Below is a video that we definitely recommend taking a hit of anything before viewing. It’s for the beastly tune “Passenger Queen” by Purling Hiss from the album Hissteria (Richie Records), and was produced by Jake Fennell. The footage was filmed in LA and San Diego (November 2010). Special thanks to Richie Records/Testostertunes for posting it. Enjoy! – The Deli Staff

Reef the Lost Cauze just released a new track called “My Dick Needs Goggles”, which was produced by Emynd. Methinks doth boast too much. Just kidding Reef – we can “feel it” through our jeans. You can take a listen to the track and download it below. Enjoy! – The Deli Staff

 

When you get primitive, things tend to get pretty debaucherous, and that’s what I’m hoping to happen tonight at KFN. PRIMITIVE Presents is putting on a FREE event tonight at one of my favorite watering holes, and it promises to give all the punk, garage, metal, grunge, noise and waves to make us do very bad things. Acid Kicks will be bringing their “dream punk” as well as three bassists and a drummer, but I don’t think that they’ll have a Spinal Tap moment searching for KFN’s stage. Well, I wouldn’t mind if they did, and if you’ve been in the backroom upstairs before, then you should know that stranger things can happen behind closed doors. Birth Noise will be joining the festivities, and their name probably says it all about what you’ll be in for this evening, but I’ll share with you the video below to get your ears ready. (It’s pretty gnarley – right. Yeah – I think so too.) PRIMITIVE DJs Jane Pain and Laura Lawless also have plenty of mayhem to help us get in the mood to fuck shit up! Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 9pm, FREE, 21+ – H.M. Kauffman

Matador Records just announced that Kurt Vile’s sophomore full length for them will be available Tuesday, March 8 and is titled Smoke Ring for My Halo. As we mentioned earlier, the album was produced by John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.), and it was recorded “throughout 2010 at various studios in NYC, Hoboken and Philadelphia”. You can check out its tracklisting below. Unfortunately, “In My Time” is still the only track available for preview, which you can also download below if you haven’t done so already. – The Deli Staff

 

Smoke Ring For My Halo Tracklisting:

 

A side:
Baby’s Arms
Jesus Fever
Puppet To The Man
On Tour
Society Is My Friend

 

B side:
Runner Ups
In My Time
Peeping Tomboy
Smoke Ring For My Halo
Ghost Town

 

I was just standing outside watching the lunar eclipse and thinking that it would’ve been funny to have a flash Lunar Eclipse/Winter Solstice party that only lasted as long as the eclipse. Of course, in reality, it would have been a pretty lame party only lasting about an hour with the other random four insomniacs on my street that happened to be up at three in the morning as well. But having A Stick and a Stone perform in full ensemble during this rare occasion. Now, that would have been a memorable moment experiencing Elliott Harvey’s vision fully realized as the beautifully orchestrated strings and haunting vocals seductively danced and battled while the Earth shaded in the moon. Instead, it was just me freezing my ass off in the cold watching what you might experience on a cloudy evening happening super slowly. Chalk it up as something that I did. Well, it’s still Winter Solstice and A Stick and a Stone will be at The Ox tonight w/The New Heaven and The New Earth, Motorcycle Maus and Scott Churchman so you have somewhere to go to celebrate your pagan ritual with like-minded people this evening. The Ox (you should know by now or just ask a friend), 8pm, $5, All Ages – H.M. Kauffman

 

People – keep using our DIY Calendar (to the right) because we actually do check it out! Otherwise, we would have had no clue that one of our favorite melancholy party bands The Homophones are performing tonight at Tigerbeats! They’ll be helping the youthful indie dance party celebrate their one year anniversary so expect plenty of balloons and oh so sweet tunes. And we thought that this was going to be a pretty lame Monday night. Go out, stay young and be hip at The Barbary this evening! – The Deli Staff

 

We hate posting news like this because it is always with great sadness and we also generally like to keep things positive on The Deli sites. But we had to acknowledge that Philly native and jazz/soul/blues great Trudy Pitts passed away yesterday. She was known for championing the Hammond B3 organ, and performed alongside jazz icons like John Coltrane and Albert “Tootie” Heath. She was also the first jazz musician to play the Kimmel Center’s 7000 pipe organ. Our condolences go out to her family and fans, especially to her husband, long time friend and drummer Bill “Mr. C” Carney. – The Deli Staff

 

Update: The Carney family is working on raising funds for Trudy Pitts’ memorial service. They just released four of her last recorded tracks which happen to be Christmas tunes available for download here, and your donation will go directly to The Carney family for her memorial funds. We know a lot of musicians and music lovers check out this site. Please help one of your own. Thank you.

 

Sunny Ali & the Kid are back with their brand of “psychedelic country punk” and a new EP of songs “for kids about being a kid by the Kid” called Kids. Our much beloved partners in crime must live by the acronym K.I.S.S. (keep it simple stupid) with most of their tracks on the album barely breaking the one minute mark, which you could definitely consider keeping it in the spirit of punk. However, their latest effort probably leans more towards being a rock ‘n’ roll album in the earliest sense of the phrase containing a rockabilly feel from the 1950s which combines country and jazz with folk and gospel music, however, predominantly led by a ukulele (the "hip" instrument of choice by indie music singer-songwriters in the past half decade or so). But once again, Sunny Ali & the Kid manage to keep the listener entertained yet still wanting more which is a lesson that others might want to learn from.

