the scene outside - ... Continue reading
Wilkes-Barre folk-pop five-piece Cherokee Red will bring their quaint and dreamy sound down the Pennsylvania Turnpike this week for an appearance at South Philly venue J.R.'s Bar. The band has been around since 2011, and at points is smooth, jazzy and playful - not unlike Regina Spektor or The Ditty Bops - but also has ... Continue reading
All Photos by Kate McCann | katemccannphotography.com When downtempo Duluth trio Low played an instore set at Main Street Music this spring, they alluded to a return appearance in June. Today we got the details; they'll perform at World Cafe Live downstairs on Friday the 21st of June; tickets go on sale this Friday, the ... Continue reading
Foxygen infiltrated the streets of Monmartre in Paris with their flamboyant personality for a recent Take Away Show. La Blogotheque filmed the New York psych / pop duo and their merry cohorts as they encountered curious school children, the notorious "string men" of the Sacre-Coeur, and apparently a stolen apple. Sam France employs his best ... Continue reading
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