“Big Crime,” the closing song from Moor Mother x Mental Jewelry‘s EP Crime Waves, has been remixed by fellow Philly sound sculptor Madam Data. The solemn, foreboding tone is enhanced by the rapid-fire, glitchy noise elements. The clarity of Moor Mother’s vocals plays off the electronic shards/threads that fray the edges, adding a sense of uncertainty, as if caught in the moment. You can find Madam Data this Friday, August 17 on an All Mutable showcase at the Tundra Dome that also includes Embarker, Garvin Kelly, and Cleo Miao x Trngs. 

“Mean Spirit” is featured on Gold, Flour and Salt, the debut album from Missing Earth. Coming out from the menacing darkness, with a celestial tone, the track accelerates into the wide-open. There’s a strange familiarity that provides a lonely disconnect. It appears to move one further away, exploring one’s own mind, while severing ties in the process.

A sneak peak of Child of My Sorrow, the forthcoming album from The Chairman Dances, has emerged. Directed by Bob Sweeney, the video for "Acme Parking Garage” begins with the eerie emptiness of the garage, which eventually flourishes into the expanse of the store. Then, a warning for a wet floor sends things into a temporary, downward spiral, before a veiled sense of normalcy concludes. Child of My Sorrow is due out on September 7 via Black Rd Records, and you can catch the band’s record release show the following evening at Boot & Saddle, where the quartet will be supported by fellow locals Bird Watcher and Brother Martin. (Photo by Bob Sweeney)

An air of strange saturates in the new four-song demo from Inside Voices. Steered by the omnipresent push of percussion and the commander-control, dispensed vocals in a space-station setting, an over-arching intensity hangs in the atmosphere – one that lies dormant and then is realized in switch-flipping, musical reactions that tip the scales. It’s a gradual swell of heaviness that asserts its stake on a shoegazing headspace.

A Stranger Is a Friend You Haven’t Met is the latest EP from Busy Bee Project, a.k.a. Deb Gilmore. It is out now via Good How Are You Records. A free-floating, folk dream commences as one listens to this five-song selection. Absorbed in the casual, upbeat instrumentation and the inviting, natural elegance of Gilmor’s vocals, one quickly feels at home in these new sonic surroundings. From the moment of introduction, a new affection is forged.

Krust Toons: "GTFO" by Tedd Hazard – please feel free to drop him a line at teddandthehazards@gmail.com if you dig or have any funny ideas. You can also check out more of his illustrations and animation shorts HERE.

Black Dog In My Path, the forthcoming album from Yowler, a.k.a. Maryn Jones (All Dogs, Saintseneca), is scheduled for release on October 12 via Double Double Whammy. Hypnotic vocals and the pull of kick and snare instantly draws you into the record’s lead single, "WTFK". There’s a solemn sincerity to Jones’s delivery, which gains power as the instrumentation opens up. Don’t miss Yowler at PhilaMOCA on Thursday, October 11!

Greg Mendez’s songwriting seems to pull away from the periphery, focusing in on subject matter that makes the musical plots play out like intimate scenes. One becomes entranced by the gentle swirl of acoustic guitar and the reverberating haunt of melodic progressions. Subdued but dripping with insanity, there’s the feeling that you’ve been in these rooms/places before, yet something is just a bit off-kilter. Tonight at The Pharmacy, Mendez will be part of a lineup that also includes the tranquil, swaying, fuzz-flecked psych of Sun Organ. In support of their recent debut album It Felt Like Glass (No Sleep Records), the upbeat emo of California quartet No Better, and the eclectic noise-pop of Lava Gulls complete the billing. – Michael Colavita

Other shows to help get you through these dog days of summer…

The Pharmacy (1300 S. 18^th St.) FRI Greg Mendez, Sun Organ, SAT Prototype:AT, SUN Too Many Talk Shows

Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT Line Leader, Fred Beans, SUN Full Bush, Jenna Pup 

Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) FRI The Dove & The Wolf, SAT E. Joseph and The Sparrows, The Classic Hunt

Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Mat Burke and The Painkillers, Breaker Breaker, Pete Hill/Night Drive, SAT Tailgunner, Se7en Heads/Fame Lust, SUN Springbrooke

Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) FRI The Stonethrowers, The Cheddar Boys, SAT Pure Jerry

