Power popsters Mike Bell & The Movies had already started touring at the end of last year in support of their latest album Nothing Works; however, they only recently made it available to the public for streaming. You can check out the LP in its entirety below. And it’s also available for purchase on cyan blue (100 copies) and black (200) vinyl via Major Bear Records.

Out Of Town Films hosted The City and Horses at their studio. Here’s the group’s performance of "Cool Joe," off last year’s LP Strange Range (Paper Garden). Cheers!

With it being Nesta Robert Marley’s birthday, the reggae vibes of Work Dugs‘ latest track "The Good In Goodbye" makes absolute sense to us today. It’s the second single from the band’s upcoming LP Insurgents, which is due out March 4 via Bobby Cahn Records. The song also features Kat Bean from Amanda X. Smoke ’em if ya got ’em, folks – that’s what Bob would do. Much love and respect!

Philly seems to be bustling with activity and releases which makes absolute sense with SXSW on the horizon. The Weaks, a new project from ex-Dangerous Ponies Evan Bernard and Chris Baglivo, will be dropping its debut EP The World Is A Terrible Place And I Hate Myself And Want To Die on February 11 via "Philadelphia independent record label that wasn’t supposed to happen" Lame-O Records. You can currently preview the album in its entirety over at Brooklyn Vegan. The band, which also includes Peter Helmis (ex-Algernon Cadwallader) and Greg Labold (Bandname) in its live lineup, is having a party this Friday, Feb. 7 at Golden Tea House, and will be celebrating its release with pals Thin Lips, Kite Party, and Tacoma’s Cowardice.

We’re back with another ticket giveaway for Nobunny with support from Bad Side, The Hussy, and The Whips at Underground Arts this Friday. To enter for a chance to win a pair of tix, just send an email to thedelimagazinephiladelphia@gmail.com with the subject line “Can I Pet You?" Please also include your cell number in the body of the message (in case of an emergency). (Photo by Neil Soilland)

Ex-Clockcleaner John Sharkey III has a new project called Dark Blue where he teams up with Andy Nelson (Paint It Black, Ceremony) and Mike Sneeringer (who doesn’t seem to be part of Purling Hiss anymore, according to the band’s Facebook page). The trio is coming out with a debut 7" single that will be available via Brooklyn-based indie label Katorga Works. It’s A-side "Subterranean Man" sounds like something that you might hear seeping out onto the shadowy streets of Manchester from its local pubs in the late 70s/early 80s. Dark Blue already has a sweet show lined up for this evening opening for the truly rad Deerhunter at Union Transfer. Hopefully this shitty weather won’t deter folks from making it out tonight. Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St., 8:30pm, $15 – $17, All Ages – Alexis V.

Dark Blue – Subterranean Man by Katorga Works

Building his beats without the use of samples, Moon Bounce, a.k.a. Corey Regensberg, is back with another one of his mind-scrambling tracks called "Shake," which just premiered over at Noisey. You’ll also be able to find it sooon on his upcoming EP Dress Rehearsal that is set for release on Frebruary 25. (BTW: We find it humorous that "Zoolander" apears in the Tags section of the post.) Enjoy!

Bleeding Rainbow bring more heat and aggression on their latest track "Images," which features Rob Garcia on lead vocals. It’s the second single off the band’s forthcoming full-length album Interrupt, due out February 25 via Kanine Records. They’ll be performing next in Philly this Saturday, February 8 at the First Unitarian Church opening for Mission of Burma.

Below is a new episode of Rootdown In The Shadow‘s Cover Club featuring the Levee Drivers. The band stripped down to perform their rendition of Chris Kasper‘s "Walking On Water," the opening track from his 2011 LP The First Hundred Years Are the Hardest. The session was once again recorded at Breakneck Studio.

Just wanted to give a heads up that you’ll be hearing my lovely, nasally voice tomorrow morning (Wednesday, February 5) at 11am on Y-Not Radio. Head honcho Josh T. Landow was nice enough to ask me to swing by and chat with him about our recent year end poll, and I’ve been asked to take over the station for an hour to spin tracks from a few of my favorite local emerging artists who were nominated this year. And if you’re not a morning person like myself, they’ll be running it again later on that evening at 10pm. Hope that I can make your day a little bit better – much love! – Q.D. Tran