Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that The Deli and Bands in the Backyard will be premiering BITBY’s October Episode featuring Arc In Round this Friday, October 21 at our event’s new home Little Bar (738 S. 8th St.). We’ll also have live sets from Ages, Renderers, Sore Eros, and Not Fur Longs as well as DJ sets from the BITBY crew, Faux Slang, and Arc In Round. And as always, please enjoy the tasty beer special provided by our sponsor Sixpoint Brewery. We look forward to hanging with you sooner than later. Cheers!
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New Track: “For Isabel Castillo” – Wigwams
Below is a new track from Wigwams called “For Isabel Castillo” which is on their upcoming debut 5-song EP International that will be available on October 31. They’ll also be celebrating the albums release and Halloween at the TLA opening for Battles and Nissenenmondai.
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Photo Recap: rjd2, Icebird & Lushlife at Union Transfer
“Nutsack symphonies” and soulful sounds defined Friday night at Union Transfer as Icebird, the new project from rjd2 and Aaron Livingston, celebrated its release of The Abandoned Lullaby right before rjd2 returned to the moveable stage to woo the crowd with his intergalactic garb and a hammer bearing Mario hand puppet. Lushlife opened the night with a dose of electro-hop, which contained raw beats over electrical sounds, rather than sampled bass-y thumps. Icebird unveiled to the masses a funky, groovy vibe transmitting much emotion via Aaron Livingston’s facial expressions which mirrored his intense vocals. rjd2 wrapped up the evening with a mini marathon workout utilizing all of his turntables and knobs before bringing Icebird back out to close with an encore, covering “Motivation” by Kelly Rowlands. You can check out our pics from the dancetastic evening HERE. (Photo by Brandi Lukas)
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Follow Void Vision into the Abyss at Little Bar Oct. 15
Promising to “dance with the devil by the pale moonlight” tonight at the Little Bar, the minimalist synth-pop/Cold Wave project Void Vision’s eerie futuristic sounds may actually harken old Beelzebub to venture into South Philly’s newest little music hotspot. Once spooky dance partners with Hayden Payne, Shari Vari (a.k.a. Shari Volin) has now journeyed off alone into the abyss of the music world. But this evening she’ll be sharing the newly built Little Bar stage with fellow Brooklyn Cold Wavers Dream Affairs and NYC Kraut-punkers The Men. Ha…expect to see plenty of people dressed in black kind of dancing. Little Bar, 738 S. 8th St., 8pm, $6, 21+ (Photo by Zinc Inc.) – Alexis V.
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Weird Hot Opening for Slo-Mo Feat. Mic Wrecka at JB’s Oct. 15
Weird Hot, the new project of Shawn Kilroy, is a surreal and romantic art-rock experience. His debut under the current moniker is at times dreamy, psychedelic folk, and other times slow-burning rock such as “Metal Demon” which sounds like Neil Young backed by Tran Siberian orchestra. The album is concise but explores a multitude of different genres. And those guitar solos! They are playing tonight at Johnny Brenda’s opening up for Philly’s most unlikely successful musical duo in Slo-Mo and Mic Wrecka. Led by Mike “Slo-Mo” Brenner on slide guitar and vox and featuring Mic Wrecka, these dudes got popular with “My Buzz Comes Back” that song you heard a billion times when it was released. Come check it all out and bring an extra face, because I expect some seriously face-melting guitar solos tonight. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 9pm, $10, 21+ – Adam G.
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Bloktoberfest 2011!
If you attended last year’s Bloktoberfest, you may have found yourself giving it pet names like LongLinetoberfest or OutOfBeerfest. Well, this year it appears that the neighborhood event has learned from its past mistakes, and picked up some essential sponsors to ensure that the same scenario wouldn’t be happening again. Thanks to The South of South Neighborhood Association the festival will be stretched out from Broad to 17th Street on South Street and businesses like Tritone, Pumpkin Market, Jamaican Jerk Hut, and more will be onto the festivities. And extra special thanks to Bella Vista Distributors for ensuring that running out of beer this year will be a HUGE impossibility. The music lineup this year has also been amped up with The Walkmen highlighting the event performing a very rare FREE outdoor set. You’ll also find more up-and-coming Philly acts like Toy Soldiers, Kuf Knotz, Cheers Elephant, Cozy Galaxies, and many more. Remember all beer proceeds benefit a variety of important education initiatives tied to the area’s schools and students so drink up! Cheers! Bloktoberfest, On South St. from Broad St. to 17th St., 12pm – 8pm, FREE, All Ages – Bill McThrill
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Weekend Warrior, October 14 – 16
