The second annual 8static Festival, which champions lo-fi electronic music and the creation of art and music using what has been considered old video game technology and computers, begins its 3-night run this evening at First Unitarian Church. The event coincides with the 6th anniversary of 8Static, the premier Philly monthly chip music event, and features 32 artists from around the world. This innovative and imaginative genre/scene ushers in an air of fun and includes some local artists in Cheap Dinosaurs, Void Vision, Animal Style, defiantsystems and Dain Saint, generating a thriving dance-oriented community for the next three nights with daily tickets running you $20 and 3-day passes going for $50. Get out to the Church, and embrace the innovation! First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., Beginning at 6pm (THURS-SAT), $20-$50, All Ages – Michael Colavita

Below is a new music video from former Univox frontman Josh Jones for his latest single "Go Crazy." It was also directed by Jones, who has provided a bit of a gory visual in time for Halloween to accompany his heartbroken track. Squeamish folks might want let their breakfast or lunch settle first.

Daytrotter just posted their session with local glitched-out electro soul/R&B artist Moon Bounce, a.k.a. Corey Regensberg. You can stream and donload it for free HERE (w/membership). Enjoy! (Ilustration by Johnnie Cluney)

Tonight, Cherokee Red kicks off their fall East Coast tour this evening, alongside a triad of local acts, at Kung Fu Necktie, armed with a fresh set of tapes via Magic Death Sounds for their new single “The World is My Oyster, You’re the Pearl” released today. The song captures a tight folk-pop unit and slips naturally on a fall-oriented rotation with its warm electric guitar leads, the natural ease and delivery of its yearning vocals, and the balancing, drafty percussion. It’s a song that, much like the band, subtlety builds layers of sound. The now seven-piece Circadian Rhythms, whose “In The Flowers,” has teased that the group’s A Passing Thought EP should be excellent with its bright folk/R&B blend. With blends on the mind, Boarding School does just that incorporating male and female vocal harmonies with a minimalist sound that somehow injects drum machine. The lo-fi, avant-pop of Mariah Welch will be opening the festivities. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 8pm, $8, 21+ – Michael Colavita

We’ve certainly used the term "Pennsyltucky" numerous times in our lives. Besides the fact that we love using hybrid and made-up words  as discriptors, it simply captures our feelings about certain regions of our beloved state. Here’s a new music video for the title track from their latest EP O, Pennsyltucky from Erik Peterson-led, veteran folk-punk crew Mischief Brew that we totally get and enjoy. You can also stream and purchase the entire record HERE, which is out via the band’s own label Fistolo Records.

Void Vision, a.k.a. Shari Vari, just premiered her new album Sub Rosa at Noisey Italia. The record is schedule for release on November 11 via Mannequin Records. However, you can now preorder it HERE, and the first 50 will be limited-edition hand-numbered copies that will be silkscreened.

Below is the latest single from electro soul/R&B duo Marian Hill called "Got It." It will appear on their upcoming 7" that will be released on December 2 via LA-based label B3SCI Records. You can pre-order it HERE.

Youth Crush‘s debut single, "Thick As Thieves," which you can download for free HERE, brings us back to the 80s. We envision it playing in the background of a John Hughes movie while its main character laments about a lost relationship or actually finally winning over his or her true love, overcoming the barriers of society or teenage social hierarchies. For Youth Crush, judging by the quote below that came with its music video, the inspiration might have come from something out of the Twilight series, but we’ve never seen any of those movies.

"We are all alone and pizza is as close as you are ever going to get to companionship, even if you are some undead teenage lord of the dark arts."

Get a Life, the debut EP from garage punk quartet Littler is now available for streaming and download below. Recorded & mixed by the group’s own Dan Colanduno, Littler takes witty, attitude-laced personal narrative songs, and drives them home with a blend of musicianship that hovers between subdued and downhill speed. Tapes will be available via Number4Door, and the album artwork is courtesy of Perry Shall.

Krust Toons: "99 Problems" by Teddy Hazard – please feel free to drop him a line at teddandthehazards@gmail.com if you dig or have any funny ideas. You can also check out more of his illustrations HERE.

As Halloween gets closer, things are probably going to get a lot weirder in this neck of the blogosphere woods. Check out the mind-warping new music video from electronic duo qqq for their psy-trance single "The Ebullient"! You might never look at a man in a squirrel mask the same again. 😉