Local romantics Pet Milk are set to open for Costa Rican noise pop Las Robertas. With the quasi-moody diction of “Permanent Vacation” and the heartfelt shreds of “Cherry Outline”, it’s clear why Herbie Shellenberger (Brown Recluse) and his fellow bandmates ( who are made up of members from hometown hardcore outfits Paint It Black and Pink Coffins as well as A Sunny Day in Glasgow) are the perfect premise to Las Robertas’ driving riffs and the garage-y buzz of tracks like “Damn ‘92” and “The Curse”. Leave it to No Wavelength to treat the City of Brotherly Love to Las Robertas’ first ever Philly performance. Pakistani musical gunslingers Sunny Ali and the Kid will be armed with their most enjoyable lo-fi ditties and Try Harder cassettes so dust off your tape player and grab a copy. Also kicking off the evening will be Brooklyn’s Dear Marje. Miss out on this, and you’ll regret it for months! Seriously, we hope to see you there. Cha-Cha’Razzi, (Please contact NOWAVELENGTH@gmail.com for directions.), 8pm (SHARP), $7 – $10, All Ages (Pet Milk Photo by Madeleine Lesperance)

 

 

More places to keep you warm this weekend (we can’t believe we are saying this again – SPRING, where are you!?!)…

 

Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Lurker

 

North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Hey Rosetta, The Heat Run, Acres of Diamonds, SAT Terrible Things and Panic Years

 

The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Adrian Reju, SAT (All Ages) When I Was 12, (Late) Sunshine Superman, SUN Lion Versus

 

M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Kings and Comrades, SAT City Music Project and City Rain

 

Tritone (1508 South St.) SAT Sugar Town w/Pointcloud and Baby Flamehead

 

Millcreek Tavern (4200 Chester Ave.) FRI Conversation with Enemies, The Josh and Pete Band, Eat Your Birthday Cake

 

The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SUN With Our Teeth and Vulpes Vulpes

 

Highwire Gallery (2040 Frankford Ave.) FRI Normal Love, Planet Y, Mirror Men

 

Digital Ferret (732 S. 4th St.) FRI FREE Show w/Moon Women

 

JR’s Bar (2327 S. Croskey St.) FRI Surgical Onslaught, SAT Cubehead

 

The Blockley (3801 Chestnut St.) SAT Jeffery Gaines and Tommy Conwell

 

Pterodactyl (3237 Amber St., 5th FL) SAT Cow Pals and Eat Your Birthday Cake

 

Electric Factory (421 N. 7th St.) FRI Mischief Brew and West Philadelphia Orchestra

 

Theatre of Living Arts (334 South St.) SAT Brothers Past and Somata

 

The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) SAT Big Blue Spruce (Final Show)

 

Hard Rock Café (1131-31 Market St.) FRI Penrose

 

Triumph Brewing (117 – 121 Chestnut St.) SAT LP Stiles and Funkaronic

 

The Station (1550 McKean St.) SAT Tough Shits, Gold Crowns (feat. Members of Invisible Friends/Dark Horse & The Carousels), The Great Vibration, ‘tine – ‘tine

 

PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St.) FRI Mrs. Pain and Thom McCarthy

 

Grindcore House (1515 S. 4th St.) SAT Restorations (Acoustic Set)

 

You’ll have your chance to have your eardrums assaulted (in a good way) today when Moon Women perform a FREE super intimate show at Queen Village’s Digital Ferret. It’ll be a nice warm-up for their BIG upcoming show at The Troc with Black Lips and Vivian Girls. But these types of events might be getting easier for the shadowy post-punk trio to handle. Since, in about a year’s time of emerging onto the Philly music scene with their eye-catching video and debut single “Listen Closely”, they’ve already opened for indie legends Buzzcocks and Gang of Four. Maybe you could be one of the few and the proud to someday say, “I remember when I saw them in this tiny little record store.” It is also the record release show for Baltimore dark-wavers Red This Ever, and Japan’s scholarly duo Rose Noire (Darkest Labyrinth) will be joining them. Digital Ferret, 732 S. 4th St., 6pm, FREE, All Ages – Q.D. Tran

 

Below is a new episode of UNIVOX TV. All we can say is more episodes with Kent Boersma, please. In this "instructional video", Boersma shows us how to make “dozens of dollars” building a mask-making empire. You can purchase your very own mask HERE. There is also a pretty song from The Jones Gang celebrating “urban wreckage Irish style.” Enjoy! – The Deli Staff

