MP3: NEW Dr. Dog - Shadow People

Check out a spanking new track off of [Philly's own and proud] Dr. Dog's new album; Shame, Shame entitled 'Shadow People' - a summery pop driven catchy-as-fuck jam.

MP3 :: Dr. Dog - Shadow People

Shame, Shame will be out 4/6 on Anti Records. Just in time for your spring cleaning duties ;)

TOUR DATES:
02/09 - Rock Island, IL @ Rock Island Brewing Co.
02/10 - Cleveland, OH # @ Case Western University
02/11 - Bloomington, IN @ Video Saloon
02/12 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
02/13 - State College, PA @ State Theatre
04/14 - Toronto, Ont. @ Lee's Place
04/15 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
04/16 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
04/17 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
04/19 - Aspen, CO @ Belly Up
04/20 - Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
04/22 - Boise, ID @ Neuolux
04/23 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
04/24 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
04/25 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
04/27 - Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda
04/29 - Santa Fe, NM @ Santa Fe Brewing Company
04/30 - Dallas, TX @The Loft
05/01 - Austin, TX @ Emo's Outside
05/02 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Studio
05/03 - Fayetteville, AR @ Majestic
05/05 - Birmingham, AL @ Workplay
05/06 - Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom
05/07 - Louisville, KY @ Headliners
05/11-12 - Boston, MA @ Paradise
05/13 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
05/14 - Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
05/15 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5
05/23 - Berlin, Germany @ Magnet
05/24 - Koln, Germany @ Blue Shell
05/25 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
05/26 - London, England @ Tabernacle
05/27 - Paris, France @ Nouveau Casino
05/29 - Barcelona, Spain (Primavera Sound)
06/11-13 Manchester, TN (Bonnaroo)

MP3: A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Nitetime Rainbows + Video

Philadelphia's own chill/dream-pop group, A Sunny Day In Glasgow, will be releasing a new EP on March 2nd entitled Nitetime Rainbows. You can be awesome and pre-order the limited [to 1,000 copies] 12" clear vinyl right now from insound.

Here's the tracklist:
A1 Nitetime rainbows (new mix)
A2 Daytime rainbows
A3 So bloody, so tight
A4 Piano Lessons

B1 Nitetime rainbows (Buddy System remix)
B2 Nitetime rainbows (Acid wash edit by Benoit Pioulard)
B3 Nitetime rainbows (Ezekiel Honig remix)

Here's Nitetime Rainbows:
MP3 :: A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Nitetime Rainbows

Here's a pretty rad video for So Bloody, So Tight:

MP3: FREE ENERGY - Hope Child

Philadelphia's own [and Digi Dreams fave] Free Energy have [FINALLY!] released info for their debut LP. Stuck On Nothing will be out March 9th via DFA/Astralwerks and is about to blow the fuck UP. Here's another freebie track entitled Hope Child.

MP3 :: Free Energy - Hope Child

"How much do you want - How much will you give?"

MP3s: GOLDEN AGES - Everything Will Be Alright + Right Season

Philly's got something brewing for you this year. It's smooth, psychedelic and trance-inducing with the likes of Animal Collective/Panda Bear, Atlas Sound and M83 thrown in the mix. Check out a couple songs by the city's own Golden Ages and be sure to look out for their debut LP, Tradition, sometime this year.

MP3 :: Golden Ages - Everything Will Be Alright
MP3 :: Golden Ages - Right Season

You can download a free copy of their EP over here

WELCOMING A DECADE: A NEW YEARS EVE GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA

A fresh decade is upon us. Time to hang up those ugly christmas sweaters, take your pants off and party the *expletive* out. Here's a little [not complete] guide to Philly events where you can choose to let loose, make some last minute [laughable] mistakes or just feel great about the past 365 days. Be sure to keep your friends close, be safe and love life.

DEC 31st:
MOS DEF @ The Troc [get tix]
THE 7th Annual R5/MAKING TIME New Years Freak Out @ The Barbary
Algernon Cadwallader @ The Ox [2nd and Turner - near Temple] w/ Snowing, Boyfriends, Boys & Sex, Boy Problems and Hop Along
Brothers Past @ The TLA w/ Orchard Lounge
The Sounds Of Kaleidoscope @ KFN w/ Company Corvette
Lotus + MSTRKRFT @ The Electric Factory
Philadelphia Slick @ The Khyber
Cinematic Titanic @ Keswick Theatre [291 N Keswick Ave Glenside, PA] - a 3-movie NYE marathon with live, on stage commentary/ripping by original cast members of Mystery Science Theatre 3000.

