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New Track: “Endlessly” – Nothing

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Philly’s very own Nothing just premiered another new eardrum-bursting track callled "Endlessly," off their forthcoming LP Guilty of Everything, over at Rolling Stone. Frontman Domenic Palermo tells the publication, "’Endlessly’ is a song about a seasick family who squeezed out a dizzy baby." (Haha…we highly doubt that they were expecting that response – way to keep Philly’s reputation for being weird intact, Nicky.) The album was produced by Uniform Recording’s Jeff Zeigler, and is coming out March 4 via Relapse Records. Nothing will begin their tour down to SXSW with a record release show on Sunday, March 2 at Kung Fu Necktie.

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ICA@50 – Free For All: Mitral Transmission at Institute of Contemporary Art Feb. 19

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Data Garden is helping the Institute of Contemporary Art kick off its ICA@50 anniversary celebration with the launch of Greg Fox’s new album Mitral Transmission. “The temporary installation and performance uses human biorhythms to generate live music.” The former drummer for Dan Deacon and Liturgy developed the technology that generates music using the organic rhythms of the human heart for his latest project. He’ll be joined by Jamey Robinson (Man Man, Buffalo Stance) on keys, while Batsley Adams provides the visuals. Guests are encouraged to try out Fox’s creation as well as Data Garden’s previous experiment with plants and sensors, used to make sounds from human-to-plant interactions, that you may have experienced at the local electronic music label/event production collective’s Switch-On Garden or Data Garden Quartet, which was on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. There will be an accompanying installation entitled Personified, where you are encouraged to use the interface that was originally developed for the plants on your own body. At this evening’s event, you can also take home a print made of plantable paper, consume festive wintry snacks and refreshments, try on a virtual reality helmet, and listen to the music of your own body. Do something different tonight! Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 S. 36 St., 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Free, All Ages (Flier by Jason Killinger) – Q.D. Tran
 
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New Music Video: “Shake” – Moon Bounce

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Check out the truly demented and twisted music video for "Shake" by Moon Bounce, a.k.a. Corey Regensburg! It premiered yesterday at the all-things-gory website, Fangoria. The video was directed by Italy-via-London director Andrea Youth. The track is off Moon Bounce’s forthcoming EP, Dress Rehearsal, due out February 25 via Grind Select, a new imprint owned and operated by Regensberg and his manager Jeremy Garber.

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Where Is My Mind?: The Districts’ Rob Grote

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I’ve been going back through our earlier posts about The Districts to put together the intro to this interview. It really almost feels like yesterday when I came into the old HotBox Studios to check out our first collaboration together with Lushlife for our Choice/Cuts video series. Matt Smith was excited to show me footage of an in-studio session that they did with a high school band from Central Pennsylvania. Obviously, we now know that they were The Districts, and the video was their performance of “Funeral Beds,” which eventually went viral two separate times on Reddit. Soon after, they were victorious in our bi-monthly Featured Artist(s) Poll. The band also won the hearts of our Deli editors in other cities in the Open Submissions round of our Year End Emerging Artists Poll 2012. In 2013, they spent a lot of their time winning over the Philly music community with each fiery live performance, and then came the big news that the group had signed to well-respected indie label Fat Possum Records. Since then, the floodgates have opened with offers to open for their hometown heroes Dr. Dog at the Electric Factory and tour with Austin rockers White Denim, who they are currently on the road with right now. So it wasn’t really a surprise to us, here at The Deli, when the votes came in, and The Districts unanimously became our Philly Emerging Artist of 2013. We had a chance to chat with frontman Rob Grote, before he left on tour, about the amazing experience that they had last year since moving to Philly, what’s next, and more, which you can check out HERE!
 
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Tuesday Tune-Out w/Air is Human at PhilaMOCA Feb. 18

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Tonight, PhilaMOCA’s very own Chip Schwartz will continue his curation of this month’s Tuesday Tune-Out. Joining him as the musical entertainment for the evening will be Air is Human. The duo of Jeff Lucci and Josh Aptner provide a beautiful ebb and flow of serene tranquility and pure aggression, building off what they so eloquently describe as "a musical journey derived from a form of thought broadcasting." They’ll also be bringing this journey to Ortlieb’s in March for a Tuesday night residency. Come out and discover your zone(s)! PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th St., 8pm, $5, All Ages – H.M. Kauffman

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The 3rd Annual Tri State Indie Awards at WCL Feb. 16

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The good folks at Tri State Indie are back with their 3rd Annual Tri State Indie Music Awards that will be held this evening downstairs at World Cafe Live. There will be live performances from nominees like The Lawsuits, Maitland, Chill Moody, Ali Wadsworth and more with drink specials to help provide some social lubrication. Attendees are also encouraged to wear your best/favorite outfits and walk the red carpet, but don’t worry – it’s really a very chill hang with some nice music peeps. Cheers, TSI! World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St., 3pm – 5pm (Invite Only Pre-party), 6pm (Show), $20, All Ages – H.M. Kauffman

