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Strand of Oaks Bringing It All Back Home at JB’s April 14

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Philly’s epic folk teller Strand of Oaks is making a return home tonight, if only for a brief spell. Strand of Oaks a.k.a. Tim Showalter is currently out on a 50+ date tour with Joe Pug where he and his hauntingly effected guitar are playing tunes largely from his latest stellar LP Pope Killdragon. The album finds a deep sincerity within a world of fantasy. The demos from the album are beautiful and effecting in their barest state, but the warm synthesizers and backseat drumming turned this album into one of the finest local releases in recent years, and one of the best folk records around for that matter. (BTW: He just made the demos available for download at "name your own price" HERE.) Showalter seemed a bit stuck, largely because of media portrayal, in his sad sack musician stage, but at his recent vinyl release show, he seemed like he couldn’t be more at peace with his situation, appreciative of friends and excited for the future. Since he is home tonight I think that barring some scheduling conflict, there is a good chance you’ll see Chris Ward behind the skins with him again, but I guess you will just have to go and see. Strand of Oaks have also been churning out some pretty sweet covers, like Damen Jurado’s “Ohio” and the Joe Pug’s “Hymn #101” so maybe he will throw a cover into his set. While Joe Pug might be the headliner, chances are JB’s will fill up for Strand of Oaks homecoming, so it will be best to get there early. Don’t say we didn’t warn you! Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 9pm, $10, 21+ – Adam G.

Strand of Oaks – "Ohio" (Damien Jurado Cover) by TwentyFourBit.com

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Where Is My Mind?: Cheers Elephant’s Derek Krzywicki

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When Cheers Elephant first came on to the Philly music scene, the media instantly gravitated towards the young quartet with their big riffs and psychedelic rock sound. But then there was a bit of lull as fans and critics waited patiently for the band’s sophomore effort. Cheers Elephant took their time refining and crafting songs readying themselves for their journey to reach the masses. Well, the masses are starting to come check them out, and what they’ll find is a tight, charismatic and more mature unit not afraid to leave it all on stage. And with maturity, comes confidence in what you are doing as you will see from our recent interview with lead vocalist/guitarist Derek Krzywicki HERE. Cheers Elephant will be opening for The Go! Team and Dom tomorrow night at the TLA.
 

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Creepoid and Brown Recluse Celebrating Record Store Day at Main Street Music!

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We don’t normally make it to Manayunk to party. How the hell do you get home after the bars close? Well, we just found a reason to come up this Saturday afternoon. Creepoid just emailed us that they’ll be performing a free show at Main Street Music with local indie pop masters Slumberland’s Brown Recluse and Cabin Dogs. Music starts at 1:30pm with Cabin Dogs, Creepoid at 3pm, and Brown Recluse at 4pm. There will also be adult beverages and tomato pie while supplies last. And definitely plenty of time to catch a train home, but stranger things have happened. – The Deli Staff
 

 

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The Deli Presents Rock to the Future Benefit Shows!

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Just wanted to give you a heads up and to share some brighter news with you on this dreary day. The Deli Magazine will be presenting two benefit shows for Rock to the Future on Saturday, April 30 at Danger Danger Gallery with Power Animal, Algernon Cadwallader, Hop Along, and Conversations with Enemies and on Saturday, May 14 at Circle of Hope with K Records’ Jason Anderson, Joe Jack Talcum (The Dead Milkmen), When I Was 12, Ghost/Light, and The Chelsea Kills!
 
If you aren’t already familiar with the organization, Rock to the Future combines and provides an afterschool music education and youth development program at no cost to students. It is the only program of its kind in the city. It is open to all Philadelphia students ages 9-14. The program focuses on incorporating music education with academics to create success in school and in life by improving cognitive development, learning capacity, socialization skills, self-esteem and creative thinking. Students learn to play an instrument – their choice of guitar, bass guitar, drums, vocals or keyboards – and also receive homework help. Please come out and support a worthwhile program. Help keep Philly’s proud music tradition alive while saving the future of our community. We already know that our government won’t so now it is up to us! Much love! – The Deli Staff
 
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Reading Rainbow’s New Limited Edition 7” Now Available!

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As we mentioned to you last week and gave you a sneak peak of their latest track, Reading Rainbow have a new one-sided 7” titled Cover the Sky available today via Italian label Hell, Yes! with a U.S. release date of April 26. There will be only 400 limited edition hand-numbered copies available. You can order the album HERE or pre-order it at Insound. Reading Rainbow also have plans to release another 7" on Hozac this year as well as an EP (no word on which label yet). Until then, you can listen to the pretty, lamenting “Cover the Sky” below. Enjoy! – The Deli Staff
 

READING RAINBOW "Cover The Sky" by HellYes

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The Deli’s Featured Artist of the Month: Tadoma

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The first time that we crossed paths with Tadoma a.k.a. Joe Patitucci was when he became the last minute addition to Arc In Round’s Diagonal Fields EP Release Party (a show that The Deli happened to be presenting). He replaced Post Post who were originally scheduled on the bill, but abruptly broke up. As you’ll read in this interview, Patitucci shares his most memorable show which was a performance at Johnny Brenda’s on more of a rock lineup where he won over the crowd with his ambient electronica. “At the end when I was fading out the last note, I looked up to see everyone in the house focused on the stage. When I faded out, you could hear a pin drop in the place until I raised my hand to say thanks at which point there was a rush of cheering.” That was pretty much our reaction and what happened in the room on the night of the release party which is partly why we nominated him for our poll. Check out our interview with Patitucci HERE where we learn a lot of interesting things about the man and his music as well as his ability to sing Paula Abdul’s “Straight Up” word for word – really.

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Sun Airway New 7” On Course for the Summer!

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As we learned in our last interview with Sun Airway, there were plans to release a new 7” this summer. At the time, they were finishing up work on the song “Wild Palms”, which is the first post-Nocturne song that they’ve recorded. Well, the band just tweeted today that the mixes for the new 7” were sent off to be mastered so it seems like things are on schedule. You can catch Sun Airway live on Friday, June 3 at the First Unitarian Sanctuary with Klip Collective‘s Ricardo Rivera doing projections and Dustin Wong (from Ponytail) as the opener. Tickets are available for purchase HERE. Cheers! (Photo by Incase) – The Deli Staff
 
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What’s This?: Ghost/Light

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Multi-instrumentalist Barrett Lindgren records under the moniker Ghost/Light. Honestly, he’s probably the guy in drunken late night jam sessions who can grab any instrument inspiring others to join in. On New Beast, Lindgren creates some emotive, lush orchestral folk/pop while impressively playing the banjo, guitar, ukulele, bass, drums and percussion, keyboard, glockenspiel, chord organ, synthesizer, and mandolin on the album. His melodies and effortless lyrics that seem to strangely roll off the tongue are also strong enough to captivate listeners while simply being backed by an acoustic guitar. Luckily, through the power of studio magic, we can experience fleshed out versions of his compositions. I also dig Lindgren’s choice of Slutever‘s "So Prone" for a cover. You can catch him twice this week if you choose to do so or happen to be busy on one of these nights because Ghost/Light will be at Danger Danger Gallery with Curious Buddies and K Records’ the Curious Mystery this evening and at PhilaMOCA this Friday. – H.M. Kauffman