So we’re pretty damn psyched for our last showcase of the year! The debut of our Pipeline Series will be kicking off tonight at Kung Fu Necktie. The Deli Magazine’s Pipeline Series was created to bring together some of our favorite music acts from different Deli cities so that they can connect with other artists and their fan bases. Creepoid will be opening the festivities and bringing in their beautiful moments of darkness and light to our ears in one of our favorite venues in Philly. They just finished mixing their upcoming debut full length Horse Heaven yesterday which was produced by Kyle “Slick” Johnson, whose engineering and producing credits include Modest Mouse, Wavves, Fischerspooner, Cymbals Eat Guitars, and many more. The album is scheduled for release on January 11 via Ian Records. Electric Tickle Machine will be our full fledged NYC import. Their care-free, raucous tunes contain the best parts of being young, which is most likely one of the reasons why they are a KEXP favorite. As the night gets later and we get drunker and higher, the legendary Notekillers are here to help scramble our brains with their experimental surf-noise rock that was a “big influence” on Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore. You can take a gander at our recent review of their latest ambitious album We’re Here to Help here. The long-overdue new effort from our musically talented do-gooders was already named to Philadelphia Inquirer music critic Dan Deluca’s list of Best Local Albums of 2010 (which had plenty of stiff competition this year). The Notekillers’ David First was also recently interviewed by Pitchfork, which you can check out here. We’ll leave you with a few videos below to get you in the mood for tonight, and hopefully the kick-ass bands on the bill, the multiple shots of Irish whiskey and the piles of herb that you consume later will help take you the rest of the way. Cheers! Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Frankford Ave., 8pm, $8, 21+ (Poster by Annamarya Scaccia) – Q.D. Tran
UPDATE: No more Night Train tonight so we get some extra time – FLETCHER C. JOHNSON from KING TUFF added to open!