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Southwark Get Ready for SXSW at The Boot & Saddle Feb. 15

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What started out as seven musicians kindling a friendship while participating in a mummers band has emerged as a musically sound South Philly act complete with vibrant guitars, multiple horns, keyboards, kazoos, multi layered vocal harmonies, and then some! And Southwork have managed to gain some nice recognition through their first 2 EPs Arise and Seasons Passing. But the band started their winter hibernation by recording a lot of new material that their ready to showcase to the world, and they’ll be doing so with a sixteen-show tour that will be going all the way to SXSW. Tonight’s bill at The Boot & Saddle will be the perfect way to wish the band bon voyage. It will also feature the guitar heavy project of the Hammill brothers, Killer Bangs, which also features Chris Weyh (The Makes) and Stephen Clifford (Circa Survive), and S.T.O.P., which is the new side project of Joe Reno (Southwark, En Fuego) and Jeremy Blessing (The Great Vibration). The Boot & Saddle, 1131 S. Broad St., 8pm, $8, 21+ – Bill McThrill

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Weekend Warrior, February 14 – 16

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Two Piece Fest 7 crash lands upon Pi Lam this Saturday, and whether they’re math rock or metal, electronic or acoustic, musically sound or quirky and action-packed, this year’s festival will feature an eclectic mix of duos that rock. The fest will showcase plenty of out-of-towners like headliners Shellshag, Empty Vessels, and These Branches, but there will also be plenty of locals representing the Philly music community. Co-headliners +HIRS+ may invoke thrills and chills with their slash-and-destroy grindcore, and Driftwood Soldier will stomp a hole in the stage with mandolin-and-bass-infused gutter folk. Weirdo avant-pop outfit Banned Books will show that they haven’t missed a beat since they went from power trio to dynamic duo, and sludge-pop duo Holy Death may preview tunes from their freshly tracked upcoming EP. The fest will also feature the alt-rock sounds of Rasputin’s Secret Police, the fast-paced experimental math-punk of The Joint Chiefs of Math, another sighting of Omar, and a shit ton more! Pi Lam, 3914 Spruce St., 2PM, $5 (before 2pm) – $10 (after 2pm), All Ages – Bill McThrill

Other places to go now that you aren’t trapped this weekend…
 
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI Stinking Lizaveta, Gondola, The Company Corvette,
 
The Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) SAT Southwork, Killer Bangs
 
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Tender Vision, Ghost Gum, SAT Duffy’s Cut
 
Voyeur (1221 St. James St.) Making Time Valentime
 
Union Transfer (1026 Spring Garden St.) FRI American Babies, SAT American Babies
 
TLA (334 South St.) SAT G. Love & Special Sauce, SUN G. Love & Special Sauce
 
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) FRI Bong Hits for Jesus,  SAT Take the Hint!, An Honest Year, Something Started
 
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI Kwesi K, SAT Long Miles, Reef’d, SUN Tri State Indie Awards
 
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI The Northern Liberties Winter Music Fest w/Anjuli Josephine, Folly Fields, Acton Bell, Paige Allbritton, SAT The Northern Liberties Winter Music Fest w/Jason Fracticelli and The Wet Dreams, Black Stars, SUN The Northern Liberties Winter Music Fes w/Dirk Quinn Band, Cold Roses, The Wallace Brothers Band
 
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Modern Suits, Desoto Jones, SAT Halfro, Bey, Verbatum Jones
 
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI Ang & The Damn Band, St. James & the Apostles, SAT The Pretty Greens
 
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Commonwealth, The Sixties, SAT Morning River Band, The People
 
Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) SUN Lo Power Plane, Beyonder
 
M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Mike Slo-Mo Brenner, Matt McAndrew Band, SAT Get Involved!, The Future Race, Adalie, Swarms
 
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) FRI Hoots & Hellmouth
 
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI John Train, SUN Rusty Cadillac
 
Voltage Lounge (421 N. 7th St.) SAT Bosom Band, Inconsiderate Bastards, The Late Greats
 
Ardmore Music Hall (23 E. Lancaster Ave.) SAT The A’s
 
Golden Tea House (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Die Choking, Brontide, Wet Fetish, SAT Hound, Low Charge, SUN Brightside, Ephraim Huit, Vveed Vvolf, Danger O’s
 
Mt. Thrashmore (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Girl Brains, Bleach Bath, Blank Book
 
Nacho House (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SUN Bad Canoes, RSO, Great Western Plain, Wet Food
 
West Kensington Ministry (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Scott Churchman, Hermit Thrushes
 
Safety Meeting (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI No Other, Amanda X, Fake Goals
 
502 House (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT The Sixties, Honah Lee, Welter, Circadian Frequency
 
Freedom 35 (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Ma Jolie, Sic Bacchus, Bleeding Fractals, Good Graces
 
Trinity House (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Jack Wright/Jim Strong Duo, Zell Row, SM-R, Chalk Teeth