NYC

Prima drops new single, SAMBA, teases impending EP

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Prima‘s latest single, "SAMBA", is a delicious romp in tortuous tension. The Brooklyn-based band has mastered the art of keeping their cards close to chest, and makes a habit of never revealing any more musical phrases than they need to. Driven by angular guitar leads, primative drum beats, and wild-yet-controlled female vocals, SAMBA is a slow burn that pushes its listeners right up to edge, but never fully loses its cool. Check out the track streaming below, and keep your eyes peeled for Prima’s lates EP, Performance, to be released this month.-Olivia Sisinni

 

 

NYC

Winstons bring their brassy blues to Ethyl’s 4/11

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Brooklyn-based by way of Virginia, Winstons are serving up home-fried garage soul the way your daddy likes it. The two-man powder keg of a band busts out blues rock in all its brassy and barefaced glory–crafting tracks that play out like a cross-country drive on the interstate. Recording directly to tape, the livewire, unbridled passion that pulses through the band’s tracks is left totally intact, and if anything’s for sure, they don’t quite make ’em like this anymore. Catch Winstons live at Ethyl’s 4/11 and make sure you stream them below.-Olivia Sisinni

Toronto

YEOMANS – “MY FISH GOT DRUNK”

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Toronto surfer folks Yeomans have released a brand new video! "My Fish Got Drunk" is a fun, easy goin, instrumental tune that I believe makes the sun rise. It’ll get your foot tappin’ and your face smilin’. They even lay out the chord progressions in karaoke style for you to play along with at home! This video is the most fun you can have in 3 minutes. Yeomans is at the Piston on Wednesday April 12 with Wine Lips, Evolfo and Passport Radio. – Kris Gies

 

San Francisco

The Truants Release Two Singles – Wasted Youth & Millennial

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The San Francisco based post punk band, The Truants are a breath of fresh air as their vintage punk sounds bring a welcomed dose of nostalgia to any punk music aficionado. New music lovers will be into these songs just as much as The Truants’ sound can skate across eras, giving them the ability to touch listeners of different ages and music tastes. Check out their newest singles, Wasted Youth and Millenial. Both songs are about the folly of youth and reality of growing up in a generation of gentrification and the modern age. The guitar riffs and vocals are epic and their entire sun drenched, angry punk aesthetic is appealing and hard to ignore.

 

Philadelphia

New Loose Tooth Album Available for Streaming & Purchase

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Released via Lame-O Records and Father/Daughter Records, Big Day, the new album from Loose Tooth, will shake you out of your Monday zombie-like state. The quartet plays off juxtaposing emotive states, languishing in melodic desolation and then smashing ahead in an agitated state of aggression. Consistently shifting gears, the band creates a brutally catchy record. On Saturday, April 29 at Cat House, Loose Tooth will be taking part in the recently announced, multi-venue showcases of Alright? Okay Fest, presented by Lockjaw Media.

Philadelphia

New Poor Devils EP Available for Streaming & Purchase

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Psych/surf/garage rockers Poor Devils sound like they are up to no good on their new EP Idaho. From the get-go, a dark cloud hovers over the outlaw tales strung together by the Philly four-piece. It’s a menacing yet mesmerizing batch of recordings that’s the perfect soundtrack for a good night of drinkin’, brawlin’, and even a little lovin’. Simply badass!

Philadelphia

Weekend Warrior, April 7 – 9

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The world continues its trend of being a chaotic and confusing place. So as the week reaches its tail end, the Pilam Human BBQ XXXIX will be offering a refreshing daylong reprieve this Saturday combining music, eats and whatever your debaucherous heart desires. The noon till midnight billing will include nearly 20 acts in all. Among them, the incisive lyricism of Sad13 delivered on an enthusiastic uplifting danceable platform and the emotive electro-pop/rock of Brandon Can’t Dance, who hovers between a solemn solitude and then swims in a sea of infectious grooves. With a new album Dark Nuclear Bogs set to arrive on April 28, the candy-coated psych-carnival of Laser Background will alter one’s perspective, while the reverberating, relatable melodies of Clique lock into your head as will the spellbinding narratives of this year’s Deli Philly Best Emerging Alt Rock Artists Poll winner, Curtis Cooper.  These are but a small sampling of the lineup, which can view in full HERE, so head over to Pilam for a day of sonic sustenance. – Michael Colavita
 
More places to enjoy this weekend…
 
Pilam (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Human BBQ XXXIX: Sad13, Brandon Can’t Dance, Laser Background, King Azaz, Curtis Cooper, JamForceF!ve, Darling Run, Glassgrade
 
Rotunda (4014 Walnut St.) SAT Electrifest: King Azaz, Wordz the Poet Emcee, Downtrodder, Sour Spirit, Interminable, EX. By V., Pinkwash, SUN Madam Data, Kilamanzego, Anatomy Of An Outcast, Carl Kavorkian, Sheena & Thee Nosebleeds, Swarm, Mighthaunt, Solarized
 
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI Vertical Current, SAT Jesse Hale Moore, Birdie Busch, Rosali, Zach Eggleston, Lord’s Delight, SUN Beaucoup Blue
 
Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) FRI Grandchildren, SAT Lizdelise, SUN Eaten Alive, Sweet FA
 
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.)  FRI The GTVs, Sarah M. /Coronal Mass Ejection, Acolytes/DJ Deejay, SAT Sour Kid, Gender Work/Fame Lust
 
Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) FRI American Dinosaur, SAT The Tough Shits, Taiwan Housing Project
 
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SAT Chestnut Grove, Whiskeyhickon Boys, The Hoppin’ Boxcars, Christine Irizarry & The Foolhardy, SUN The Evergreen Drive, Bodies Under Siege, Kevin Cox
 
TLA (334 South St.) FRI  30 and Over League, Warchyld, SAT Jealousy Curve, Pawnshop Roses
 
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI (Upstairs) Conjunto Philadelphia, SAT (Upstairs) Matt Duke
 
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Karl K BMA, Funklord,, SAT E. Grizzly, Teef, Yorito
 
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Among Criminals (Release Show), Alright Junior
 
MilkBoy South Street (401 South St.) SAT A Day Without Love
 
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI Thom McCarthy, Katie Jo Knaub, Cult Class, SAT The Binary Sea, Secret Nudist Friends
 
Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) FRI DJ Dav, Reed Streets, SAT DJ Deejay, SUN Francisco Collazo
 
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) SAT Dave Steel Blues Band, SUN Rusty Cadillac
 
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI The Virus, SAT Joe Jack Talcum, Dandrew, Bunny Savage, Whiskey Effect, The Founders, Dirty Soap Blues Band
 
Voltage Lounge (421 N. 7th St.) SUN Mass Folk Commons
 
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Palaceburn, Sucker, SAT The Space Cats, The Electives, Vanderlyle, Jac Carson, George Obrien
 
Ardmore Music Hall (23 E. Lancaster Ave.)  SUN Steal Your Peach
 
Everybody Hits (529 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Brandon Can’t Dance, Shannen Moser, Russel the Leaf
 
The Pharmacy (1300 S. 18th St.) SAT Joy Again, Heavy Harold, Buster/Sonic Screemers, Action Party
 
Tralfamadore (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Busy Bee, Blushed, Elissa Janelle Velveteen, xo alice
 
San Francisco

Women In Music – Bay Area Takes Place This Weekend

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This weekend, Oakland is going to positively overrun by the power of WOMEN IN MUSIC!

Women in Music – Bay Area, is a weekend-long multi-generational conference and festival dedicated to women breaking ground in music. Between panels, workshops, film screenings, and dance parties, Women in Music strives to bring together women from all areas of the music industry, while encouraging more female participation, empowerment, and entrepreneurship.

The goal of #WIMBayArea is simple: to provide a local platform for women in music and beyond to unite, network, and celebrate. For more information, visit: https://www.wimbayarea.com/

Weekend passes allow you entry to all ticketed parties April 7-9 in Downtown Oakland, CA.
Weekend passes are currently on sale for $25. You must be 21+ to purchase a weekend pass.
NOTE: WEEKEND PASSES DO NOT INCLUDE ACCESS TO PANELS, WORKSHOPS, MARKETS, OR WELLNESS EVENTS.

 

Philadelphia

Dark Thoughts S/T LP Being Reissued via Get Better Records

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Adrenalized, rowdy, instantly catchy punk that sprints from the start, Dark Thoughts‘ self-titled album doesn’t let up. About a year after its vinyl/digital release on Stupid Bag Records, the LP is scheduled to be reissued on cassette/digital via Get Better Records on April 20. The band finds a balance between ripping aggression and enthusiastic adhesion. Step out of that late week sleepwalking state, and kick things into high gear.

NYC

Bursting with creativity: Eclectic psych-pop on Poppy Patica’s debut EP

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The liner notes to Poppy Patica‘s debut release, Tripping None, claim that the music is a blend of modern experimental pop and 80’s pop/punk. However, listening to this EP for the first time I was overwhelmed by memories not of listening to 80’s music for the first time, but rather of listening to of Montreal’s first album Cherry Peel, released in 1997. What came across to me on this album was the sound of 90s- indie legends like of Montreal, The Unicorns, and Deerhoof/hunter.

From the heart twinging chord changes on “Sink” to the lo-fi buzz of “Top”, this release modernizes some of the best elements of 90’s indie pop, and the result is truly wonderful.

A great debut from DC’s Poppy Patica.

-Written by Michael Dranove

NYC

Impressive musicianship from Savage, MD power metal group Burning Shadows

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Savage, Maryland based (seriously) power metal outfit Burning Shadows returns with their third full length release, Truth in Legend. True to the power metal penchant for symphonic tales of medieval era non-fiction and fantasy, Truth in Legend features songs about Norse mythology, the execution of the Knights Templar, and a song inspired by the game Skyrim. Whether power metal is your thing or not, the musicianship on this album is impressive. There is nary a guitar riff that doesn’t line up perfectly with the tight, driving drum/bass beats; and the lead singer moves through upper and lower registers with ease.

Here is “Day of Darkness” from Burning Shadow’s latest release, Truth in Legend.

-Written by Michael Dranove