Their website is eerily black with their band name Chastity scratched across the top. I thought my screen was actually scratched I had to look closer…It wasn’t …but by now I’m listening to “Lash Out” from their Soundcloud page. The same spooky senses came over me as the song began with creepy guitars and drawn out vocals, then enters a catchy chorus that kicks in and gives the track a cool dynamic. The solo and 3rd verse build up nicely to the final chorus; which yourself excited to hear one more time. Solid tune! “Manning Hill” is more of a straight ripper! 2 minutes of energy! 2 minute energy is way stronger than a 5 Hour Energy! So if you need a boost I’d suggest you listen to Chastity. See them Saturday @ Silver Dollar with other our friends The Effens.-Kris “Big City” Gies
San Francisco
Posted on:
Known to Collapse Release New Music Video
Oakland based indie folk music project, Known to Collapse just released a super well done music video. Music project creator and musician, Kevin Lehner and his crew did not skimp on production value with this imaginative narrative that is the music video for his single, Circulated Undercover Ground.
Circulated Undercover Ground takes you on a trippy ride by displaying strong storytelling through great acting and clear imagery. Putting together a great music video is not as easy as it looks, but Known to Collapse makes the feat look effortless.
If you’d like to help the band realize more of their goals, you can contribute to their Indiegogo campaign.
Philadelphia
Posted on:
Weekend Warrior, April 3 – 5
The guys of Restorations spent the end of February and all of April crazily touring the U.S. and Canada. Well, they are happy to home and ready to rock this evening at Johnny Brenda’s, one of the band’s favorite venues in Philly. Take advantage of this night because before you know it, they’ll be heading out in May on another cross-country tour with The Early November and Lydia before a trip across the pond this summer. Restorations will be joined on tonight’s bill by Run For Cover Records’ Young Statue and Americana/folk duo Broken Spirit. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 9pm, $15, 21+ – Alexis V.
Other places to escape the chill this weekend…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT TJ Kong & The Atomic Bomb, Le Fits (Album Release), The Bernhardt Family Band
The Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) SAT Joy Riding, Belgrade, Goodnight Lights
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Tinmouth (Release Show), Dreambook, Sing Bird of Prey, El Malito & The 33rd Century, Strange Meadowlark, SAT Southern Queers
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St.) SAT She Shreds Magazine: Swearin’ Amanda X, Mannequin Pussy. Anomie, SUN Free Cake For Every Creature
Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) SAT SHIFT Showcase: Ali Wadsworth, Lizanne Knott, Kate Faust, Lili Anel, Tess Emma, Andrea Nardello, Joy Ike & Charming Snakes
TLA (334 South St.) FRI The Movement
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) SAT (Downstairs) The Core: Eric Clapton’s 70th Birthday Celebration, SUN (Upstairs) Bob Broudy, Brothers & Sisters, Dana & Bruce
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Adlib, J.O. The Last Man, D-RaNGD, Split Divo, Dogs Of God, SAT W.C. Lindsay, Willow Talk, Little Strike, The Original Crooks and Nannies
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Dull Knives
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI Joe Sweeney & The Long Hair Arkestra, I Think Like Midnight, SAT Little League, Sad Actor Easy Creatures, Night Trip
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Modern Suits, A Better Class of Criminal, Weird Hot, The Broken Prayers, The Stammer
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St) SAT Jeffrey Gaines with Ashley Leone
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) SUN Rusty Cadillac
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI Stars Apart, The Aponic Blue/Genevieve Ferrera, Kat Madamba, Josh Dronyi, The Hvddle, SAT Kill The Stigmatic/The GoAround, White Oleander
