Modern Baseball shared a brand new track yesterday called "Your Graduation." The band also announced that they’ll be releasing their sophomore full-length album entitled You’re Gonna Miss It All on February 11 via Run For Cover Records, and will be hitting the road for an extensive tour with The Wonder Years, which will be rolling into town on Saturday, April 12 at the Electric Factory. The LP was produced by Modern Baseball band members Ian Farmer and Jake Ewald, mixed by Jon Low (The National, Local Natives, Sharon Van Etten, etc.) and mastered by Will Yip (Title Fight, Balance and Composure, etc.). Now, that’s a lot of good news – cheers, fellas!

Liz & the Lost Boys have a new digital single for their songs "February" and "The Forest and the Farmer," which they recorded with Jeff Zeigler at Uniform Recording. Led by multi-instrumentalist Liz Ciavolino, the jazz-tinged folk four-piece will be celebrating its release this evening by headlining Kung Fu Necktie. They’ll also be joined by West Philly folk-rock outfit Silverton, Joshua Brighton from Man Like Machine, and folk duo The Sun Flights. Yeah, it’s pretty damn cold out, but Liz and friends will do their best to warm your heart. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 8pm, $10, 21+ (Photo by William Lukas) – H.M. Kauffman

Mike Bell & the Movies are currently on tour with Amherst’s Pachangacha in support of their latest LP Nothing Works. As a songwriter, Bell wears his heart on his sleeve; however, his tunes don’t come off like just another sadsack singer-songwriter but rather a self-deprecating protagonist who can find humor in his flawed life. Backed by his band The Movies, who consists of ex-members from Algernon Cadwallader, Dangerous Ponies and Bandname, the power-pop quartet simply want you to sing-along and have a good time at their expense. They’ll also be joined this evening at the Boot & Saddle by Philly indie rockers Kite Party and lo-fi, bedroom indie popsters Manors. The Boot & Saddle, 1131 S. Broad St., 8:30pm, $7, 21+ – H.M. Kauffman

Local singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Gretchen Lohse, ex-frontwoman for Yellow Humphrey, released her debut full-length album Primal Rumble today. She recorded it with the help from her former bandmates. The LP wa recorded and mixed by Rick Flom with Alec Meltzer on drums, Naeemah Maddox playing the flute, and The Spinto Band’s Thomas Hughes on keys and vocals. You can stream and purchase it below.

Here’s some nice video footage from The Menzingers‘ performance at The Fest 12 this year, which was produced by Light & Noise. Well, it’s actually mislabeled, and is from their set at BIG PRE-FEST IN LITTLE YBOR. The band just announced that they’ll be heading to Australia in March to tour with The Smith Street Band and Grim Fandango.

Below is the long-awaited official first single from Purples (featuring former members of beloved Philly indie-rock group The Teeth) called "Standard Human," which also comes with a music video and can be dowloaded for free HERE. The track is off their upcoming debut album Nancy, and they’ll be performing next in Philly on Saturday, December 28 at The Boot and Saddle as part of a rad lineup with Grandchildren and Night Panther.

Our former intern and a longtime contributor to The Deli, Brandi Lukas, has a new podcast show entitled Going to Hell on Olio.fm. It’s a funny, edgy and quite raunchy (of course, she’s a Jerzey girl ;o) perspective on pop culture and internet trends. Brandi also has a segment called "First Date" where she interviews and gets to know up-and-coming music acts. On this inaugural episode, which you can listen to and download below, she talks with Justin Pellechia from local psych-rock outfit Satellite Hearts about meeting Doors’ drummer John Densmore in Canada, his show this Saturday, December 14 at the Ardmore Music Hall with Toy Soldiers and Ali Wadsworth, the band’s upcoming second album, and much more. Congrats to Brandi, and stay tuned in to Olio.fm for more!

Take a journey – To London or the Lake, the new LP from local dark wavers Night Sins. The project from the mind of Kyle Kimball (formerly of Salvation and now the drummer for Nothing) premiered their album last week over at Noisey, and the record is out now via Avant! Records, which you can take a listen to below. Enjoy or get really depressed, whichever floats your boat!

While the Levee Driver‘s new three-song EP Speakin’ Bourbon Coated Blues might not truly represent the furious country-blues-garage-rock outfit that they unleashed this past weekend at Kung Fu Necktie for their record release party, it does highlight the vocal prowess of frontman August John Lutz II. His voice is simply custom-fitted for the twang that can be found in the heart of rural America. They’ll be performing next this Friday, December 13 at The Ardmore Music Hall.