Below is the latest single, "In Your Arms," and music video from The Stammer. The band proclaims, "It is the perfect summer soundtrack for driving your car straight into a brick wall or, alternatively, off of a bridge… The lyrics are inspired by countless film noir movies and the writings of Philadelphia native David Goodis." The Stammer are getting set to release their upcoming full-length album, Days In Between, on July 31, and will be celebrating the record’s arrival with a concert on the same evening at The Fire accompanied by Blood Sound, Mock Suns, and Exiles.
Dock Street Scavenger Run & Free Music Fest at Dock Street Brewery June 7
As Philly Beer Week draws to a close, Dock Street Brewery hosts the 7th Annual Scavenger Run & Free Music Fest. Jason Henn, a.k.a. Honey Radar, continues to deliver soothing, jangly, lo-fi garage-psych rock. With songs that seep under your skin, finding their way into your head, Honey Radar provides a platform for your mind to temporarily shed the routine concerns of everyday life, allowing you to drift while still maintaining a foothold. Pushin’ It 2 the Limit dispenses sprinting flashes of pop-punk, while the rock quartet of Flightschool takes aim at developing from a traditional base, which loosens up over time. Local dance group, Women’s Revolutionary Vagime, focuses on dispensing a positive message and empowering women via choreography. RoseMary Fiki’s soulful vocals serve as the foundation for music that branches out covering multiple genres. Dock Street Brewery & Restaurant, 701 S. 50th St., 4pm, Free, All Ages – Michael Colavita
Telepathic Is in Your Head at The Great Indoors June 6
The trio of Telepathic, the latest musical concoction from former Bleeding Rainbow members Rob Garcia & Sarah Everton (Blowdryer) with Paul Brinkley, performs tonight at The Great Indoors. On their EP Powers of Ten, Telepathic embraces a straight-ahead hard-driving, riff-oriented punk approach, allowing their crisp interlocking vocals to ride the steady wave of guitar and flow-perpetuating percussion. It has a solid mixture of experienced refinement, while still retaining an edge one’s ear can grab onto. The group will be joined by The Guests, a local four-piece whose EP Red Scare ’15, is filled with catchy slices of new–wave deep baritones, sleek synth, and that backend rhythm section propulsion, providing the space for clean jangly guitar. The adrenaline injection of hardcore outfit Socialite, featuring Perry Shall (Hound, Dry Feet) and Ian Dykstra (Little Big League, ex-Titus Andronicus), takes hold, fusing raunchy guitar and storming percussion with furious vocals. Tenacious Tallahassee hardcore trio Ex-Breathers completes the bill. The Great Indoors (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.), 7pm, $7, All Ages – Michael Colavita
Weekend Warrior, June 5 – 7
New Music Video: “Nancy (Be Good)” – Purples
Purples have released a reworked take on the title track from their debut album Nancy, transforming the solemn sounding original into a rocker. The accompanying music video is quite fitting, given the song’s revitalized sense of motion. The footage provides a scenic view as you coast along a railway. The band performs next in Philly on Wednesday, July 22 at Ortlieb’s alongside Lightninging and Gladshot.
CRUISR Go For It at JB’s June 5
CRUISR headlines a three-pronged billing of local bands this evening at Johnny Brenda’s. The lineup, which also includes Tutlie and Suburban Living, shares the thread of easily lovable, movement-enticing music. The quartet of CRUISR serves up naturally positive bounce that bubbles over, pushed by a melodic core and sustained by a constant percussive pop and subtly sharp reinforcing guitar lines. Tutlie occupy the middle slot surrounding you in an intricately designed orchestra of sound that lifts one into the upper atmosphere, rather than weighing you down with their powerful vocal interplay. Wesley Bunch guides the heart-pumping emotive synth-pop vehicle of Suburban Living, jumpstarting your night while weaving in and out of the shadows with a combination of urgency and ease. Johnny Brenda’s 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 9pm, $12, 21+ – Michael Colavita
New Fight Amp Album Available for Streaming
Local noise-rock outfit Fight Amp slugs and claws its way through its new album Constantly Off, which you can stream below. Scraping bloody fingers across steel strings while unleashing perpetual percussion gut shots, the power trio is starting to find its foothold in this fickle world of music. Constantly Off is set for vinyl and digital releases on June 9 via Brutal Panda Records.
New Video: “Bold” (Live – Acoustic) – The Districts
Check out this beautiful, acoutsic rendition of "Bold" performed by The Districts frontman Rob Grote! While at this year’s Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shore, AL, he stopped by the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus to do a recording of the song off the band’s latest LP, A Flourish and a Spoil. The Districts will be getting a lot of new stamps on their passports this summer, touching down in Europe, Asia and Australia, but first, they’ll be headlining an intimate benefit show for Thrangu Rinpoche’s School for Himalayan Children this Saturday, June 6 at PhilaMOCA.
LOUDS Record Release Show at Boot & Saddle June 4
New Track: “Koolwhip City” – In Place
The instrumental duo of In Place shared a new single called "Koolwhip City," earlier this week. The composition provides an ominous, searching tone – cut through by rays of brass. You can catch In Place performing live on Saturday, June 13 at the Grape Room.
Debut Year Of Glad EP Available for Streaming
Year Of Glad, featuring Nona’s Mimi Gallagher and 1994!’s Chris Diehm and backed by Mike Bell (of Mike Bell & The Movies) and Mike Harping (of Good Luck), just premiered their debut self-titled EP via Stereogum. The record full of stormy instrumentation and playfully spunky guy-gal vocals finds Philly and Lame-O Records with another band rising out of the city’s musically rich DIY community. Come on Run For Cover Records – we have another act for you to scoop up!
New Track: “Colors Radiate” – Camera Shy
Below is the latest track from bedroom pop project Camera Shy called "Colors Radiate," which is from the band’s upcoming self-titled album. The bicoastal (Philly/San Francisco) duo is comprised of Nick Bassett (Nothing, Whirr) and Alexandre Morte (ex-Whirr). Their first full-length is schedule for release on June 14 via Run For Cover Records.