Before Midtown Social’s forthcoming Fantastic Colors album drops they’re touring all over California and beyond this summer with their fun and funky beats. On May 12th they’re busting out an 80’s themed dance party at one of our most beloved SF spots for queer culture and entertainment, The Stud. Whether you’re black, white, straight, queer, single or taken, come one come all, sport some sassy 80’s inspired attire and shake what you got. Midtown Social is known for bringing the house down with their California soul and room-encompassing beats. Can’t make it out on the 12th? Catch them at a number of different venues all over California and beyond. – Lucille Faulkner
Chicago
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Spencer Radcliffe & Everyone Else “Bloodletting”
Spencer Radcliffe & Everyone Else are preparing to release their latest album, Hot Spring, on May 17th via Run For Cover. You can currently stream the LP’s first two singles “Bloodletting” and “Here Comes The Snow” below.
“Everyone Else” is Ben Austin (Cello), Grant Engstrom (Lead Guitar), Pat Lyons (Pedal Steel), Tina Scarpello (Vocals), and Jack Schemenauer (Percussion).
On the latest single, “Bloodletting”, the steel guitar of Lyons almost steels the show, driving the band’s sound past Americana into near Alt-Country territory. Every moment is soul searching bliss, and a perfect dim barroom soundtrack.
NYC
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Tycho releases single “Easy”
After 2016’s Grammy-nominated, Billboard-topping album Epoch, we’ve been waiting to see what Tycho would come out with next. In April they released their latest single “Easy” and it’s a fascinating, moving piece with quiet aqueous vibes combined with whispering vocals and synthy pops of sound. Scott Hansen (Tycho’s primary composer) says he wanted to “…focus inward to reveal a human side to the music.” Give it a listen here and drift away. – Lucille Faulkner
Chicago
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Zigtebra “Canyon”
Dream Pop duo Zigtebra released a new single and video called “Canyon” this week. This is the first single from their forthcoming EP which is due out this Fall.
Zigtebra is the work of Emily Rose and Joe Zeph, and this single follows-up their 2018 debut LP, Major Crush.
Philadelphia
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Weekend Warrior – May 3 – 5
If you are looking to efficiently max out your support of local music this weekend, then you definitely want to hit the 3rd annual Good How Are You Fest. Brought to us by Good How Are You Records and Paper Scissors Media, the two-day event will be kicking things off this afternoon at its de facto homebase, South Philly’s Tralfamadore, where Philly acts such as Gender Work and Yeenar will be getting folks warmed up for the stacked Day 2 festivities. On Saturday at Pleasure Mountain Ballroom, you might notice some familiar names on the billing from this corner of The Deli. There will be past Record of the Month recipients Curtis Cooper, Secret Nudist Friends, and Blushed, alongside former Featured Artist(s) Poll nominees and winners Kelsey Cork & The Swigs, Puppy Angst, and Busy Bee Project, so it should be easy to see why we think this is the place where you need to be this weekend. Because you surely deserve a bit of pleasure in your life! – H.M. Kauffman
More places where you can support local music this weekend…
Pleasure Mountain Ballroom (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Good How Are You Fest: Curtis Cooper, Trash Boy, Secret Nudist Friends, Blushed, Kelsey Cork & The Swigs, Puppy Angst, Busy Bee Project, Too DoGs
Tralfamadore (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Good How Are You Fest: Gender Work, Elaine Rasnake, Overwinter, yeenar, Broke Body, BB GUNS, Elissa Janelle Velveteen, Rebecca Zimmerman
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI Oldermost, SAT Don McCloskey
Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) SAT Cypher Clique
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Nematode/DJ Deejay, SAT Something Like a Monument
The Fillmore Philadelphia (1100 Canal St.) SUN Naeem
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI (Upstairs) Alex Shaw, SUN (Upstairs) Grace Vonderkuhn/(Downstairs) Ruder Than You, Catbite
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Youthfool, SAT Black Cat Habitat, Sharon Lia Band, Steady State, 100 Men On Mars, SUN Twice Brothers, Rowhome
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Creem Circus, SAT Dave Patten, Psychic Agency, Aaron Parnell Brown
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI Line Leader, The Bigness, Rare Spirits, SAT I Think Like Midnight/MCA Day: Stop Not Playin
The Barbary (951 Frankford Ave.) FRI Felipe Pupo, Shane Reimer, Family Friend, Egocentric Plastic Men, Vassal, SAT Kissing The Klepto, Twin Beds, Bored As Hell
Bourbon & Branch (705 N. 2nd St.) FRI Johanna Baumann, SAT Delmont (EP Release), Stealing From Thieves, Goodthief
Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) SUN Omni MC, Teef and E1 Beats present: Da Vida, Kahlil Ali
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) SAT Paul Green Punk Rock Brunch, SUN Rusty Cadillac
Voltage Lounge (421 N. 7th St.) FRI All That 90s Party
Frankie Bradley’s (1320 Chancellor St.) FRI Cabaret Sauvignon/DJ Chris Urban, SAT Philadelphia Burlesque Academy Student Showcase/Ed Christof, SUN Honeygasm
Century (1350 S. 29th St.) FRI E.D.S., The Stutter, SAT Ritual Earth, Space Caravan, Bear/moth
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Presidential Top Knot, Knightlife, The Missing Frets, The Jumping Juvies, SAT SomaRai, Slophouse, Dead in Dog Years, Little War
Ardmore Music Hall (23 E. Lancaster Ave.) SUN Under The Oak
Everybody Hits (529 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Caracara (EP Release Show), Cave People (Solo)
The Pharmacy (1300 S. 18th St.) SAT Bree and the Reeds, Sophie Coran/Humilitarian
Warehouse on Watts (923 N. Watts St.) FRI Astro 8000, 1-800 Happy Hour, DJ Kenny Dollaz
The Music Ward (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Gnarbot, Medusa’s Disco, Miss Cantaloupe
Cousin Danny’s (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Downtrodder (Last Show), Demodex
Truck (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Tombo Crush
Free Candy (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more infor.) FRI Slenko & McKeys, Kyle Press, Guitars and Drums
Chicago
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The Phantom Broadcast
The Phantom Broadcast released their latest album, Antiquities, Volume 1, last week. This is more of a collective of musicians than a band with a sound the truly defies classification. There are elements of Rock, Metal, Jazz, and classical music as the group creates beauty , harmony, and melody out of what feels like could fall into chaos at any moment.
