Philadelphia has already built quite a reputation of nurturing the freak-folk genre by harboring such acts as Espers and Fursaxa. Mike Bruno + the Magic Family Band continue to help carry that torch with their revolving cast of hippiefied musicians. When on stage, they perform as if in a trance-like state causing you to question whether its from a music- or drug-induced place. The mystical group recently released a new full-length album A Magical World of Animal and Spirits last month via Austin indie label Haute Magie, who was also home to band member Megan Biscieglia’s beautiful 2013 release Supreme Parallel, under her moniker Bad Braids. They’ll be wandering through their "magical world" tonight at Kung Fu Necktie alongside locals Seismic Thrust, Reading, PA’s L’Astronaut and Seattle’s Wind Burial. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St. 8pm, $10, 21+ – Alexis V.

As the year comes closer to the end, it has caused us to reflect on all the music that we’ve come across thoughout 2013. And we’ve also been discovering some hidden gems that might have been overlooked with the massive amount of music floating through the internet. Here’s a simple but lovely track from Manors that has some damn sweet hooks called "But You Know That," which appeared on their LP Fit In (Eat A Book Records). The lo-fi bedroom-pop project is led by singer-songwriter/guitarist Dayna Evans, who is also backed on the recordings by Cat Park (Amanda X, Bandname) on bass and Evan Bernard (The Weaks, ex-Dangerous Ponies) on drums. Manors are currently recording an EP so expect to hear some new material from them in 2014.

If you didn’t grab a cassette of the WKDU Live!!!! Volume 1 compilation this past weekend at R5’s Punk Rock Flea Market, then now is your chance to listen to the release (below) and download it for free, which features a shitload of awesome local artists like Birds of Maya, Psychic Teens, TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb, Restorations and much, much more as well as rad station ID intros from the Beastie Boys, Allen Ginsberg and Henry Rollins. All tracks were recorded live at WKDU. And if the holidays have you feeling generous, you can make a donation HERE with all the proceeds going to the Drexel University student-run radio station. Do it!

Congrats to Strand of Oaks, a.k.a. Tim Showalter, who just announce that he signed to one of his favorite labels (and ours too), Dead Oceans! Look out for a new record coming out in 2014. Cheers!

PhilaMOCA will be hosting its final Tuesday Tune-Out of the year tonight, which is curated by Spazz Presents, a.k.a. promoter Jeff Blinder. This evening’s event will feature a performance by Scott Daly’s freak-out psych-pop project Aunt Dracula, which might be their last live performance for a while. There will also be a screening of the film Reflections of Evil, and you’ll get a chance to chat with its writer/director Damon Packard via Skype. The Moz – keeping things weird, as usual. PhilaMOCA, 531 12th St., 8pm, $5, All Ages – H.M. Kauffman

Folkadelphia, the XPN radio show, concert promoter, in-studio session and brainchild of Fred Knittel, posted its new sixteen-track compilation Folkadelphia Sessions Volume One for exclusive streaming earlier this morning over at Spin. While we are a bit disappointed to see that something which derived its name from "Philadelphia" doesn’t actually have any of the city’s artists as part of its inaugural run (and we have a ton of good ones), the release does contain recordings from standout indie artists like Angel Olsen, Jessica Pratt and Laura Stevenson. You’ll also be able to download it for free next week, or you can take a listen to any of the Folkadelphia sessions in their entirety and download them for free HERE.

Check out the debut 7-inch from pop-punk all-female trio Cayetana, which contains a new track, "Hot Dad Calendar," and the  remastered version of "Ella" (below)! You can also pre-order the vinyl via Tiny Engines. As we mentioned earlier today, they’ll be opening for Waxahatchee on Sunday, January 26 at the First Unitarian Church.

Daytrotter recently shared their swinging, raucous session with TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb. You can stream and download it for free (w/membership) HERE. They’ll also be celebrating this NYE at MilkBoy Philly with The Lawsuits and Commonwealth Choir. Enjoy! (Illustration by Johnnie Cluney)

Rookie posted an episode of their Sunday Video series yesterday featuring Swearin‘s Allison Crutchfield. In the footage, she shares why she always believes "every band she’s been in has been the one she thought would stay together forever" while performing stripped-down versions of a new song called "Loretta’s Flowers," which she also talks about, and the title track from her band’s 2011 debut What a Dump EP.

It’s Monday, and a lot of you are probably sitting at work and wishing that you could turn back time. Well, we’d like to help you do that. However, we’ll be taking you back to a place where sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll ruled the land. Check out the righteous time-warping debut EP from neo-psychedelic rockers Needle Points entitled Bom Tugango below! And smoke ’em if ya got ’em.