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From The Deli’s Open Blog: Twentyagon – Eat Hearts, Burn Homes.

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New video for "Appendix", by local hammer-surf gurglebone quartet Twentyagon. Directed by moderately well-known and generally well-loved filmsmith Noah Grant-Levine (Art Director for Chiddy Bang‘s "Opposite of Adults" and "Truth" videos) and starring Bradley "Bing" Ingersoll (a very mysterious, friendly, and terrifying-on-command sort of guy). Shot over a weekend in lovely Philadelphia PA. The song is off Twentyagon’s newish album, Danger Fantastic. Available nowhere for everyone. Whisper to yourself quietly for more information. (From The Deli’s Open Blog – post your band’s entries, videos, and MP3s here.)

 

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Tonight’s Concerts in the Park Series Canceled!

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Bummer – tonight’s Concerts in the Park Series with The Homophones and A Place to Bury Strangers is canceled due to predictions of rain. They are working on rescheduling the event. Once again, a reminder of why The Deli hasn’t put together an outdoor event yet.
 
Update: From R5 – "We have postponed the show to NEXT Wednesday – August 25th. We are working out the lineup right now but it will definitely feature A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS and DRINK UP BUTTERCUP."
 
– The Deli Staff
 
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The Motherfuckin’ Homophones at Rittenhouse Square Park Aug, 18

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The Homophones will be opening for Brooklyn’s A Place to Bury Strangers (replacements for originally announced Khaki King) tonight at PW’s Concerts in the Park Series. You might have heard about cops being called to the park last week regarding a few accidental F-bombs dropped by Gang’s Amanda Damron. Let’s hope whoever called the cops has dislodged the stick out of his/her ass by now. I had a chat with The Homophones’ Jason Ferraro this weekend about possibly censoring his set. While going through their catalogue, he hadn’t realized how many of their songs had curses in them. After toying with the idea of editing a word here and there with more PG or G rated material, he decided FUCK IT so parents consider yourselves warned. Ferraro might let a few F-bombs slip this morning when he guest hosts on Y-Not Radio at 11am spinning his favorite local bands and performing a couple of acoustic tunes. Concerts in the Park, Rittenhouse Square Park, 7pm, FREE, All Ages(?) – Q.D. Tran

 

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Univox and Bandname at KFN Aug. 18

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From the snotty high-energy alacrity of “The Countdown” to the candy-coated pop fuzz of “Wonder Why” and every wild howl in between, North Philly’s raucous trio Bandname busts out inspirited lo-fi garage rock like they’ve invented the genre. They’re little smart assess (c’mon, Bandname? – that’s so punk rock; it’s almost inspiring) and, in the fall, they will release their first LP, Breakfast, on North Carolina-based zine/label Self Aware Records. Bandname, along with Frost Watson, and Horse Thieves and Other Villains, will open tonight at KFN for hometown four-piece Univox, but before you jump on the EL, download Univox’s debut from New York indie label ROIR and The Deli’s August CD of the Month for a refresher on the benefits of seedy, debauched and polished rock ‘n’ roll. Look out for the unveiling of their new video for “Conan” next month. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 8pm, $5, 21+ – Annamarya Scaccia
 
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Sun Airway Releasing Debut on Dead Oceans!

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We love when this happens! Congrats to former A-sider Jon Barthmus! His bliss-pop project Sun Airway will be releasing their debut full-length Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier, on Dead Oceans (Phosphorescent, These Are Powers). The album is scheduled for an Oct. 26 release date in the U.S. and tentatively set for January 2011 in the U.K. Record labels, keep those contracts comin’ to Philly! – The Deli Staff
 
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Soars Dips and Floats at KFN Aug. 17

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Lehigh Valley natives Soars undoubtedly deserve the buzz surrounding their forthcoming debut album. Set to release next month, the outfit’s self-titled full-length includes their recent single “Throw Yourself Apart”, a gorgeous gloomy soundscape with haunting echoed vocals and tide like riffs. Persistent yet subtle backbeats propel the pulse of the song, while delicately placed distortion aids in its ebb and flow. “Five Seconds Under Dark Circles” is both breathy and well-pronounced, deliberately layered and impeccably textured. Soars’ sound nears supernatural, engulfing the listener in an eerie pool of delay and reverb. Suitably titled, “Monolith” is solid between symphonic shifts and emphasis. Proving to be a wealth of talent hidden in their humble hometown area, Soars’ dreamy shoegaze is perfect for the soon-to-be last days of summer. They’ll be opening for LA trio The Delta Mirror and depressed duo The Ropes. Kung Fu Necktie. 1250 Front St., 8pm, $10, 21+ – Dianca Potts
 
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Birds of Maya Rockin’ Philly at JB’s Aug. 17

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Are you ready to rock? Well, it doesn’t really matter because Birds of Maya are going to rock enough for all of Philadelphia tonight at JB’s. Their bluesy thrashing jams are full of soul and distortion. The drums sound both aggressive and laid-back in “Sleepwalker” along with the dirty guitar licks recalling The Black Lips (if they never commercialized and instead got into the recording styles of black metal artists) or The Crystal Antlers (if they fell in love with Howlin’ Wolf instead of whomever they worship sonically). This relentless garage blues outfit released an ambitious three-song double LP Ready To Howl in April, and if you do the math (I won’t cause I don’t believe in math), then you will see that those songs are pretty fuckin’ long. It is not too surprising then to learn that the album is the soundtrack for an upcoming film by the same name, now, if only this album could come out in 3D with many tabs of acid. Opening the show will be Signals, a spastic psych rock band that has risen from the ashes of Lesser Known Neutrinos. Johnny Brenda’s 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 9pm, $10, 21+ – Adam G.
 
