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Mayor Nutter & Jay-Z to Announce the First Budweiser Made in America Music Festival!

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Woah! We heard news floating around the Twitterverse that Jay-Z would be in Philadelphia. Well, according to The New York Times, he’s here to announce that he’ll be curating and the headlining performer at the first Budweiser Made in America music festival, which will be a two-day event happening on September 1 & 2 in Fairmount Park with 28 musical acts ranging from the “rock, hip-hop, R&B, Latin and dance” genres. Jay-Z and Mayor Nutter are scheduled to make this announcement at 10:30 a.m. today at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (the East Terrace at the top of the Rocky steps), according to XXL Mag. The festival will be produced by Live Nation and an unspecified portion of ticket sales will be donated to local non-profits via the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. Tickets will go on sale at Ticketbastard and Live Nation on May 23. We’re interested to see how much they are going to cost.
 
Updates: Festival will take place on the Ben Franklin Parkway, and will also be live streamed. There will be 3 stages, and 2-day passes will cost $99. No artists named yet, but 70% of the lineup is confirmed. Donations will be going to the United Way.
 

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Spacin’ Album Release Show at KFN May 13

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Spacin’ is the pet project from Birds of Maya’s Jason Killinger, and he has recruited Acid Kicks’ Sean Hamilton, Paul Sukeena and Eva Killinger (Jason’s wife) to flesh out his already rad, lo-fi demos and produce groovy Velvet Underground-esque stoner rock party anthems perfect for rollin’ bones and skipping class. It’s raw, carefree rock ‘n’ roll at its finest that may inspire a new generation of shaggy, long-haired muscle car enthusiasts cruising around your local bowling alleys and strip malls, and I really can’t get enough of it. Spacin’ will be celebrating the release of their debut album Deep Thuds (out via Richie Records) tonight at Kung Fu Necktie with Hippy Johnny (the new venture from pals/co-workers Dan Svizeny a.k.a. Cough Cool and Brendan Codey) and Real Good. Smoke ‘em if ya got ‘em! Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 8pm, $2, 21+ – Q.D. Tran

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DaQuan (Sgt. Sass) & MC Ice Rod at PhilaMOCA May 13

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DaQuan, one half of local underground queer hip hop duo Sgt. Sass, will set off the Mother’s Day party tonight at PhilaMOCA. DaQuan has been building an impressive discography outside of Sgt. Sass’s party friendly jams. His most recent tape, The W.A.R.: Warrior Art Rebel, is a collection of tracks produced by DJ Rx with lyrics based on a short story by DaQuan, which fans can read HERE. Headlining the show is MC Ice Rod, doing his Chatroulette freestyle dorm room party…yes this is exactly what you think. Rod decorates the stage with typical college dorm room accessories (Bob Marley and Pulp Fiction posters) and does improvised raps about the people he comes across on Chatroulette. They’ll also be joined by Brooklyn’s I.K.P. (Infamous King of Positivity). So treat your mom to some hip hop weirdness at the old mausoleum. PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th St., $5 donation, 7pm, All Ages – Dan Brightcliffe

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R5’s Punk Rock Flea Market Spring Edition at The Punk Rock Flea Market Dome May 13

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It’s time for The Punk Rock Flea Market Spring Edition! The much-beloved event has once again grown to be R5’s biggest one yet. Are you still looking for a Mother’s Day gift? Well, aren’t you the shitty son/daughter!?! You still have time if mom doesn’t mind you picking it from some used oddities. There will be 300+ tables of vendors selling old clothes, art, music, junk, bicycles, stereo equipment, instruments, automobiles, tools, posters, furniture, computers and a lot of random knick knacks as well as a whole building full of records across the street at Starlight Ballroom. So if your mom is cool, then you are in luck. And don’t forget to grab something for yourself since you are such a thoughtful child. The Punk Rock Flea Market Dome, 461 N. 9th St., 10am – 5pm, $3, All Ages – Alexis V.
 
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Spring 2012 Art Star Craft Bazaar at Penn’s Landing May 12 & 13

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Still trying to find the perfect gift for mom? Fortunately, the Spring 2012 Art Star Craft Bazaar at Penn’s Landing has got you covered. Today and Tomorrow, over 140 local and national vendors who specialize in all kinds of multimedia art will be selling their goods along the waterfront. But even if you have your Mother’s Day shopping taken care of, head down anyway to scope out the handmade goods, enjoy food from some local restaurants, and check out some of the many bands that will be playing the Philebrity sponsored stage.

