Lady Lamb the Beekeeper will be playing the Brooklyn Vegan Showcase at Swan Dive in Austin, TX tonight. The Portland, ME native, who recently transplanted to Boston, is a folk-rocker with the voice of a fallen angel. This performance is the artist’s Austin debut. She goes on at 8pm.
Eleanor Logan has a lot of loud friends, but somehow her unadorned voice always manages to be heard above the din. If her music’s any indication, she must be one of those people who always gets what she wants without having to demand things go her way.
Known primarily for her work with the early grunge-nostalgic trio Adult Themes, the Brooklyn artist has just released a 2-song 7" courtesy of Crikey! Records under her new solo project, Happy New Year. Where Adult Themes hash out a fun but tried-and-true noise rock formula, Happy New Year seems more than happy to include any sound within its sonic washing machine. Guitar-driven fuzz and aggressive percussion hits surround Eleanor as she sits pretty in the middle of all the action. It’s intense and calm, focused and chaotic…kinda hard to put your finger on, which only makes it more interesting.
She promises another song next month, so I’m looking forward to hearing what she sticks in the blender this time.
See her at SXSW all this week. Check her site for details. – Mike Levine (@goldnuggets)
Tonight will be good chance for you to support the arts by coming out to Kung Fu Necktie for “Jerry Lewis’ Birthday, A Little Berlin Benefit”. Little Berlin is a rad artist-run collective and gallery space located in North Philly. “Proceeds from this event will go directly to helping the organization remain open and able to cultivate creativity in the Philadelphia community.” Sure, I’m always happy to help out a good cause. But what I’m really excited about is the rare live performance by Brooklyn/Philly gloom pop masters Mammal of Paradise who will be headlining. If you’re not familiar with Mammal of Paradise yet, it’s a new project from the guys of Bucks County’s Aderbat. They had a couple of fine-ass full-lengths in Rabbits and Rocks and We Belong to the Sea that were produced by Andrew Weiss (Ween, Akron/Family, Henry Rollins Band), who also joined them again on their latest endeavor. Mammal of Paradise have their debut self-titled album available here. Check out below a couple of my favorite new tracks, “Hey Mister” (which needs to be remixed over and over again) and “Anyone’s Song” (an achingly beautiful slow-burner)! And I hope to see you this evening! Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., $10, 21+ – H.M. Kauffman
The mood may feel a little darker and drearier in The Balcony of The Troc tonight when Void Vision takes the stage armed with eerie futuristic sounding synth lines intermingled with secretively hushed female vocals. Singer/programmer Shari Vari’s dance-alone-in-your-room tracks take me back to my disenchanted youth when the world simply just didn’t understand, except for the artist/band that happened to be blaring out of my stereo at the time helping me make it through yet another evening. (Ha – shit, was I really that much of a drama queen once?) I’m also rather intrigued by the combination of Whatever featuring Espers’ cellist Helen Espvall as they will be joining forces with Alien Architect. And Gemini Wolf’s Michael McDermott a.k.a. Mikronesia will be laying down the perfect down-tempo grooves to match tonight’s lineup. The Trocadero, 1003 Arch St., 8pm, $9, 21+ (Photo by ZINCINC) – Alexis V.
So, in case you haven’t heard, hard-driving rock outfit Modoc recently released a new single, "Hard Times," and you can download it right here for free. Get it ‘fore it’s too late.
Arborea’s fourth record Red Planet will be coming out April 26th on the Portland, Oregon based label Strange Attractors Audio House. Ryan Lee Crosby is a Somerville based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
The following is the video for Arborea’s "Careless Love" off the new album, Red Planet:
Ryan will open at 9pm and Arborea will follow at 10pm with a longer set. Doors are at 8pm and the cover is $7. This show is 21+. Click here to buy advance tickets online.
If you live in Philly, you should be quite familiar with The Deli’s Philly Best Emerging Artists Poll Winners, Sun Airway. Well, this week the former A-siders will be descending down to SXSW to perform anywhere and everywhere as many up-and-coming indie acts tend to do, but we are certain that our champs will leave their mark on this year’s festival. We had a chance to catch up with Sun Airway’s Jon Barthmus before he started his journey down to Austin, and surprisingly there wasn’t much talk at all about this week’s chaotic schedule of events (you can find Sun Airway’s SXSW schedule as well as other Philly acts here). But Jon was nice enough to share with us some of his personal favorite things and possible future plans on the horizon for Sun Airway here.
Lovett plays clean-sounding, well-rounded rock music with a Southern twist. Composer, producer, and frontman Ben Lovett is renowned for writing award-winning scores for films like "The Signal" and "The Last Lullaby", but has been focusing on the band’s personal work as of late. "Highway Collection" is a dynamic compilation that is much different from Lovett’s former releases. "Eye of The Storm" is full of acoustic guitar, haunting violins, the weeping cello, and eerie falsettos, creating a dark atmosphere much like the music video itself. The video, full of impressive and out-of-this-world special effects, was Lovett’s first experience with acting in front of a blue screen. Directed by Chris Alender and shot by Craig Kief, the video tells a story of a lone skycaptain letting go of the things he loves and driving his ship straight into the eye of a destructive storm. The fast-paced and even danceable track "Heartattack" is full of trumpets, trumbones, tambourines and hand clapping, giving it a1920’s swing feel with a rock ‘n’ roll edge. It’s safe to say that Lovett doesn’t lack diversity.
The highly anticipated album "Highway Collection" comes out today, just in time for SXSW, and should be nothing short of a modern-day masterpiece. Read out full interview with Ben Lovett HERE.
Third in their series of five EPs, the insatiably beautiful Parenthetical Girlsrelease Privilege Pt. III, Mend and Make Do this March 22nd. "The Pornographer" opens the four tracks with sopping pop and seductive synth that wraps around you, drums breathing heavily behind the sensuously soaring warmth of Zac Pennington’s voice. The danceable "For All The Final Girls" whispers strung beats to your tapping feet, before opening up to the 80’s soaked "Be Careful Who You Dance With". The title track, "Mend & Make Do (Found Drama II)" sails off the end of the record, softly pitting the cooing of Rachael Jenson against Zac’s calm harmonies.
If the music of Privilege Pt. III can’t capture you, despite being as well rounded as a full moon beaming blue light on the snow, you might pick up the limited edition vinyl to be numbered in the blood of its cover star Jherek Bischoff. Yes, blood. I’m not even kidding. I’m partially scared, but mainly in love. -Mike Harper
Anyone feel like getting awesome on a Wednesday night? Rotture’sNIGHTSHIFT is exploding with awesome this week with Doubleplusgood, Pocketknife, Magic Fades and DJ Gwiski. Definitely the best way to start the end the middle of the week. It’s perfect for those of us who needy a sweaty romp every so often. It’s five bucks and for big boys and girls only (sorry, under 21 crowd), and it’s worth every sweaty penny.
Eleanor Logan
