We have another ticket giveaway for a rad locals-only show this Saturday with Spank Rock, Prowler and Mumblr at Underground Arts. To enter for a chance to win a pair of tix, just send us an email to thedelimagazinephiladelphia@gmail.com with the subject line “Spank Me!" Please also include your cell number in the body of the message (in case of an emergency). Good luck!

Little Big League‘s Michelle Zauner introduced us to her lo-fi solo bedroom project, Japanese Breakfast, last summer by sharing June, an ambitious attempt at writing and recording a song a day for a month. She continued with this creative outlet earlier this summer by recording seven more songs as part of a blog with Eskimeaux, Florist, Frankie Cosmos and Small Wonder, which encouraged her to be "really open and honest" about her feelings. She eventually released the collection of tracks as an EP Where Is My Great Big Feeling? that will be available on cassette, along with her latest eight-song album entitled American Sound, via Seagreen Records. You can stream and download the project’s first label release in its entirety below.

Local all-female pop-punk trio Cayetana continues to gain momentum leading up to its debut album Nervous Like Me. Following the joyous burst of youthfulness in "Hot Dad Calendar," the group is back with another bouncy, endearing new single called "Serious Things Are Stupid," which you can check out over at Steregum as well as an interview with the site’s "Band to Watch" (but Deli readers knew that already ;o). The track will also be found on their forthcoming record that will be available on August 26 via Tiny Engines.

Fire Museum and Mild Time just announced the lineup and more info for Kensington Picnic II. The event will be held on Saturday, August 9th (12pm – 8pm) at the lot of Liberty Vintage Motorcycles (Frankford Ave. between Susquehanna & Dauphin). It features a stacked lineup of Philly/neighborhood acts such as Spacin’, Mary Lattimore, Birds of Maya, The Strapping Fieldhands, Laura Baird, and Hohlraum (Joel Winter of Pearls & Brass and Sean McGuiness of Pissed Jeans. Picnic starts at noon, and music will kick off at 2pm. Cheers!

The Guild slipped Philly four-piece Modern Baseball onto the slate for tonight’s show at The Fire, as a late edition solidifying a youthful pop-rock-emo-tinged lineup that already featured San Diego’s Weatherbox and Gainesville’s Dikembe, who are set to release a new LP Mediumship next month, as well as fellow locals Hightide Hotel (whom along with Dikembe were part of a four-way split single last year). For their part, Modern Baseball’s open approach toward personal expression touches home in an easily relatable humor-laced appeal toward honesty, lyrically finding ways to sneak in and tie down, while instrumentally rushing forward at a pace in the wheel house that cruises yet demonstrates aggressive tendencies. It’s a good opportunity to get intimate with all the acts this evening. The Fire, 412 W. Girard Ave., 7pm, $10, All Ages – Michael Colavita

Indie-pop masters Literature just premiered a new track called "The English Softhearts" over at Clash Music. We are also very happy to learn that the band’s full-length follow-up to Deli fave, Arab Spring, is finally on its way. Their new LP Chorus will be released on August 18 via well-respected indie label Slumberland Records. Niiiiice! (Photo by Abi Reimold)

This week we’re offering our readers a chance to get down with some electro-dance-funk. Our ticket giveaway for Thursday’s Underground Arts event is headline by the psyche-electro funk of Tobacco, and also includes The Stargazer Lilies, Zackey Force Funk and a Grimace Federation DJ set. To enter for a chance to win a pair of tix, just send an email to thedelimagazinephiladelphia@gmail.com with the subject line “Tobacco Kills!” Please also include your cell number in the body of the message (in case of an emergency).

The power trio of Fight Amp is set to charge the stage this evening at Kung Fu Necktie. The group recently announced that they will be heading into the studio next month to record their next EP, which will be released via Brutal Panda Records at some point early next year. Fight Amp systematically constructs walls of intense menacing sound developing an atmosphere that can stew gradually, enveloping the room or quickly hitting hard and fast like last night’s storm. With either attacking style at their disposal and an unrelenting instrumental mentality, the results provide a thunderous, effective punch. Joining in on this heavy noise-rocking spectacle will be a pair of Brutal Panda groups, locals Ladder Devils and San Francisco’s Kowloon Walled City. The bill also features Baltimore’s Roomrunner whose brand of rock inhabits a slight up-tempo pop element. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 7pm, $8 – $10, 21+ – Michael Colavita

The Lawsuits just premiered a subtly beautiful new music video that perfectly matches their track, "Dreaming #26," from the band’s full-length album Cool Cool Cool, over at The Key yesterday. It was filmed and edited by Caitlin McCann on location at HotBox Studios. The Lawsuits will be performing on Sunday, July 27 on the River Stage at XPoNential Music Fest in Camden. Enjoy!

The Lawsuits – Dreaming #26 (official music video) from Dog Days Films

Krust Toons: "My Football Helmet Wearing Techno Project" 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.

Owls return to Philly tonight for a special show at Union Transfer, and they’ll be supported by an assortment of eclectic local bands that are joining them on tour. Ever since releasing their debut full-length Get Disowned, Frances Quinlan and the rest of Hop Along have garnered much well-deserved praise, and have performed with noteworthy bands like Fucked Up, The Sidekicks, and The Thermals. The four-piece will surely be pulling out all the stops for their hometown friends and fans this evening. Glocca Morra is the kind of Philly-inspired DIY band that sends out EPs like Museum Mouth with hand-drawn paper bag art. And with their recent summer hiatus to prep for this tour while working on new material, tonight might be the perfect occasion for a preview of what the guys have instore for their next release. Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St., 9pm, $15, All Ages (Photos by Ally Newbold) – Bill McThrill

We were very excited to learn that Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band will be releasing a new full-length album this October entitled Intensity Ghost, via No Quarter Records. The quartet is easily one of our favorite live acts lately, and you can catch them for free performing under the beautiful LED lights at Spruce Street Harbor Park on Thursday, July 24 opening for Purling Hiss. And if you’re still hungry for more of their hypnotic, exploratory jams, they’ll also be throwing down the night after (Friday, July 25) at The Boot & Saddle with Oneida and I IM EYE MY. Check out the video below of the group covering "Little Johnny Jewel" by Television, one of Forsyth’s major musical influences, at Little Berlin!