The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SAT Party On The Meekend

TLA (334 South St.) FRI Warchyld, SAT Flannel, White Limo

The Fillmore Philadelphia (1100 Canal St.) SAT Yolo Ono, DJ Sylo, Tay Banga

World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) SUN (Downstairs) The Off Switch, Earth7, As Annie Falls, Set in Stone, Steel Crowes, Zymotic Flow

The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Mad Conductor, SAT The Good Mess, The Hook, SUN Bohemian Mule

MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Chris Kush, John Gilbride, Supreem Da Rezarekta’, Gabrielle, SAT Red 40 and the Last Groovement, Trap Rabbit

Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3^rd St.) FRI Earth Telephone, No Thank You, SAT Kirby & the VibeTribe, Vilebred

The Barbary (951 Frankford Ave.) FRI Die Choking, SUN At Best

Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) FRI DJ Sylo, Astro 8000, SAT DJ Deejay, DJ Matthew Law

Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) SUN Rusty Cadillac 

Bourbon & Branch (705 N. 2^nd St.) FRI Joshua Bation, Dizzy Valdez, Patrick Feliciano, SAT Fad Nauseam

Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9^th St.) FRI Too Many Talk Shows, Pajent, SAT Stepping Razor (CD Release), The End A.D., The Blessed Muthas, Thorazine

Voltage Lounge (421 N. 7^th St.) FRI Gross, Disinhume, SAT Left to Vanish, SUN Big Handsome, Big Mind

Morgan’s Pier (221 N. Columbus Blvd.) FRI DJ Beatstreet, SAT DJ Lean Wit It

Frankie Bradley’s (1320 Chancellor St.) FRI Royale, SAT Ian St. Laurent

Century (1350 S 29th St.) FRI Sharkbullet, World Below, SUN Zombie Shark, The Taste of Vomit, Moyogash, Hallucinogenic Bulb

The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Nick Schneblen Band, Greg Sover, SAT Something Divine, Slyfoxes, Jamie & the Guarded Heart

Ardmore Music Hall (23 E. Lancaster Ave.) FRI Splintered Sunlight, SUN Philly Does Willie Nelson: Amber Rae & The Raetones, Jim Mitchell & The Repeat Offenders, Grady Hoss & The Sidewinders, Ali Awan

Creep Records (1050 N. Hancock St.) SAT McGuire’s Mob, TV Violence, SUN Eli Capella (Album Release)

LAVA Space (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SUN Mint

Tralfamadore (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Busy Bee Project (EP Release), Honeytiger, Canine 10

Planet Phitness (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Walte Young, Tiffany’s House, Plumslugger

The Sound Hole (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.)

The Tusk (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Chino, Kitty Rotten

Tundra Dome (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI A Million Dollars

The duo of Zack Williams and Nicholas Kearns, a.k.a. Chill Dad, recently shared their new self-titled LP. Coasting in a hypnotic, bedroom cloud, these songs marinate in an aqueous groove. Pulsating in a relaxed, ethereal state, it’s easy to light up and get lost in these sun-kissed tracks. "Cause it’s Friday… And you ain’t got shit to do!"

The dusty haze of Pet‘s folky, lo-fi melodies is breezy, simultaneously soothing, and emotively affects. With Hell Yeah Ulysses, the group taps into a sparse simplicity – one which highlights the pleasant, loose, jangly stir, without obscuring the lyrics. Much like the sparkle of sunlight off the morning dew, there’s a delight in the natural whimsy of it all. This new collection of songs quickly forges a memorable familiarity, as if they were always there.

And Then You Were Gone is the new EP from Philly quartet Black Horse Motel, and is out now via Single Batch Records. Fortified with succinct harmonies, the country-folk hybrid emotionally pulls as the dramatic momentum of strings accents the intense nature of each recording. There’s a smoke-clearing suspense that exhibits personal strength yet still aches.

“Without” is the latest single from North Carolina transplant and singer-songwriter Jonny Clousson. The song ponders the potential changes that life will bring, after moving on from someone. It takes that emotive leap forward, and creates an enthusiastic/ailing dynamic. You can catch Clousson performing this Saturday, August 11 at Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse, along with Josh Alvarez and Nathan Gray.