This is the work of Evan Opitz (Vocals, Electric Guitar, Fender Rhodes, Toy Piano, Synths), Dave Hollis (Vocals, Electric/Acoustic Guitars, Synths), Lucy Little (Vocals, Violin), Nick Soria (Bass, Vocals), and Colin Rambert (Drums/Percussion).
Nashville
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Erin Enderlin releases three music videos to mark EP release
Often when an artist releases an EP, they’ll release a music video for a track around the time of release. But Erin Enderlin just released her three-track EP Chapter One: Tonight I Don’t Give A Damn, along with a video for each song on the record. It’s all part of a concept to release four EPs throughout the year, each one featuring songs built around the characters on Enderlin’s 2017 record Whiskeytown Crier. The new EP begins with "Broken" from Whiskeytown Crier, before moving on to tell more of its character’s story. In "Tonight I Don’t Give A Damn", Enderlin sings of the character’s ambivalence with romance, her descent into drunkenness, and her recounting of a one-night-stand with a random bar patron. Listen to the full EP to follow the character’s full story, and stay tuned for more EPs to come from Enderlin in 2019. Take a look at the video for "Tonight I Don’t Give A Damn" below. – Will Sisskind
Chicago
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Still + Storm “The Dark”
Dark Electro-Pop duo Still + Storm released their latest EP, “The Dark”, last week via Mstatement. This is the work of Husband and Wife Rachel and Dave Raymond. Dave has been a mainstay in Chicago for years with bands like Given Names and Hidden Hospitals and runs the Mstatement label.
Photo by Chris Strong
Chicago
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The Dead Licks “What Happened”
The Dead Licks released a new single this week called “What Happened”. This is the first new music we’ve had from the Alt Rock Quartet since their early 2018 debut LP, Stay Away from the Aliens.
This is the first of two singles the band has planned for the first half of 2019 before they release their sophomore album.
You can catch The Dead Licks tonight, May 3rd, at Harte’s Saloon in Evergreen Park.
Philadelphia
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New Desertion Trio Album Available for Streaming & Purchase
Twilight Time (Long Song Records), the new LP from Desertion Trio, is nothing to sleep on/or through. An unpredictable, musical adventure lies around every corner. Led by one of Philly’s finest guitarist Nick Millevoi, the band can hover in a hypnotic, transportive state and then quickly transforms into a revved up, jazz-surf amalgamation or a funky, groovin’ stomp. Morphing a multitude of genres, the group creates an elegant, ever-energetic collection of familiar tracks, etched with their unique signature.
Chicago
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Dehd “Happy Again”
Dehd has released a third single, “Happy Again”, from their forthcoming sophomore album, Water, which is due out on May 19th via Fire Talk.
Dehd is the work of Jason Balla (NE-HI and Earring), Emily Kempf (Vail and Lala Lala), and drummer Eric McGrady.
You can help Dehd celebrate the release of Water on May 10 at Empty Bottle with The Hecks and Mavis The Dog.
NYC
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Gawain and the Green Knight release “King Louis” music video
Sometimes you walk into an open mic or a small music venue in New York and hear something that makes you go, "Well, I’ve never heard that sound before." Gawain and the Green Knight fit that bill. Named after a late 14th-century chivalric romance story, the duo of Alexia Antoniou and Mike O’Malley craft literary folk songs which blend history, literature, and other intellectual pursuits with the usual songwriting themes of anxiety, self-doubt, and desire. Take the band’s song "King Louis", a track about fearing what your crush might say behind your back. However — as Antoniou shows in the just-released music video — the song is also about the titular infamous French ruler, who feared court gossip so much that he kept all of his nobles under his eye. Watch the music video for "King Louis" and see Antoniou decked out in full Louis XIV costume, tearing her wig off as the fear becomes too much to bear. – Will Sisskind