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St) FRI Could’ve Been Kings, E. Joseph & The Sparrows, The Outhouse, SAT James Hearne, Katie Barbato, Ben Tinsley
Voltage Lounge (421 N. 7th St.) FRI Spitta
W/N W/N (931 Spring Garden St.) SUN YAMhead
The Grape Room (105 Grape St) FRI The Burgeoning, Lukey the Bird, Matt Gauss, SAT Cookie Rabinowitz, The Swimtones, Local Smokes, Stella Ruze
Bourbon and Branch (705 N. 2nd St.) FRI Chelsea Sue Allen, The Sun Flights, SAT Suburban Living, Teen Men, Church Girls
Ardmore Music Hall (23 E. Lancaster Ave.) FRI Box of Rain, SAT (4pm) Voices for Vets Concert to benefit Wounded Veterans: Laura Shay, Carmen Magro/(9pm) Vilebred, John Galla Band, Alec Stewart, Chelsea Sue Allen
Everybody Hits (529 W. Girard Ave.) SAT Taiwan Housing Project, Watery Love
Eris Temple Arts (602 S. 52nd St.) FRI Lamb Skin, Kate Ferencz
Baker Bowl (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Poster Child, Minor Setbacks, RFA, Twin
Lavender Town (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Edelweiss, Bone Bats, Overfield, Rachel
Lava Space (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Pinkwash (Record Release), Ann “Archy” Artist, Flyherder
The Pharmacy (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Spring Formal: Visitor 10, Line Leader, Fake Boyfriend, Port Arthur, Butterfly Bandage / No Other, Kevin, The Cats, SAT Shitty Wizard, Beer Breakfast Dungeness Crab
The Sound Hole (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Snow Caps, On the Water, SK77
A House Named Virtue (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Disinterest, Socialite, Brown Rainbow Cool Points
The Petting Zoo (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Task the Samsara, Marcus & Rome
Girard Hall (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Roses, Matt Holden, Girl Dog
Cha Cha’razzi (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Tile, Faking, Pale Shelter, Hypoxia
The Nest (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) Nest Fest: FRI Open Wide, Walking Distances, Hoser, Timer Hitler & The Assholes From Space, SAT Noon, Row, House of Cards, Community Service, Idiot Forever, Blankbook
Gallery One (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Evan Riley, Andorra,Jank
Barn on Baltimore (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Nightfall
New England
Posted on:
EP Review: Apartment 3’s Porch View
New England seems to have the whole lo-fi garage rock thing on lockdown recently. Burlington, VT’s Apartment 3 have added further evidence to that statement with their recent EP, Porch View. Heavily soaked in 90s indie rock sound (think Pavement or Built to Spill), these guys pump some insane energy through your headphones. I thought the vocals on these tracks were great–screams, shouts and everything in between. Most of the time it sounds like the singer drank a six pack and started belting out whatever immediately came to mind.
For more info about Apartment 3, check out their Facebook page.
-Dan McMahon (@dmcmhn)
Philadelphia
Posted on:
Pinkwash Record Release Show at LAVA Space April 3
A litany of emotions are vented through an unrelenting display of aggression as the duo of Joey Doubek & Ahley Arnwine team up as Pinkwash. Tonight at LAVA Space, the tandem celebrates the release of their new 7" "Cancer Money"/"Skin" via DC punk outfit Priests’ label Sister Polygon. The album is an adrenaline-loaded series of songs that amps listeners up with its raw forceful nature. Doubek’s vocal styling is a primal war cry that feeds into the musical bombardment of heavy, heart-racing, full-speed distorted guitar and the nonstop stampede of Arwine’s percussion, culminating into a forgiving hurricane of noisy punk prepared to engulf anything that stands in its path. Joining the celebration is Flyherder, providing soothing electro-synth pop with an ever-present percussive pulse. The lineup also includes the intense space-cruising buzz of experimental Montreal noise-rock trio Mands and Brooklyn native/Jacksonville resident drag queen rapper, Twinki. LAVA Space, (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) 7:30pm, $5-$7, All Ages (Photo by Amanda Hatfield) – Michael Colavita
L.A.