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The Scary Primal Rock of NYMPH

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We were just talking about dreams involving "random association of thoughts" (see entry about The Tony Castles here), when we stumbled upon Japan/NYC/Philly based NYMPH, signed to Brooklyn’s Social Registry. This band’s music sounds as if it was created to be the soundtrack to your own Dario Argento-style nightmare. More primal than tribal, unintelligible but never chaotic, tense to the point of becoming really unnerving, NYMPH is the musical equivalent to a quality horror movie, in which you won’t necessarily see blood flowing, but that will scare you to the point of making you repeatedly look over your shoulder on your way home.
P.S. By the way, how bands with members scattered miles away from each other manage to even just rehearse consistently remains a mystery to us.
 
– Paolo De Gregorio
 

 

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Artist(s) Who Deserve Your Friendship: Gypsy Death and You

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Gypsy Death and You is a duo consisting of Drexel students Emily Cahill and Alex Wilson, who met in a History of Music Industry class their freshman year. Named after a line from The Velvet Underground’s “Run Run Run”, they claim to record “their own brand of dreamy-yet-edgy indie rock”. They do, and I’m lovin’ it! Gypsy Death and You are working on their debut EP, and the initial tracks are very promising revealing a songwriting team with maturity and vision beyond their years. The shoegazey dream-pop of “Time Absolute” with its minimalist drums and textured soundscapes lull you into their hazy world of noise frequencies. While “Crocus” bounces with the spirit of the catchiest of 90’s indie rock with Cahill taking vocal lead demonstrating the potential to someday share the stage with the likes of her buzzy Cali contemporaries Best Coast and Dum Dum Girls. But they are young so give them time to grow. However, keep your eye/ear on them. I will. (Photo by Corinne Ryan) – Q.D. Tran
 

 

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Making Time Pool Party w/Deerhunter at The Flying W Aug. 15

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The “Summer of Radness” keeps chuggin’ along as we find R5 teaming up with Making Time once again for their Pool Party “The 3Quel” returning to the Flying W Airplane Pool! I guess time heals all wounds. Hopefully the pool will be smart enough to deter the families from coming for one day. Whatevs! It’s still goin’ to be a damn good time with the Making Time Resident DJs and friends with special guests Atlanta’s Deerhunter (4AD). Shuttle buses are available from The Piazza (at 2nd and Germantown) so don’t worry about gettin’ another DUI. Hopefully the weather will go our way. The Flying W Airport & Resort, 60 Fostertown Rd. (Medford, NJ), 2pm – 11pm, $15/$20 w/bus ticket, All Ages – H.M. Kauffman
 

 

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Ink & Dagger Reunion at Starlight Ballroom Aug. 15

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Today marks the end of the wildly successful THIS IS HARDCORE FEST 2010 at the Starlight Ballroom. It’s a momentous occasion for the hardcore scene with the reunion of Ink & Dagger with Geoff Rickly of Thursday on vocals. Ink & Dagger was a local Vampire-themed punk hardcore outfit that formed in 1996. They had a rotating door of characters with guitarist Don Devore and vocalist Sean Patrick McCabe the constant driving force. Ink & Dagger disbanded in 2000 after McCabe (at age 27 – the magic number) was found dead in an Indiana motel room. He had choked on his own vomit after passing out from too much alcohol. If you missed Ink & Dagger’s unannounced performance at The Ox this past Friday with The Making Time DJs, then hopefully you have your tickets in hand for today because this shit is way SOLD OUT! They’ll be joined by fellow Philly badasses Kid Dynamite and Blacklisted plus many more. Starlight Ballroom, 460 N. 9th St., 11am, SOLD OUT, All Ages – H.M. Kauffman
 

 

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Daredevil U.S. Girls Performing…(Blindfolded) at Highwire Gallery Aug. 14

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Everyday I feel like a new one of these lo-fi acts pop up trying to promote their fuzzed out tin can jams, riding what seems like a monotonous and unfulfilling wave. Fortunately, some of these artists seem to have genuine quirks and undeniable hooks like Philly’s own U.S. Girls (a.k.a. Megan Remy). She sounds at times like an even more blissed out Smith Westerns (didn’t know that was possible). Remy’s vocals and guitar are dissonant and pulsing, and the drums crack through the jumble of frequencies. I really appreciate the humility of her sound and her directed songwriting. Come check out Remy at Highwire Gallery tonight! Highwire Gallery, 2040 Frankford Ave., 7pm, $8, All Ages – Adam G.