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Socialite Help Escalate the Situation at Hong Kong Garden June 11

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The four-piece of Socialite featuring Ian Dykstra (Little Big League, ex-Titus Andronicus) and Perry Shall (Dry Feet, Hound) is part of a stacked billing tonight at Hong Kong Garden. Socialite arrives with an undeniable menacing intensity. Roaring vocals, an unrelenting attacking style of backend, and those raunchy guitar licks unite creating a force of sound that comes right at you, turning up the heat and escalating the situation in a fury. The earnest pop-punk of Thin Lips catches you in a web of relatable scenarios, as polished punches of instrumentation are wielded with vocals that demonstrate the threshold of strength and vulnerability. Catchy lyrics laid over smashing percussion and searing guitar create the dynamic stuck in your head when you hear power-pop duo Slow Animal, while the noise-punk of Kerosene complete a bill that may induce you to start the weekend a day early. Hong Kong Garden, (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more information.), 8pm, $5-$7, All Ages – Michael Colavita

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New Ma Jolie EP Available for Streaming

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Jetpack Mailman, the new EP from indie-punk outfit Ma Jolie, will be released on June 16 via A-F Records. However, you can listen to it now as it streams over at Brooklyn Vegan. The EP capitalizes on a meshing of anguish and aggressive emotives with stormy instrumentation, picking you up in a tornado of sound. Catch them as their tour with Choke Up pulls into The Fire on June 28 with a bill that also includes Toys That Kill and Dogs On Acid.

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New mewithoutYou LP Available for Streaming

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The always unpredictable mewithoutYou consistently release some of the most interesting music to come out of Philly. With the group’s latest Will Yip-produced album, Pale Horses, which you can stream in its entirety at Noisey, the band has created its best record to date. The LP officially comes out digitally on June 16 via Run For Cover Records, with the vinyl being shipped out the following month.

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Static Mountain Opening for Ed Shrader’s Music Beat & Jackson Scott at KFN June 10

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Static Mountain will be returning to the stage tonight when they open for Ed Shrader’s Music Beat at Kung Fu Necktie. The local quartet (featuring Greg Foran and Matt Williams of Lightninging) has been tucked away in the studio working on its next album. They excitedly unleashed their latest single, "Silver & Gold," which is a glimpse at the type of epic psych rock that the group is working on refining, clocking in at eight minutes plus with mountain-climbing harmonies and heavy power chord licks. They’ll also be joined by North Carolina-based, Syd Barrett-esque singer-songwriter Jackson Scott. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 Front St., 8pm, $10, 21+ – Alexis V.

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New Track: “Hold On To Someone (Quiet Version)” – Peter Matthew Bauer

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Peter Matthew Bauer is currently working on the follow-up to his impressive debut album Liberation! (Mexican Summer), which was one of our favorites last year and easily the best of the three Walkmen solo releases. Bauer just shared a new single titled "Hold On To Someone (Quiet Version)." It was recorded live to tape while on tour at the Soul Shop in Medford Massachusetts. He also plans to have a full-band version of the song on his next album.

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STS Opening for The Very Best & Heems at Underground Arts June 9

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STS, a.k.a. Sugar Tongue Slim, and RJD2 recently dropped their full-length collaborative effort to the delight of fans all over; however, this evening, the gifted emcee will be taking the stage on his own at Underground Arts. Well, he won’t exactly be alone with his equally talented partner in crime DJ Bear-One on the ones and twos. They’ll also be joined by Nassau County emcee Heems, formerly of Das Racist, and The Very Best, which is made up of London-based DJ/production duo Radioclit and singer Esau Mwamwaya, who grew up in Lilongwe, Malawi. There will definitely be no shoratge of beats and grooves tonight in the Black Box! Undergrounds Arts, 1200 Callowhill St., 8pm, $20, 21+ – H.M. Kauffman

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New Track: “Roam Alone” – Krispy Kareem

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Krispy Kareem continue to craft easily lovable, well-rounded tunes, which is apparent with their latest track "Roam Alone." The song lulls you in with its beginning acoustic picking pattern before the trio bursts into a higher gear, weaving in and out of body-rockin’ instrumentation and the intimacy of the track’s verses. You can find the recording on Third Floor Tapes’s four-way split with Forever Lesbians, Tribute, and Time Hitler and the Assholes From Space.

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Spazz Presents’ Jeff Blinder Birthday Show at PhilaMOCA June 8

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Spazz Presents‘ Jeff Blinder will be hosting his birthday bash this evening at Philamoca. Blinder states, "I’m at my happiest when running a fun event for awesome traveling musicians so that’s my gift to myself. Your gift to me would be coming out and being part of this night!" The festivities will kickoff with local folk rock trio turned quintet, Roof Deck, who has crafted a darker edge to its sound with the addition of synths and cello. Headlining the night is the brooding, intensely hypnotic sounds of Sarasota, FL/Sparta, NJ’s Teach Me Equals. Also helping Blinder celebrate his special day will be Atlanta noise-pop sextet Spirits and the Melchizedek Children & Baltimore experimental electroacoustic singer-songwriter, Jonathan Badger. PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th St., 8pm, $6, All Ages – H.M. Kauffman

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Ticket Giveaway: The Very Best, Heems (of Das Racist), and STS at Underground Arts This Tuesday

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We are doing a ticket giveaway for tomorrow night’s show at Underground Arts with The Very Best, Heems (of Das Racist), and STS. To enter for a chance to win a pair of tix, just send an email to thedelimagazinephiladelphia@gmail.com with the subject line "Give Me The Very Best of Heems & STS" Please also include your cell number in the body of the message (in case of an emergency). Good luck!