We have to admit that this weather has us daydreaming and taking long walks during work. Here’s a sweet new mixtape, Mugga Man, from GrandeMarshall to help us and you get through the rest of the workweek. Enjoy!

Hi-dee-ho – we’ve got another rad ticket giveaway as well as a 7" vinyl for you! Enter to win a pair of tix to kick-ass NYC trio Skaters‘ show this Saturday at Kung Fu Necktie. You’ll also receive their release I Wanna Dance (But I Don’t Know How), which you can pick up at the door. Joining them on the bill will be Odonis Odonis, who are about to go on tour with Metz, and Philly garage-soul outfit The Shakes. Please send us an email at thedelimagazinephiladelphia@gmail.com with the subject line "Skaters Rule!" and your cell number in the body (only to be used in case of emergency). Good luck!

Belgrade (featuring current and former members of Restorations, Ink & Dagger, The Progress, Metroplex and Brass) premiered a new song earlier today called "Consolation Prize" via Alternative Press. It’s the closing track off their forthcoming self-titled debut album, which is scheduled for release digitally on April 16. The vinyl will be available at the band’s record release show on Friday, April 26 at Kung Fu Necktie.

Tonight Silk City and Deathwaltz will be providing some heady electro dance vibes. Local DJ/production crew Les Professionnels will be gettin’ things started. The trio is currently working on a new full-length album, and they have a collaboration with rising Philly emcee Gliss also in the works entitled High on the Weekday that will hopefully see the light of day sooner than later. Les Professionnels will be opening for former Philly resident Ryat, who now calls LA home and most recently released her album TOTEM this past summer via Flying Lotus’ record label Brainfeeder. Also sandwiched between both of their sets are Beam&Deem, who are part of the (mostly) Philly-based Altered Ego Collective. Silk City, 435 Spring Garden St., 9pm, $7, 21+ – H.M. Kauffman

Check out a standout track from On the Water‘s latest album False Starts called "Tumor"! The band has been on an extensive national tour in support of the record, and they’ll be celebrating its release this Friday, April 12 at The Beaumont Warehouse. Enjoy!

With his new record Wakin On A Pretty Daze (Matador), Kurt Vile continues his spellbinding nature. The follow-up to 2011’s Smoke Ring for My Halo, once again, finds legendary producer John Agnello assuming the reins, guiding Philly’s “constant hitmaker” on his latest journey.

The album begins with the epic nine-plus-minutes song, “Wakin on a Pretty Day,” in which Vile confesses his intentions – “Waking the dawn of day, I gotta think about what I want to say…it’s hard to explain my hurt in this daze.” Laced between an eerily comfortable marriage of familiar mercurial electric and steadily strumming acoustic guitars, Vile’s alluring, hazy comforts draw you in as the song raises you out of your slumber. As he lifts the sleep from your eyes, the prolific songwriter announces his intentions in the following track “KV Crimes” – amid a raunchy guitar riff and a steady percussive backdrop – “that’s fine I think I’m ready to claim what’s rightfully mine” – injecting short bursts of guitar as if to flex his muscle.

“Was All Talk” has an aquatic-running musical vibe with its “The Boys of Summer”-esque intro, establishing a customarily complex, yet comfortably moving feel, while coasting along as Vile confidently professes, “In the sea of storm, making music is easy. Watch me.” Spiraling guitars and snappy drums set the stage for “Girl Called Alex” as the mood darkens and intensifies. “I want to live all the time in my fantasy infinity; there, I’ll never be abandoned; there, I’ll have a handle against everything.”

“Never Run Away” is one of the songs that grabs you instantaneously in its addictive simplicity – an effortlessly clean acoustic strumming pattern matched with an equal to the task drumbeat and Vile’s drawn-out spoken/sung vocals that have long been compared to the legendary Lou Reed. It’s a casual groove that seems to tighten up with every additional listen. While “Pure Pain” continues an ongoing trend of establishing a musical identity riff/percussion/vocal, it has a surprising shift as if the guitar decides to uproot. As you hear Vile’s changes purposely dragging along the neck, a marching beat comes to the forefront, leading way to a short elegant solo before he backtracks into its previously assumed position, and then as if battling itself, shape shifts yet again.

“Shame Chamber” is yet another simple sounding song that is anything but that. A quick riff that is joined on the journey by an arrangement that becomes increasingly complex, adding layers as if Vile strolls through another story that despite its multiple facets and heavy lyrical content retains a lightness. In “Air Bud,” he ventures through a spacey, fuzz intro that lands on his steady, easy-going roots, and then the musical interludes are stretched out, forming a terrain that is vast but focused. He elaborates on the final song, which easily floats along on its acoustic-founded riff layered with elevating key work, “I might be adrift, but I’m still alert, concentrating my hurt into a goldtone.”

Vile is continuously refining his art while also diving into new exploratory depths. He is an artist that has proven to mature with every new endeavor, and Wakin On A Pretty Daze shines from the start, etching its way into your mind with each comforting note. – Michael Colavita

Below is a new music video from Nightlands, a.k.a. Dave Hartley, for the track "Born to Love" off his latest release Oak Island. It was directed by She Policeman (who was inspired by Andy Warhol and the song, itself), using footage from another video filmed with an old VHS camcorder. Nightlands also just announced a string of headlining dates that will make a local stop on Friday, May 31 at Johnny Brenda’s. BTW: Send out some good vibes to Hartley this weekend because he’ll be competing at the Professional & Amateur Pinball Association’s 2013 Match-Play Championship in Pittburgh, alongside four-time world champion Bowen Kirens and pinball champion/former ’76 Todd MacCulloch, who both personally invited him.

Our Griffins, a.k.a. DJ Brown, is a young artist with a wealth of talent. The multi-instrumentalist has the ability to craft thoughtful lyrics, which are put on display by a vocal styling that finds itself somewhere between greats like Nick Drake and David Bowie. He’s currently finishing up work on his new full-length album that also features the drumming talents of Eric Slick (Dr. Dog, Norwegian Arms, etc.). Our Griffins will be coming in from the Lehigh Valley tonight to open for the ethereal sounds of Deli NYC fave Port St. Willow. Be prepared for truly memorable performances this evening that will tug at your heartstrings. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 Front St., 8pm, $8, 21+ – H.M. Kauffman

We’ve documented how three-fourths of the members from Drink Up Buttercup (James Harvey, Farzad Houshiarnadja and Michael Cammarata) moved on to form White Birds, and now Houshiarnadja and Cammarata have gone on to start Night Panther. Have you ever wondered what former Drink Up Buttercup bassist Ben Mazzochetti, a.k.a. Ben Money, has been up to lately? Well, he just surfaced with his new project CaveWomen, and has also taken hold of the mic. Along with Chris Schwertz, Mazzochetti has been producing synth-driven, grage-noise rock, and below is their first single "Sympathy for the Hook Man." You can catch the duo performing live when they make their Philly debut at this year’s Sundrop Music & Arts Fest.

Slutever announced earlier today that they’ll be dropping their new two-song 7", the long-awaited follow-up to Pretend to Be Nice, via well-respected Delaware indie label Jade Tree Records. The release will be available digitally on April 16 and in stores on May 21. You can stream the single "1994," which was produced by Kyle "Slick" Johnson, and its B-side "Spit" below as well as the duo’s eight-song demo HERE.