Posted on:
Premiere: Seneca & the River, “Hold Me Up”
Alt country band Seneca & The River have just signed with up-and-coming folk-based label Pop Cautious for the release of their self-titled debut. Featuring the lush and winding "Hold Me Up", the band’s sparse compositions simulate the drifting ebb of a calm wind alongside Seneca Pettee’s sly country twang.
You can catch them at Sadie Kitchen and Lounge on Wednesday, April 15 as part of their weekly Sadie Sessions event. Attendees will be able to obtain a copy of the EP prior to its April 24 release date.
Philadelphia
Posted on:
New Track: “Gimme Gold” – John The Conqueror
Below is a new track from blues-rock trio John The Conqueror called "Gimme Gold." It will appear on Alive Naturalsound Records’ 20th anniversary special edition compilation, which will be available on vinyl for Record Store Day. Rock & Roll Is a Beautiful Thing will feature rare and unreleased material from the label’s roster of artists that includes The Black Keys, Hollis Brown and more. John The Conqueror is getting set to spend most of April into May on tour in Europe. (Photo by Benjamin Merceron)
Toronto
Posted on:
Bloody Diamonds- Skin and Bones**Video Release**
Toronto’s goth-stained band Bloody Diamonds latest single ‘Skin and Bones’ is hard hitting rock n’ roll! Wild and wailing,’Skin and Bones’ is a hardcore power ballad with monster vocals. It carries a heavy riff over a memorable lyric that has us head banging! Currently on tour catch Bloody Diamonds Friday 4/3 @ Bovine Sex Club. Go to their FB and see if they’re coming your way.
San Francisco
Posted on:
Snow Angel Prepares to Release Debut 7 Inch & Plays Bottom of the Hill – 4/22
San Francisco based psych dream pop band, Snow Angel will be releasing their debut 7 inch single, So Sick So Cool on April 22nd. Snow Angel, which features Les Claypool protégé and sitar player, Gabby La La will be celebrating the release of their album at Bottom of the Hill on April 22nd. The dynamic psych rock band, Be Calm Honcho will be supporting Snow Angel at their album release show.
Do your best to support this hard working Bay Area band. They’re self releasing their album, so buy a record and return all they’ve given to make their art and entertain the world!
NYC
Posted on:
NYC Buzz Alert! Soul pop trio Strange Names plays Mercury on 04.08, announces debut LP on Frenchkiss
Referencing the extraordinarily sophisticated and catchy soul-pop of Hall & Oates, recent Brooklyn transplant (via Minneapolis) Strange Names have found a way to inject new life in the ’80s revival. The band just released a video for single "Ricochet" (streaming) that perfectly recreates the minimalistic style of the early MTV years, minus the almost inevitable cheesy stumbles of that era’s productions. The song, performances, and production are rather impressive. If these guys can pull off what we see here in a live setting, they are going to have some fun years ahead. We can find that out on April 8th at The Mercury Lounge, or at any of the other three NYC live shows they have scheduled in the next few weeks. Strange Names’s full length album is scheduled for a May release on Frenchkiss Records.
NYC
Posted on:
The Landing hits #1 on Hypem.com + plays The Knit on 04.17
The Hype Machine is particularly good at highlighting electronic tracks by emerging artists, and there are a lot of acts out there that managed to get close to the top of their charts at some point. But climbing those charts twice is no easy feat, and automatically excludes those who pull it off from the dreaded "one hit wonder" category. Just about a year ago, the cosmic synth pop of NYC’s The Landing went viral through hypem.com with debut single ‘Anxiety’. Today, the brand new single ‘Then Comes the Wonder’ (streaming) actually reached #1 on that same site. Congrats are due to the (one man) band, who recently made the list of our Best Emerging NYC Artists of 2014. You can catch The Landing live at The Knit on April 17th.
We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best electronic songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!
Chicago
Posted on:
Ryley Walker
Ryley Walker released his latest album, Primrose Green, via Dead Oceans this week. Walker has really launched into the public eye over the last and this album is pure validation of that success.
Walker is currently touring the world and will next play Chicago at Pitchfork Music Fest July 17th to 19th.