rjd2 is opening tonight at Union Transfer for, well…himself. Actually, he’s paired up with Aaron Livingston (The Mean) for his latest soulful project Icebird, and this evening will be their Philly live performance debut. Icebird just dropped their new full-length album The Abandoned Lullaby earlier this week, and have been on a mini-tour as a five-piece band testing out the material. But rjd2 will also be throwing down for his fans to close out the evening. You should definitely get there early to catch show opener and another brilliant hometown sound artist Lushlife (a.k.a. Raj Haldar). Things are goin’ to be poppin’ at UT so be prepared to boogie! Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden Street, $15 – $17, 8:30 pm, All Ages – Brandi Lukas
The nice weather is slowly fading in Philly so take advantage of it while you can…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI The Heat Run and Up The Chain, SAT Slo Mo feat. Mic Wrecka, Weird Hot, The Donuts
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI The Fleeting Ends and She Came Crashing, SAT Slutever and Break it Up, SUN Venice Sunlight
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) SAT Levee Drivers
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI (All Ages) Da$h, FRI (Late) I Yahn I Arkestra and Calico Fields, SAT (All Ages) AM Analog and Strange Seasons, (Late) Shortbread and Musicbox Dynamo, SUN 20 Minute Tango and East AM
Tritone (1508 South St.) FRI Cosmic Vortex w/G. Calvin Weston, SAT Buddhafest 47 & Bloktoberfest, SUN Kelly Ruth and Thank You Rosekind
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SUN Find Vienna, June Divided, The New Connection
The Blockley (3801 Chestnut St.) SAT Damn Right, SUN Slow Dance Chubby
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI John the Conqueror and Carmen Magro, SAT The Miners, Leiana, The Exchange, SUN Platinum Mustache
Millcreek Tavern (4200 Chester Ave.) FRI Split Red
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St. Philadelphia) FRI Arrah & The Ferns EP Release w/Univox and Conversations with Enemies
Ellen Powell Tiberino Museum (3819 Hamilton St.) FRI Carnivolution
Pterodactyl (3237 Amber St., 5th FL) SAT Little Light, Eric N’ Eric, Old Bat
Magic Gardens (1020 South St.) SAT Conjunto Philadelphia
Strange Brew Coffee (1321 S. 2nd St.) FRI Elizabeth Pugh
The Station (1550 McKean St.) FRI Mount Joy and Bobby Keys, SAT St. James & The Apostles and Second Storey Man
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Illinois, SAT It’s A King Thing and Catnaps
Little Bar (738 S. 8th St.) SAT Void Vision, SUN Swimmers Ear and L.U.N.A.R. Revolt
Indpendence Mall (Liberty Bell) SAT Philly Against War Rally w/ Conversations with Enemies and Algernon Cadwallader
Bloktoberfest 2011 (South Street) SAT The Walkmen, Cheers Elephant, Kuf Knotz, Toy Soldiers, Cozy Galaxies, and More
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Where Is My Mind?: Arrah & the Ferns’ Arrah Fisher
Arrah & the Ferns are digitally releasing a new 6-song EP entitled Soldier Ghost. The band has gone through many changes since their humble beginnings in Muncie, Indiana (HUDSUCKER PROXY!), but what has remained constant are their infectiously fun, upbeat tunes and the truly charming vocals of the former Midwestern Christian turned Philly agnostic songstress, Ms. Arrah Fisher. And though she was welcomed to our City of Brotherly Love with a mugging at gunpoint, her songwriting still remains hopeful. Arrah & the Ferns will be celebrating their release tonight at PhilaMOCA with other Deli faves Univox and Conversations with Enemies (who will also be performing for free tomorrow at noon with Algernon Cadwallader for Philly Against War at Independence Mall), but before this party gets started, we had chance to get a little more personal with Arrah HERE.
Pumpkin by Arrah & the Ferns
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New Video: “The Deli Philly Anniversary Setlist” (BITBY – BKSTG) – Dangerous Ponies
Awww…the weekend is almost here, and we hope that this weekend’s fun comes close to last weekend, but we highly doubt it. Well, below is a video that brings smiles to our faces from our 3rd Anniversary Bash at Kung Fu Necktie last Friday. BTW: Where is that giant menorah that they’re talking about? We want in!
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Where Is My Mind?: Far-Out Fangtooth’s Nick Kulp & Joe Kusy
Far-Fangtooth’s first full-length album Pure & Disinterested is available on vinyl via Siltbreeze Records. They’ll be hitting the road tomorrow performing a few out-of-town gigs in support of their latest offering. But before the gothic psych-garage four-piece head off to share some welcomed isolation from their "normal lives" with each other, we had a chance to ask guitarists/vocalists Nick Kulp and Joe Kusy a few questions to find out a little more about the “pure & disinterested” crew HERE.
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Free Download: “Excavate” – Break It Up
Break It Up is having their debut live performance this Saturday at Kung Fu Necktie with Slutever and Bleached. To celebrate the long-awaited occasion (there originally schedule debut with Male Bonding was cancelled because of “Hurricane” Irene), they’ve made their debut single “Excavate” available for free download HERE until October 19. Grab it while you can. (Photo by Kyle Costill)
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New Music Video: “Hot Bubblegum” – Pink Skull
Yesterday Pink Skull released their second single “Hot Bubblegum” from Psychic Welfare into the blogosphere. Well, it is followed up today by a seizure-inducing new music video which popped up via Altered Zones. You can check out its kaleidoscopic visuals below.