Thurston Moore is releasing a new solo record titled 12 String Meditations for Jack Rose via Vin Du Select Qualitite Records. “Solo, untreated, 12-string compositions in tribute to one of the greats. An album of instrumentals in requiem.” The album is an instrumental tribute to local fallen guitar hero Jack Rose. 12 String Meditations for Jack Rose is the fifth volume in the Vin Du Select Qualitite series, a collection of limited-edition vinyl-only acoustic guitar albums. It will be available for order next month here. – The Deli Staff

 

Swing on over to Kung Fu Necktie tonight for a FREE show featuring Spacin’, the solo project from Birds of Maya’s Jason Killinger. I’m really digging his sample recordings so far which you can download for free here. Tracks like “Ego-Go” (below) invokes a smooth 70’s party rock feel that will get heads bobbing and bodies shaking and “While You Come Around” is a tasty morsel of catchy lo-fi indie pop with a nice laid-back vibe of indifference. Spacin’ will also be joined by the experimental tinklings of Eliott Klein while DJs Shinjo & Blame the Kid spin sounds from “faraway lands” throughout the evening at The Nite Market. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 9pm, Free, 21+ – Alexis V.

 

Brooklyn/Philadelphia gypsy-rock collective Skeletonbreath has started 2011 off with a bang by touring the North and laying out the groundwork for their upcoming third album on Ernest Jenning Records. Lucky for us, they can’t stay away from Philly – after putting on a successful gig at Philamoca (formerly Mad Decent Mausoleum) last Sunday, Skeletonbreath  is back in West Philly tonight to play drummer Tris Palazzolo’s home-away-from-home, Danger Danger Gallery. The trio is no stranger to the DDG stage as well as West Philly art rockers Da Comrade!, who will also be sharing the bill. Last year saw major changes for the collective: they bid farewell to compatriot and cellist Anne Ellis West, who’s on hiatus for school; guitarist Fletcher VanVliet started his folk side project On The Water that is quickly becoming a Deli favorite; and they teamed up with Simple Machine Recording’s Kyle Pulley (who’s worked with Post Post, Grandchildren, andAlgernon Cadwallader) for Da Comrade!’s debut full-length, Chariot. With the album getting closer and closer to release, you can expect sonic blasts of the new material from their set this evening. Danger Danger Gallery, 5013 Baltimore Ave., 8pm, $5 – $10 donation, All Ages (Da Comrade! Photo by Steph Ricci) – Bill McThrill

 

Money Making Jam Boys (The Roots’ Black Thought, STS, Truck North, and Dice Raw) have their debut mixtape titled The Prestige: Jam Boy Magic scheduled to drop on Thursday, February 3 via 10Deep. The tracks were mixed by The Press Play Show’s Mick Boogie & Terry Urban. You can check out and download their latest “leaked” jam “Day Job” below. – The Deli Staff

 

 

High Two and Badmaster Records come together for one oddball show at Danger Danger Gallery tonight. In a quixotic sort of way, it makes perfect sense when bands like minimalist classical freestylists Normal Love and avant garde electronic noise master Mincemeat or Tenspeed come together to perform under one roof. Whether it’s with a string ensemble or multiple pedals, both experimental masterminds are extremely adept in stimulating the senses with a torrent of sounds that test what one can handle. Throw in New York’s White Suns (who recently brought Normal Love along to celebrate their recent record release) into the mix, and you’re especially in for a treat of peculiar sounds. Joining them tonight will also be tripped-out no wavers Bad News Bats, whose recent adventures have included West Philly’s In-Fest and seeing Tom Savini sword fight with children. Danger Danger Gallery, 5013 Baltimore Ave., 9pm, $5 – $10 donation, All Ages – Bill McThrill

 

Banned Books are relative newcomers on the scene, but once you’re given a taste of their sound, you’ll be wondering how you went that long without them. Tracks like “Mission Creep”  and “Your Dress” make use of killer start-stop rhythms; snarling, angular guitar riffs; and glitchy synths, all intercut with delirious spasms of noise and static. They manage to be simultaneously brooding and infectious, among many other facets. For something a little on the dancier side, check out a song like “Anti-anthem”, with its cascading drums and confrontational lyrics. Also on the bill tonight are freak-folks Delicate Steve (featured in the latest Deli NYC print and available in pdf version here) and The Sparta Philharmonic. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 North Front Street, 7:30pm, $8, 21+ – Joe Poteracki

 

With Sara Marcus’ Girls to Front bringing renewed interest in the Riot Grrrl Movement, the growing success of Girls Rock Philly, and the new crop of fierce, talented female musicians tearing up the indie music scene, it’s easy to say that there’s a resurgence in lady rock – one that signals a new future for women in rock, which will put them at a hot forefront. But, the truth is, we’re just beginning to touch on something that Sugar Town has known for the last ten years – that women in rock are far, wide and in our own backyard, are true and plentiful, and are deserving of our undivided attention. Sugar Town was started in 2001 by local music journalist/promoter/DJ Sara Sherr (read our interview with the founder here) as a monthly night to celebrate local and national lady rockers and DJs (despite a few hiatuses), and on Saturday at home base Tritone, it’ll celebrate its 10th-year anniversary with a 13-band bill of local acts paying homage to influential and legendary female bands and artists (with No Wavelength‘s Grace Ambrose and Erin Mae Szrankowski of Y-Rock on XPN‘s Pop Theory program spinning between sets). Among the tribute bands are Cris Valkryria & The Opponents playing Blondie, Girls Rock Philly and Make a Rising members taking on Electrelane, Girls Dressed As Girls (featuring Mighty Paradocs‘ mate and Tritone’s monthly "Rockers" host, Camae Defstar) playing Hole and much, much more (for a full list, check out here). Happy birthday, Sugar Town! Tritone, 1508 South St., 6pm, $7, 21+

 

Other shows that you can ski or snowboard to…

 

Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI The Asteroid #4, Snakes Say Hisss, SAT Reef The Lost Cauze, SUN Hey Angel and The Midnight Beat

 

Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) SAT Banned Books

 

North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Fathead Reunion Show w/Alien Architect, Electric City, SAT The New Connection, Andrew Lipke, Oldermost

 

The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Keystone Mountain Boys, SAT Theotis Joe, The Jill Rabbits, Sensory Whore, SUN Bridge Underwater

 

M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Bill Wilson Jr., SUN Mrs. Pain, Palyboy Bunny Savage, Site Recites

 

Tritone (1508 South St.) FRI Gun Fight

 

Millcreek Tavern (4200 Chester Ave.) FRI Vilebred, SAT The Claw

 

Highwire Gallery (2040 Frankford Ave.) FRI The Rat Bastard Experience

 

The Blockley (3801 Chestnut St.) SAT 28 North, The Tressels, Penrose

 

Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI New Pony

 

Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI Babble Tongue Sarcastic and Pink Elephants, SAT Buddhafest 43 w/ Kaligata,Kickin Bear, Fatal Verdict, and more

 

Greenline Café (4239 Locust St.) FRI Brown Bird Blonde Bird, Out Like Lambs

 

Danger Danger Gallery (5013 Baltimore Ave.) FRI Normal Love, Mincemeat on Tenspeed, Bad News Bats, SUN Da Comrade!, SkeletonBreath, Cloud Becomes Your Hand

 

Triumph Brewery (117 Chestnut St.) SAT The Fractals and Cookie Rabinowitz

 

The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI Case Closed, SAT Surgeon