 

 

Special thanks to Uristocrat for bringing this sweet video to our attention. Filmed by The Artist Wharehouse at Jill Scott’s “Shame” video shoot at the request of Meek Mill, below is an “old school cypher” featuring some of Philly’s finest emcees like Black Thought, Ms. Jade, Meek Mill, Peedi Crakk, and Dice Raw with Yameen on the beat box. (Lovin’ Black Thought dropping the line: “I had ‘dreams’ like Akira Kurosawa, and realized my meteoric rise to power.”) Enjoy! (Video Posted by Bigg48; Photo by Mikaelyn) – The Deli Staff

 

Philly power trio Cannons’ mission is simple – to blow you away! So invite them over to rock out at your next birthday party, but just make sure to give them some cake. Guitarist Adam Riggar recently took time out of his phrenology studies to answer our get-to-know-ya questions. Below is what transpired. 

 

The Deli: How did the band start?

 

Adam Riggar: We all met in 2005 when bands of ours started playing the same scene in West Philly. We dug each other’s music, became friends, and eventually began playing together. CANNONS formed as a four piece in 2009, and we re-organized into a trio this past November.

 

TD: Where did the band name Cannons come from?

 

AR: We wanted something simple to convey our sound – heavy, explosive and capable of sinking ships.*

 

*Non metal-clad.

 

TD: What are your biggest musical influences?

 

AR: Fugazi, KARP, Drive Like Jehu, Federation X, Hoover, The Jesus Lizard, Tanner… Email us – we’ll make a mix for you. 

 

TD: What artists (local, national and/or international) are you currently listening to?

 

Local: Creepoid, Dangerous Ponies, APE!

National: Wavves, Fatal Flying Guilloteens, Kanye West, Devo

International: Future of the Left, Take It Easy Hospital, Reykjavik!, Devil Eyes

 

TD: What’s the first concert that you ever attended and first album that you ever bought?

 

Ian Kiesel: First album was DJ Jazzy Jeff‘s Homebase. First concert was Jawbox at the Troc. 

 

Adam Black: First album was Sonic Youth’s Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star. First concert was Radiohead at Hershey Park Stadium.

 

AR: First album was The Beach Boys’ Surfin’ USA. First concert was Metallica and Danzig at the Mann.

 

TD: What do you love about Philly?

 

AR: Good food, good beer, Fairmount Park, and fellow SEPTA riders telling you to "fuck off."

 

TD: What do you hate about Philly?

 

AR: The PPA, it’s dirty, the PPA, and fellow SEPTA riders telling you to "fuck off."

 

TD: What are your plans for 2011?

 

AR: Releasing a new EP in May (that we are currently recording). Touring in support of it over this spring and summer. Working on writing our next full length. Playing at your birthday party (our rider includes free cake).

 

TD: What was your most memorable live show?

 

AR: We once deputized a rowdy member of the crowd to be our hype man. He proceeded to shout out, "FLAAAAVA FLAAAAAAAV" after every song. In general, we enjoy well-meaning hecklers.  

 

TD: What’s your favorite thing to get at the deli?

 

AR: A bag of kaiser rolls and a 6-pack. 

 

– The Deli Staff

 

Emily Ana Zeitlyn (sister of K Records star Mirah) has a voice that’s fevered, tense, and confessional. Her band, The Weeds, is a perfect vessel for her sometimes-fiery, sometimes-soothing variety of musical storytelling. “Sad Helena” is an anthem that sounds something like Sleater-Kinney and other Olympia/Seattle-area ladies. “Poison” is a quieter rumination, while “What Was It” is a jazz-inflected number with sultry horns sounding off somewhere in the distance. It’s been quite a while since The Weed’s last album, 2007’s The Faraway Flying of Broken Beating, but their Facebook page assures us there will be some new songs in the mix tonight. Also expect the various folksy stylings of Delta Natural, Amand Jo Williams, Matthew O’Neill, and Adam Faucett. The Fire, 412 W. Girard Ave., 9pm, $8, 21+

 

Philebrity pointed out that there was a posting on Craiglist today to sell Kung Fu Necktie which, of course, got our hearts beating much faster for fear of losing one of our favorite places to drink and see shows in Philly. But we’re feeling a little calmer now after KFN tweeted the statement below.

 

“YO! We’re not selling the business, FYI. Just the bricks, potentially.”

 

– The Deli Staff

 

Darren Walters knows DIY.