When Attia Taylor headlines this afternoon, it will be a nice warm-up for when she opens for cultish Polyphonic Spree at the TLA in two weeks. And since Oh! Pears are scheduled to play right before her, it might be a good opportunity for Taylor and Corey Duncan to perform their collaboration “Born in Clouds.” Josh Olmstead’s (BC Camplight, Summer Fiction) new project Archives of Oblivion will likely be mixing it up between Grooved Ware 40th Anniversary homage to albums from the 70s and some of their own original material. Add in the whimsical blues folk of Joe Duffy, the female-fronted alt folk of Swedeland, and the harmonious melodies of Olive Juice, and you’ll have a chilled out day along the waterfront.

Bring a pair of dancing shoes on Sunday since City Rain are still delivering the supercharged vibrations brought on by their latest EP Watch Out, and Blayer Pointdujour & The Rockers Galore will definitely feed off the energy when they headline and play some of the reggae and hip hop heavy beats from their debut EP Port-Au-Prince. And if you’re looking for a soul-cleansing real good time, be sure to come out early to enter the church of The Homophones where frontman Jason Ferraro will be groovin’ along with you while the band plays some of their newer material from their Grey Ghost EP as well as unreleased tunes like “I Feel Your Pain.” The rest of Sunday will be rounded out by the Hawaiian vibrations of Slowey + The Boats, the panty-dropping harmonies of Market East, and the grunge-y Southern rock of Sherman the Band. Art Star Craft Bazzaar, Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing, 12pm, FREE, All Ages – Bill McThrill

  
Saturday Music Schedule:
12pm – Archives of Oblivion
1pm – Swedeland
2pm – Olive Juice
3pm – Joe Duffy
4pm – Oh! Pear
5pm – Attia Taylor

Sunday Music Schedule:
12pm – Sherman the Band
1pm – The Homophones
2pm – Slowey + The Boats
3pm – Market East
4pm – City Rain
5pm – Blayer Pointdujour & The Rockers Galore

 
DJ Colleen Crumbcake will also be spinning between sets on Sunday!
 
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Weekend Warrior, May 11 – 13

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In honor of Philadelphia Local Music Day this Saturday, we just want you to go out and check out some local acts this weekend. There are plenty to choose from below, and a bunch of them are free so you really don’t have any excuses. And remember to swing by R5’s Punk Rock Flea Market. Cheers!

 
 
Other local acts to entertain you this weekend…
 
The Rocket Cat (2001 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT The Extraordinaires, Sunset Recorder, Zach and the Outside Eyes
 

Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI Strapping Fieldhands, Kohoutek, Chris Forsyth, SAT Brother JT

 
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Goodnight Lights, Shorty Boy Boy, Rexedog, SAT New Sweden, Cabin Dogs, SUN Spacin’ and Real Good
 
The Level Room (2102 Market St.) FRI Tragedy, WOE, Plague Dogs, SUN Mean Streets
 
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Study Electricity and The Makes, SAT Successful Failures, Milton & the Devils Party, 18th Pale Descendants
 
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Hamburger Hunt, The Jack, Something Like A Monument
 
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) SAT (Early) Suzie Brown, (Late) Matt Santry
 
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SAT The 74s, The Divid3, Native Sky, SUN Ang & the Damn Band, Thee Shut Downs, Killer Whale
 
The Blockley (3801 Chestnut St.) SAT Crouse
 
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) SAT Dave Steel Blues Band, SUN Rusty Cadillac
 
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI The Heat Run Album Release w/Ditto Demi and John Salomone Band, SAT Casey Alvarez Band, SUN Quixote Project, Dancing Goats, The Hyde, Joshua Popejoy
 
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI Loafass, Sweet Eureka, Griswolds, The Von Horribles, The Noid, Violent Suburban Marriage, Lawful Evil, Clancy’s Pistol, SAT Sheltered Turtle, The Way Home, Alec Stewart
 
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St. Philadelphia) SUN MC Ice Rod and DaQuan (Sgt. Sass)
 