 

The opener “drum solo” is a brief jaunt into chaotic psychedelia with its intentional time-altering intro and brief drum solo sounding more like a child banging away on a toy drum kit as well as pots and pans or an acid-fueled madman wilding out to the jam session in his own mind than the usual excessive rock ‘n’ roll drum solos that you might be expecting from the song title. “honky girl” channels the ghost of Elvis and other rockabilly/rock ‘n’ roll pioneers by putting some serious feel good boogie in your step, while the jazzier drum work in “team work” with its laidback but somewhat ominous vocals quickly shifts the mood of the EP. The track “the bug” reminds me of a more upbeat derivative of “This is best” from Sunny Ali & the Kid’s most excellent debut Try Harder, and it also clocks in as the longest song on the album at a whopping one minute and forty-nine seconds. The duo returns with a bit of stripped-down rockabilly goodness on the following song “two girls” with its upbeat ukulele strumming and handclap rhythm section. (And somehow I feel that the two girls and two boys are doing more than just having “fun” with the tongue-in-cheek wit of our urban cowboys.) They close out Kids with “lone star” which sounds more like a bonus track that was left off of their Halloween themed album Spook Wave Vol. 1 with its groovy bass line and classic “Coconut” vibe ala Harry Nilsson. That’s cool. I still say, “More Sunny Ali & the Kid, please.” You can grab Kids for free in exchange for your e-mail here. – H.M Kauffman

 

Put the fun back into your holiday shopping thanks to the epic return of the Philadelphia Independent Craft Market at 2424 Studios. For just $2 you’ll have the chance to do some last minute shopping for a plethora of unique jewelry, handmade soaps, knitted goods, original art, and then some. And you’ll also have the opportunity to catch a musical lineup of 5 fun local bands while enjoying free refreshments from PBR. David Sweeny & Mike Baker of The Spinning Leaves will treat you to the music of one seasoned duo, while Toy Soldiers Duo (who may be unveiling their new name Rum Rooster & the Farm) will treat you to the tunes of another. Meanwhile folk darlings Sisters 3 will be bringing their melodic tunes, and explosive blues rockers TJ Kong & the Atomic Bomb will have some liquored twang for your enjoyment. Closing out the lineup will be Joe Duffey and his basement grown band of minstrels, Underwater Window Garden. 2424 Studios, 2424 E. York St., 12pm – 7pm, $2, All Ages – Bill McThrill

 

Live Music Schedule:

12:50pm – David Sweeny & Mike Baker (of The Spinning Leaves)

2:10pm – Sisters3

3:20pm – TJ Kong & the Atomic Bomb

4:30pm – Rum Rooster and The Farm (Toy Soldiers Duo)

5:40pm – Joe Duffy’s Underwater Window Garden

 

Tonight is the grand re-opening of J.C. Dobbs as the “Legendary Dobbs”. Back in the day, artists like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Beck have graced their stage, and now they will be starting to host bands again on their first floor Thursday – Saturday and acoustic styled acts on the second floor. Wednesdays will have music and comedy open mics. They’ll be kicking things off this evening with nostalgic industrial 90’s sounding outfit Carfax Abbey. – The Deli Staff   

 

OK – it’s probably going to be crowded and sweaty, but for just two dollars, you’ll get a bunch of great music as well as some free drinks (if you get there early enough) so you really can’t complain too much. It’s Making Time’s 3rd Annual $2 Bill Holiday Freakout! Local favorite sons and former A-siders, Sun Airway, will be headlining the hyperactive dance party. We’re still spinning their recent debut release on Dead Oceans, Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier (you can check out the review of our November CD of the Month here). While the live versions of their tracks may feel slightly different from the ones that you are used to on the album, they still contain the beautifully wonderful songwriting at their core that captivated us in the first place. You can hear for yourself below in the live recording of “Oh, Naoko” that Sun Airway made at Different Fur Studio in San Francisco for their Yours Truly session. Brooklyn’s Light Asylum will also be joining them this evening. Voyeur, 1221 St. James St., 9pm, $2, 21+

Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI Free Form Funky Freqs and Paper Cat, SAT Ross Bellenoit, Birdie Busch, Zach Djanikian

 

Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Do You Need Service?, Clamfight, Psalmships

 

North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) SAT Oud Blues, Consider The Source, Infinien, SUN Robots & Racecars, Ginger Coyle

 

The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Hidden River Construction, American Speedway, SAT (Early) Tigers Jaw, (Late) Controlled Storms

 

M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Nick Krill (of The Spinto Band), SAT Red Masque, Radio Eris, Womb

 

Tritone (1508 South St.) FRI Toys For Tots Benefit w/ The Noid, Pulling Punches, Welter, SAT Buddhafest 42, SUN Aspiga, The Only Ghost in Town

 

Millcreek Tavern (4200 Chester Ave.) FRI Philabundance Benefit w/The Lawsuits, Lightninging, VeNT, Manchilde

 

The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) FRI Terrible Things, SAT Mikey Galactic and Dani Mari

 

The Ox (you should know by now or ask a friend) SUN Benefit Show w/Stinking Lizaveta, Buffalo Stance

 

Highwire Gallery (2040 Frankford Ave.) SAT Hermit Thrushes and Eskimeaux

 

World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI Mason Porter, SUN Marah, Mike "Slo-Mo" Brenner

 

Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI Sweatheart, SAT Discount Heroes, Funkslaw, High Kick

 

Theatre of Living Arts (334 South St.) FRI Good Old War, East Hundred, The Great Unknown

 

First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St.) FRI A Life Once Lost

 

Ulana’s (205 Bainbridge St.) FRI Carnivolution Christmas w/Squidling Brothers, Bunny Savage, Mary Squeezebox & More

 

2424 Studios (2424 E. York St.) SAT Philadelphia Independent Craft Market w/TJ Kong & the Atomic Bomb, Sisters 3, Toy Soldiers Duo and More