NYC

Alex Vans’ “Velocirapture”

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It’s been a few years since the release of Alex Vans’ first full length DJ Booth. It’s a solid and catchy record, full of promise. After recording, Alex formed his backup band The Hide Away, and they’ve played some 200 shows. Recently, most of those shows have been tributes to Beck, and fans (including myself) were starting to wonder when Alex was gonna fulfill the promise of the first album. I’m happy to say the wait is over.

Vans and The Hide Away are dropping their first new single since DJ Booth, "Velocirapture" on May 5th. It’s a bright rocker, exceeding the expectations of earlier work. It’s at least as catchy, with a deeper, more formed and practiced sound. Somewhere between Tom Petty and Beck, Alex has found his home. I, for one, believe in the Raptor.

You can catch Alex and The Hide Away at Iota May 9th for a Beck tribute set (part of a huge 1996 showcase featuring tributes to Ras Kass, Weezer, The Cranberries, Fiona Apple and Tori Amos), before The "Velocirapture" Single Release Party, on May 16th at Hill Country Barbecue (w/ Short Lives). –Natan Press

Chicago

Morris Carpool

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Morris Carpool is a trio that blurs the line between Country and Americana. The debut LP, American Dreamin’ was released last week and is filled with blue collar tales of love, labor, and struggle.

Portland

Joel Magid: A Welcome Spring Anthem

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Some songs effortlessly capture a moment in time. For late spring’s warmth and slower, sunny days comes Joel Magid’s “Since You Went Away.” The sugary-sweet psych pop track captures a mood: one of longing, looking, and desire while remaining upbeat, catchy, and fun. Magid debuted the video for his song on Alt Citizen last week.

Magid’s debut album Pyramids is out this summer. Catch Magid at The Liquor Store on April 29.

Listen to Magid on bandcamp.

-Zibby Pillote, photo by Tom Chamberlain

NYC

Silver Dollars bring their Americana to Bar Matchless tonight (4.22)

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7-piece NYC band Silver Dollars are a big helping of home-fried Americana. Truly— the lyrics yearn exactly for drinking cheap beer around the fire after supper, slow western winds, old trucks, soul food, and romanticized ideas of a simpler life. Harmonicas are soaring, steel guitars juddering, and a man dips into the lows of his voice to mourn the loss of love and home among a lonesome cityscape. They play The Cakeshop 4/21 and Bar Matchless 4/22. – Leora Mandel

Philadelphia

New Bad Braids Album Available for Streaming & Purchase

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Psych-folk enchantress Megan Biscieglia, a.k.a. Bad Braids, released earlier this month her new album EYE OF NIGHT, which she co-produced with Jordan Burgis. It’s available on cassette via Glowing Dagger, and can be streamed and purchased below. You can also catch Bad Braids opening this evening’s bill at Kung Fu Necktie that includes U.S. Christmas, Generation of Vipers, and Sunburster.

New England

Show Alert: Arielle Vakni, Box of Birds, Arms and Ears, Sister Speak @ TT the Bear’s Tonight

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Lysten Boston invites you to relax and unwind at TT the Bear’s tonight with a night of folk-pop that will give you that extra boost to carry you to the weekend. Arielle Vakni, Box of Birds (previous nominee for The Deli New England’s Artist of the Month) and Arms and Ears will provide a warm welcome for Sister Speak (CA). Bring a friend (or two) and get nice and introspective about your life for a couple hours before heading back out into the “real world.”

 For more information about the show, check out the Facebook event.

-Dan McMahon (@dmcmhn)


 

Philadelphia

I IM EYE MY for the W/N at W/N W/N April 22

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The pairing of Al Creedon (ex-Bleeding Rainbow) & Sean Hamilton (Spacin’, ex-Acid Kicks), which constitutes I IM EYE MY, produces results that experimentally pull from a diverse sonic palate. With a percussive beat-forward foundation, the pairing is geared to create electronic tribal soundscapes with a twisted yet intoxicating futuristic spin, locking you in as you become synched up to rhythms and slipping in those well-placed elements of strange along the way. Tonight at W/N W/N, they will joined by Baltimore’s Sick Lion, whose new Overturned Trash Can Lid LP is due out on April 24 via Gaarden Records, crafting danceably, dreary material, while orchestrating a middle ground where sadness and movement coexist. Detroit transplants Growth Program get things started, dishing out stretches of panoramic noise. W/N W/N, 931 Spring Garden St., 8pm, Free (Photo by Ryan Muir) – Michael Colavita

Philadelphia

New Music Video: “Easy” – Legendary Divorce

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Noise-punk four-piece Legendary Divorce, who originally formed as a Nirvana tribute band, features members of Ladder Devils, The Starting Line, and The Minor Times. The group just released its debut six-song EP Make Me (Reptilian Records), which you can stream and purchase HERE. They also shared a seriously aggro-feeling new music video (that premiered over at Brooklyn Vegan yesterday) for the track "Easy" (below), which was directed by R.E. Medlin.

Portland

Deli Portland’s Best Emerging Band of 2014 Showcase: The Domestics, Jackson Boone and The Tamed West

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Saturday night, April 25 at Kelly’s Olympian, The Deli Portland celebrates the winners of their Best Emerging Artist of 2014 poll – where local music industry insiders, tastemakers and listeners alike democratically elect their favorite new Portland artists. Headlining the night, 2014’s poll winners The Domestics will croon their way through your ear and into your hearts with their lyrically-charged, heartfelt indie rock and roll reminiscent of the late Heatmiser. The fall of 2014 saw the release of their self-titled debut LP and made The Domestics an instant classic. Support by the folk tinged dream psych wizardry of Jackson Boone, and openers The Tamed West with their more upbeat reverb washed garage pop blend of psych rock. Doors at 8:30, 21+, $5 in advance or $7 at the door.

L.A.

Bird Dog release new single “The Ocean and the Sea”

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“The Ocean and The Sea,” Bird Dog’s lead single on their debut album Hello Latigo, grabs you with its reverent calling, drawing to mind the vocal harmonies of the Avett Brothers (but as if the Avetts were playing arenas these days). The song builds, driving an imaginary tempo-change, tossing in woodblock hits and a bass line as it moves from the beginning’s tranquil birdsong to a chugging guitar bridge that heads, presumably, to the ocean and the sea. Check it out if you’re into sweeping grand folk like the Kings of Leon but still down-to-earth.

You can catch them at 3Clubs in Hollywood on April 22nd or the Hotel Cafe on May 1st. – Brian J.K. Regan

 

San Francisco

Lee Gallagher and the Hallelujah Triptides The Electric Magpie and Father Howl Play Brick and Mortar Music Hall – 4/22

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San Francisco based psych gospel rock band, Lee Gallagher and the Hallelujah have a show coming up tomorrow night at Brick and Mortar Music Hall in San Francisco. They’ll be performing live with psych band, Triptides, mod revivalist band, The Electric Magpie and surf metal band, Father Howl! This is guaranteed to be a mind melting rock experience presented by psychedelic visual artist and promoter Mad Alchemy. Make sure you support local music and build up as much psych rock enthusiasm your mind, body and soul can muster!!