Ellen Powell Tiberino Museum (3819 Hamilton St.) FRI Carnovolution
 
First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St.) FRI Bad Braids
 
The Barbary (951 N. Frankford St.) SUN Cold World and Dead End Path
 
The El Bar (1356 N. Front St.) SAT Bulletproof Tigers Release Party w/Sinking Ocean Gods
 
Hard Rock Café (1113 Market St.) FRI The Lawsuits
 
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) SAT Marigolds and Juno Day, SUN Desoto Jones
 
O’Reilly’s Pub (2672 Coral St.) SUN Soul Pickle w/No Headphones, Captain Ridiculous, Rudy Kardos
 
Art Star Craft Bazaar (Penn’s Landing at The Great Plaza) SAT  Attia Taylor, Oh! Pears, Swedeland, Joe Duffy, Olive Juice, Archives of Oblivion, SUN The Homophones, City Rain, Blayer Pointdujour and the Rockers Galore, Market East, Sherman the Band, The Boats, Slowey
 
Brewerytown Spring Festival (2700 – 2800 Girard Ave.) SAT Panophonic, Coup Couroux, Gut Strings, Modern Colour, Left of Logic, Tygerstrype
 
Little Berlin (2430 Coral St.) SAT Dick Neff and Guilt
 
Highwire Gallery (2040 Frankford Ave.) SAT Wall Wymyn
 
The Rotunda (4014 Walnut St.) SUN Mike Bruno & The Black Magic Family Band
 
Punk Rock Flea Market Dome (461 N. 9th St.) SUN Punk Rock Flea Market Spring Edition
 
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FYI on DIYs in PHL: Loves Local Music

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Tomorrow is the inaugural run of Philadelphia Local Music Day, where local businesses will be playing recordings of five featured local music acts for one full workday. It was created with the intention to bring more awareness about local artists and the Philly music scene in general. The five bands that will be featured this Saturday are The Extraordinaires, Buried Beds, Work Drugs, Cheers Elephant and Bandname (all of whom you should have some familiarity with if you’ve been checking out our site). Philadelphia Local Music Day is brought to us by Loves Local Music, which was founded by musician, DJ and avid local music supporter Monika Julien. If you happen to be unfamiliar with this event or just want to learn more about it as well as Loves Local Music, go to their website at LovesLocalMusic.com. But first, check out some info that you might not find there by reading our recent interview with the always kind-hearted and personable Julien HERE.

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Strapping Fieldhands Laying It Down at JB’s May 11

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One of Philly’s pioneer indie rock acts, Strapping Fieldhands is returning to Johnny Brenda’s tonight for a show with P.G. Six, Chris Forsyth and Kohoutek. Since their original formation in the early 90s, the local four-piece has been making a name for themselves with release on much-beloved indie label Siltbreeze and touring with legendary rockers Guided by Voices and Pavement. The group combines the rawness of 60s garage punk with the grunginess of 90s alternative to create their own original sound. Head down to JB’s this evening to catch the instrument-wielding masons who’ve helped to lay down the foundation of our local indie music scene! Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave, $8-$10, 8 pm, 21+ (Photo and video from Weathervane Music) – Dan Brightcliffe

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New Season of Carnivolution Kicks Off at Tiberino Museum May 11

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Another season of music, art and mayhem kicks off tonight at the Ellen Powell Tiberino Museum with the sideshow/music mashup Carnivolution. Last season was marred by perils as the Squidling Brothers’ living cartoon with the frown turned upside down and master of ceremonies Jellyboy the Clown spent most of it recuperating from injuries sustained by a fire. But after his explosive return to action and a successful tour throughout Holland, Slovenia, Japan and other parts of the world, the troupe is more united than ever and ready to wow the crowd with plenty of death defying stunts. Meanwhile master of musical ceremonies Playboy Bunny Savage will be on hand to ensure that an eclectic assortment of miscreant minstrels bring their A game, and disturbed puppets will transport you to their perverted puppetland. So be sure to witness the music man Matterz Squidling, sexy sword swallower Betty Bloomerz, vaudevillian ventriloquist Mr. Deadguy, and many more twisted characters get their freak on! Ellen Powell Tiberino Museum, 3819 Hamilton St., 8pm, $10, All Ages – Bill McThrill