Here is Blood Sound’s new full-length album entitled Too Much Sun and Not Enough Gloom at the Beach, which you can stream and download below. It is the follow-up to their excellent debut LP Nightclub, which was The Deli Philly’s March Record of the Month. They’ll be performing next in Philly this Friday, July 31 at The Fire.

WXPN’s XPoNential Fest 2015 will be wrapping up its weekend of music and family events today. Opening things off will be a pair of local up-an-comers in the ramshackle, youthful exuberance of the Pine Barons and the polished indie-pop feels of Cheerleader. They’ll be making way for national touring powerhouses like Courtney Barnett and The Long Bellow. Once again, the sun will be shining down on everyone so grab a blanket and find your relaxing, comfy spot on the waterfront. Wiggins Park/Susquehanna Bank Center (Camden), 2 Riverside Dr./One Market, 12pm, $30 (XPN Members)/$60 (Public) + $25 (Grace Potter/George Ezra for those w/o a 3-day pass), All Ages – H.M. Kauffman

Calculated but not cold, Edelweiss captures the precision of math-rock while developing an open-air feel. This juxtaposition allows expansive scenic musical routes to unfold as one roams deeper into the labyrinth. Tonight at Mantua Yacht Club, they will be joined by Howlish, whose folky, personal songwriting takes a freeing ambient dash with vocals that incorporate a yearning. The danceably dark, percussive-synth electronic tone of Blood Sound gets the blood flowing while simultaneously keeping you on high alert, soothing but with an eerie sense of danger, and they just released a new set of material Too Much Sun and Not Enough Gloom at the Beach. A pair of Union, New Jersey bands including the emotive folk of Fire is Motion and the melodic experimental journey of El Americano completes this bill. Mantua Yacht Club, (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.), 8:30pm, $5, All Ages – Michael Colavita

It’s definitely festival season, and WXPN’s XPoNential Fest will be kickin’ it across the bridge in Camden at Wiggins Park. You’ll find some of our beloved locals holding things down in the early part of the day for XPN’s national touring favorites. Starting things off at the Marina Stage in the baking sun of noon will be the powerful, soulful voice of Jennifer Pague with her group Vita and the Woolf. You might have caught Frances Quinlan performing new material last night at OK FEST, but the indie darling will be in full-band mode with her merry men of Hop Along at the River Stage. And the last Philly native to perform for the day will be son of a preacher man and Anti- artist Aaron Livingston, a.k.a. Son Little. However, you’ll have plenty to keep you around through the evening with St. Vincent, My Morning Jacket, Lord Huron and more on the bill. Wiggins Park/Susquehanna Bank Center (Camden), 2 Riverside Dr./One Market, 12pm, $30 (XPN Members)/$60 (Public) + $25 (St. Vincent/MMJ for those w/o a 3-day pass), All Ages – H.M. Kauffman

Hip-hop collective Ground Up certainly never has a shortage of friends willing to appear (and party) in their music videos. Check out the group’s latest for the track "Right Now"! It’s the first single off Ground Up’s upcoming release Seventeen Eleven, which is scheduled to drop this fall. The cinematic production was directed by Stratagem Pictures. 

"Socialite are a self aware band that are not trying to reinvent the wheel, but rather celebrate it while confronting what is and isn’t real." The hardcore outfit, comprised of Perry Shall (Dry Feet, Hound), Ian Dykstra (Little Big League, ex-Titus Andronicus), Kyle Laganella, and Jeff Fonseca, just released a new EP, entitled I See You/I Don’t Care. You can stream the record below, and purchase the 7" vinyl via Jade Tree. Socialite will be performing tomorrow night at Everybody Hits.

How about a guided tour through the city on a double decker bus complete with a live soundtrack? For episode 5 of Double Decker Music Series, Bob Sweeney documented Renaissance man Keir Neuringer contextualize his sojourn on saxophone with a poem that serves as a “Concise History of the United States,” followed by the pensively energetic electronic explorations of King Britt. Come take a ride, and experience Philly like you never have before. (Photo by Bob Sweeney)

Lantern‘s Zachary Fairbrother has a new project called Throbbing Chakra, and the trio just shared its debut EP Megabrain Kluster. On the record, you’ll find the group experimenting to find its sound as they take a condensed journey through the terrain of krautrock and post-punk. You can stream and download the album for free below.

This Is Hardcore Fest takes over Philly once again for the next four days – July 23-26. This year commemorates a decade-long legacy of blistering acts being brought together by mastermind Joe Hardcore. The celebration will take place at various venues throughout the city with homebase being at the E Factory. You’ll find special sets from the Misfits (performing Earth Ad in its entirety), the Exploited (first show in the U.S. in over a decade), H20 (20th Anniversary), Bane (final TIHC appearance), Chokeholed (reunion) and much more. This Is Hardcore Fest kicks things off this evening at Union Trasfer where Agitator will be playing its last show ever. There will also be afterparties at Underground Arts, Voltage Lounge and KungFu Necktie throughout the event. Check out the complete lineup HERE, and don’t miss the premier harcore event of the year, which happens to be in your backyard!

Fledgling garage-pop outfit Louie Louie will be celebrating the release of its debut cassingle “Out In The Street” this evening at Johnny Brenda’s. The all-female quartet, made up of Emily Robb (of Lantern) on guitar/vox alongside Leslie Burnette on organ/vox, Emily Eichelberger on bass/vox, and Jenna Robb on drums/vox, harken back to the innocent sounds of 60’s groups like The Ronettes and The Shangri-Las, except with amped up instrumentation influenced by the grit and grime of Philly’s DIY scene. Louie Louie will be opening for Robb’s other all-female dream-pop project Myrrias, who will be saying “farewell” to its current drummer Casey Bell (Break It Up). It will be Bell’s last show with the band before heading off to Nevada. They’ll also be joined by good pals Long Spells (featuring members of A Sunny Day in Glasgow, The Fantastic Imagination, Arc in Round, and Public Record) and Bell’s other project Fine Motor with boyfriend Dan Morse (Wigwams, Break It Up). Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 9pm, $10, 21+ (Photo by Ryan Collerd) – Q.D. Tran

If you couldn’t already tell with the sporting of a Nothing band tee in the new music video for his track "Jacuzzi," Cali rapper Antwon has deep roots in Philadelphia, having been part of local hardcore outfit Leather. For his latest single, he also recruited Deli Philly fave Lushlife to spit a few fine-ass bars. The rose-filled video was directed by Gross N Mezzy.