 

The 40-year-old Drexel University professor co-founded the legendary, Wilmington-based indie record label Jade Tree 20 years ago with nothing but ambition, idealism, restlessness, and limited funds. And since its 1991 inception, Jade Tree has procured a solid roster of boldly talented acts in the post-hardcore/noise/straight edge/emo/punk/melo-core family tree (check it: Cap’n Jazz, Kid Dynamite, Jets to Brazil, The Promise Ring, and Alkaline Trio, just to name a few).

 

The Wilmington resident is invoking the same DIY ethos with Bantic Media, the student-run artist development company/class in Drexel’s music industry program he started over two years ago and now oversees. But, unlike Jade Tree, Bantic’s mission is not as narrowed. In fact, its services reach well beyond the scope of a standard record label, touching on not only album releases, but touring support, film premieres, and release parties. It’s open to musicians, videographers, filmmakers, merchandisers, and event planners alike–wherever there is a relative, fillable need. And, so far in its short existence, Bantic has put its golden stamp on three blossoming (in their own right) artists: The Loved Ones‘ Dave Hause, who, at the start of his solo career, released a three-track 7-inch through Bantic in 2010 (the company’s first project); Philly’s smutty girl garage outfit Slutever, who’s releasing a limited edition 7-inch, Pretend to be Nice on March 29; and former Deli Band of the Month, When I Was 12, who’s releasing their indie twee-pop inspired limited 7-inch, "Eponymous" on Record Store Day, April 16. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Bantic is in talks with some filmmakers about "doing interesting things," and outreach efforts to artists about potential merchandising and music will begin in the next month. So there’s a bright future on the horizon for this student-run, Walters-led entity. We had a chance to chat with Walters about Bantic Media, what sets it apart from other artist development companies, and why pickles are just inherently awesome HERE.

 

Smoke Ring for My Halo, Kurt Vile’s latest effort for Matador Records and our Album of the Month, is a solid record compact with torn jeans charm, sonic distorts, and layered grinds (check out our review here). It’s a mountain range of innovation and inexhaustible display of complexity. But what else do you expect from the local golden boy and his merry men (backers, The Violators)? After all, Vile’s bag o’ tricks (a.k.a personal effects & pedals) was stolen last Saturday night at SXSW, but it didn’t stop him and his crew from turning out a stripped stellar performance at the Austin fest. You can watch him tear down any pretense tonight downstairs at World Café Live, where he’ll provide opening support for the legendary J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. fame. It’s a match made in distortion heaven. World Café Live (Downstairs), 3025 Walnut St., 8pm, $19 – $29, All Ages – Annamarya Scaccia

 

Oh, Lillie Ruth Bussey – you bewitching songstress! I can’t help but get excited when I see her name on a bill. Tonight she will be joining experimental politically conscious hip hop thrashers The Mighty Paradocs for their monthly “Rockers!” showcase at Tritone. I can honestly say that I never know what will happen at a Lillie Ruth Bussey performance, but I am never disappointed. (Well, maybe except when she takes so goddamn long to set up her happy place on stage cutting her sets short.) She truly is an artist that can sonically capture a whole spectrum of emotions in one evening. I love when I’m at a music venue, art space, laundromat, or on the street watching her perform and hear a buzz from the crowd around me asking who she is. I know that they realize she’s the real deal, and the setup time and costume change was all worth it. Tritone, 1508 South St., 9pm, $7, 21+ (Photo by Hannah La) – H.M. Kauffman

 

Chris Forsyth will be celebrating tonight at Kung Fu Necktie the release of his third solo album Paranoid Cat and first for record label Family Vinyard, which drops on Tuesday, March 29 and features guest appearances by emerging artists Mike Pride, Nate Wooley, and Koen Holtkamp, among others. You probably know him primarily for his work with experimental trio Peeesseye, and this evening he has assembled the Paranoid Cat Band, whose members include Mike Pride, Peter Kerlin, Don Bruno, and Hans Chew, to help him bring his latest effort to fruition in a live setting. Below is a track from the album called "New Pharmacist Boogie (For Jack)" for you to check out, which was inspired by the late, great local guitar hero Jack Rose who was a close friend and collaborator. Tonight’s lineup will also include a solo set by D. Charles Speer (a.k.a. Dave Shuford), Pigeons, and Vapour Theories (a.k.a. Mike and John Gibbons of Bardo Pond) as well as DJ Max Milgrim spinning tunes throughout the evening. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 Front St., 8pm, $8, 21+ (Photo by Peter Davidson) – Alexis V.