“Tiny Acts of Rebellion” is the theme for Permanent Wave Philly’s latest zine, which will be celebrated tonight at South Philly’s Cha-Cha’Razzi with readings and live music. Adventurous electronic duo Gemini Wolf engulfs listeners through layers of sound. The fluid lineup is as ever evolving as the atmospheric moods that they create. Sometimes, it’s a cold menacing island of darkness, but it can rapidly transform into quite the opposite, developing warm inviting danceable grooves. This sonic canvas is wide-open to personal interpretation. Enchanting folk songstress Megan Biscieglia, a.k.a. Bad Braids, will be playing with a full band, stirring a bewitching brew that is bound to put you under her spell with songs sending surprisingly pleasant chills up one’s spine. The female-fronted, heavy-hitting, politically active, thrash-funk melting pot of The Mighty Paradocs are also on the bill as are fledgling Hallowed Bells and Brooklyn odd-folk instrumentalists Cave Cricket. Cha-Cha’Razzi, (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.), 8pm, $5 – $7, All Ages – Michael Colavita
Clark Park Music and Arts Festival 2013 at Clark Park Sept. 21
An over 40-year-old West Philly tradition returns as the annual Clark Park Music and Arts Festival happens today. And after helping with it for the past couple of years, Cloud Entertainment officially steps in as the curator of this event, which features plenty of kids activities, art vendors, and local bands. Southwork return from a mini Ohio tour to step into the headlining position, and The Fleeting Ends tantalize the masses with their smooth pop-rock tunes. Time Hitler and the Assholes From Space step out of the studio to perform their lo-fi psych shoegaze explosion. And Thee, Idea Man should be previewing new tracks like their upcoming single “Help Me Mama.” Add in sets from The Districts, Black Stars, Seismic Thrust, and more, and you have a great way to give summer one final hurrah. Clark Park, 43rd St. & Chester Ave., 12pm, Free, All Ages – Bill McThrill
Lovers Record Release at Mississippi Studios 9.21
Lovers began as a project by singer/songwriter Carolyn Berk back in 2001, and across time and oceans (meaning a decade of meeting friends during world travels) her band became complete with the addition of producer and performance artist Kerby Ferris and math genius percussionist Emily Kingan. Their talents together are a female triforce. Berk’s clarity and openness, with Ferris’s well played electronic instruments and Kingan’s cogent live drums create songs that can be throaty and contemplative, stretching into breezy slow motion walks. They also playfully bounce and thump, an expression of fervent affection that their website describes as "an intimiate portrait of female friendship, sexuality, and evolution as an infinite process." Love is the answer. Lovers are poised to release their seventh album, A Friend In The World, on Badman Recording, Sept. 24th. Their record release party takes place at Mississippi Studios on Saturday, Sept. 21st. – Brandy Crowe
You can listen to Lovers’ new single, "The Modern Art Museum and the Modern Kiss Goodbye" via the Portland Mecury HERE, or check out a live video of the track below.
Stream: The Rebel Light, “Jukebox Dream”
Rife with nostalgia, and decked out with a horn section and backing harmonies that would make The Supremes swoon, The Rebel Light create surf pop that’s been baked in the desert sun. “Jukebox Dream,” will shamelessly make you want to don your poodle skirt and hurry down to the beach. Having recorded the track live themselves, the trio captured the true spirit of this bygone era by managing to make it seem like a lost tape hidden away in someone’s attic for too long, finally unearthed at a garage sale and spread throughout the interweb to our modern ears’ delight. The Rebel Light join Free Energy at the closing night of their Echo Residency Sept. 30. – Jacqueline Caruso
The Little Ones Play Chinatown Moon Festival Saturday Sept. 21
Though The Little Ones released their latest album, “The Dawn Sang Along,” earlier this year, their buzz has been building to a roar. Standout tracks like “Argonaut,” and “AWOL” wrap their infectious tentacles around your brainwaves with enthusiastic tenacity. You won’t be able to resist their sonic rays of sunshine as they wash all your troubles away. It’s good to know that Paul Simon continues to inspire young, surf-bound, indie rockers like this sextet. Each song dances between layered harmonies and percussive polyrhythmic sections like waves rolling in steady synchronicity far out in the deepest blue. Their live set during the Chinatown Moon Festival this Saturday, Sept. 21 is sure to be a sea of dancing grins. – Jacqueline Caruso
New single: “Rolling Like A Stone” by Msg Ctrl
As autumn finally lumbers up from hibernation and blankets our town with a most delicious layer of hoodie weather, your natural inclination might be to grab a steamy pumpkin-flavored caffeinated beverage and throw on your favorite sad bastard, woe-is-the-world playlist. After all, this is truly the season for The Civil Wars and Elliott Smith.
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Zach Hodson is a monster. He once stole a grilled cheese sandwich from a 4-year-old girl at her birthday party. He will only juggle if you pay him. I hear he punched Slimer right in his fat, green face. He knows the secrets to free energy, but refuses to release them until "Saved by the Bell: Fortysomethings" begins production. He is also in Dolls on Fire and Drew Black & Dirty Electric, as well as contributing to various other Kansas City-based music, comedy, and art projects. |
Weekend Warrior, September 20 – 22
OK, so I’m not much for blind faith, but I guess that our Weekend Warrior pick isn’t exactly completely blind. I received an email from Eric Bresler, PhilaMOCA’s Executive Director, “HIGHLY” recommending me to come out tonight and bring a photographer because the Mausoleum Party: Mystery Event! is “gonna be wild!” He wouldn’t answer any more questions. My interest is piqued. I’ll be there. You can either join us, or stop back here and check out our photos from the evening. PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th St., 8:30pm, Free, All Ages – Q.D. Tran
Early, The Climb
Grimace Federation Pouring Out Emotion at KFN Sept. 20
Grimace Federation creates interwoven instrumentals that could stand well on their own, but together create a symbiotic chaos. Each note is pushed to the aural foreground, bombarding the ears so that the same song sounds different upon its second rotation. When space exploration finally results in alien contact, I would imagine our intergalactic brethren playing music similar to Grimace Federation’s: vast and echoing, much like the expanse of space, music that, with all its complexity, does not require words to stir emotion. And plenty of it will be poured out this evening at Kung Fu Necktie. (We are sad to hear about the sudden passing of Grimace frontman Wes Schwartz’s father, which just happened two days ago. Our thoughts and best wishes go out to him and his family.) Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 9pm, $10, 21+ -Shaylin O’Connell
Interview with Mister Tang
Hey kids! The Tang gang has got their new EP, Baby’s First EP (awww) out now Resurrection Records! The Deli Portland recently chatted them up about space drinks, playing music in bars when your not old enough to be in a bar, and brotherly love. They are playing another bar tonight (awww), catch them at the Firkin Tavern with a ripping line-up of Glassbones, Psychomagic, and Manx. Something is gonna get broken. – Brandy Crowe
New Track: “Spent Time” – Batty
Here’s a rough-and-tumble new track from post-punk/garage trio Batty called "Spent Time." It’s off their debut six-song cassette DEMO. You can catch the recent Featured Artist(s) Poll nominees performing live this evening at The Slow Club. Enjoy!
The Everymen unveil new single from upcoming LP + play Matchless on 10.03
Upbeat NJ indie-rockers The Everymen, who landed on the cover of the Aquarian a few weeks ago (pictured) and are just coming off of a lively appearance at the memorable Hopscotch Festival, continue to surprise us with a new single featuring a cameo by New Pornographers’ AC Newman, who kills it on the tack’s dual vocals.
The rocking new song titled “A Girl Named Lou Pt. 2” takes the form of a celebratory anthem for being rejected by a lover, and sounds like a 5-minute rock and roll jam, but with a more complex structure. The first 0:47 seconds have actually been given their own song title, “Bl’ast Off” as tribute to the infamous hardcore band – it will serve as track one of the 8-member band’s sophomore LP, which is scheduled for the Spring of 2014. The intro track will be followed by “A Girl Named Lou Pt. 2,” streaming below. Check them out on 10/3 at Bar Matchless in Brooklyn. – Michael Haskoor (@Tweetskoor)
We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best Alt Rock songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!
Mind bending NYC sounds: dance duo Vostok
By thematically mixing elements of the Soviet and U.S. space-race with an overt Krautrock style, NYC band Vostok manage to take the listener to that ambiguous place where discovery is on the horizon rather than stuck in the tragedy-laden past. In a way, by couching the whole thing in retro German sound-scapes, Vostok invoke the cultural middle ground from a time when post-Nazi Germans had little voice and badly needed to re-invent themselves. With their spaced-out debut EP, “Intercosmos,” the band leaves the emotional weight to the listener’s imagination, suggesting that alternate histories are within reach if we simply change our own present. Forget trying to be “smart”… be transcendent for a change and catch Vostok this Saturday (09/20) at the Boiler Gallery in Williamsburg, where they perform a live soundtrack to artist Ati Maier’s mind-bending video installation of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. A DIY-meets-Pink Floyd moment, if there ever was one.-Brian Chidester