JAN 1st:
THE MUMMERS PARADE

MP3: Post Post - Wolf

In 2008, four junior's from Bryn Mawr college in PA came together to form a dreamy indie pop quartet called Post Post. These ladies recorded their debut EP called Meta Meta with two mics, apple's garageband application and passion for creating the music that they love.

Meta Meta is out now and is available for a one cent minimum on Awkwardcore. I suggest being a little generous and donating more. $5 gets you a physical copy...just saying


MP3 :: Post Post - Wolf

And also be SURE to catch them on November 27th with Free Energy and Tough Shits @ Kung Fu Necktie [tix].

MP3: Kurt Vile - Hunchback

Hope everyone had a killer Labor Day weekend. I know I did [hence, the lack of posts]. 

This morning, Matador Records posted a new Kurt Vile mp3 from his upcoming album Childish Prodigy [Oct 6th]. "Hunchback" opens the new album with a darkness that we didn't see a few months ago with "Overnight Religion" - a lighter/airy-er jam. Both are shrouded in mystery and lots of reverb.

MP3 :: Kurt Vile - Hunchback
MP3 :: Kurt Vile - Overnight Religion

This Philly native will kick off his tour quite appropriately:
October:
Saturday 03 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
Wednesday 07 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
Thursday 08 Poughkeepsie, NY Vassar College w/Indian Jewelry
Saturday 10 Oberlin, OH The ‘Sco (Dionysus Disco) at Oberlin College
Sunday 11 Lexington, KY Al’s Bar
Monday 12 Bloomington, IN Video Saloon
Tuesday 13 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
Wednesday 14 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
Friday 16 Missoula, MT The Palace
Saturday 17 Seattle, WA High Dive w/Crystal Stilts
Sunday 18 Portland, OR Holocene w/Crystal Stilts
Tuesday 20 Arcata, CA Jambalaya
Wednesday 21 San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern
Thursday 22 San Diego, CA Crepe Place
Friday 23 Los Angeles, CA Spaceland
Sunday 25 San Diego, CA Casbah
Tuesday 27 Phoenix, AZ Modified Arts
Thursday 29 Lubbock, TX Bash Riprocks
Friday 30 Austin, TX Mohawk
Saturday 31 Dallas, TX Lounge on Elm Street

November:
Monday 02 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone Cafe w/Lovvers
Tuesday 03 Dallas, TX The Loft
Thursday 05 Washington, DC Black Cat

Pre-order Childish Prodigy NOW @ Matador Records. You'll get a free 7". What more can you ask for??

MP3: Algernon Cadwallader - "Some Kind Of Cadwallader"

During one of my many visits to South Philly on Wednesday night, a good friend of mine told me about this band called Algernon Cadwallader [Al-jur-non Kad-wall-uh-der]. At first, I totally forgot what the name was and didn't even want to try to pronounce it. He gave me some backstory about the band and how they used to only play basement shows in the Philly area. I thought that was pretty rad. He kind of described what they sounded like. I still couldn't pronounce the name. Then he put them on the stereo and I feel in love. I was starting to get the gist of the name. He was wearing one of their shirts too, so it helped me out a little bit.

Since I don't personally like making comparisons to other bands, please take a listen down below and judge for yourself.

MP3 :: Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind Of Cadawallader

I gave you an extra one mostly because I drink and love soy milk:

MP3 :: Algernon Cadwallader - Yo Soy Milk

Their debut LP Some Kind Of Cadwallader is available now through their myspace page ...AND if you want them to play in YOUR basement, they have a little email addy action going on too

The Weekend Fundown [Fun Edition]

TGIF. For Real. Here are some shows going down this weekend in Philly:

FRIDAY
Cheers Elephant @ The North Star Bar
Bonnie "Prince" Billy + Ned Oldham [his brother] @ The Troc
BC Camplight + The Bye Byes @ Johnny Brenda's

SATURDAY
mewithoutYou + Danielson @ The Troc [SOLD OUT]
EAR PWR @ Pilam [3914 Spruce St]

SUNDAY
United Nations @ The Barbary

Cheers Elephant - Here We Are
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I Am Goodbye
BC Camplight - Blood And Peanut Butter
EAR PWR - Future Eyes

The Weekend Fundown [fun edition]

The [good] show sched this weekend is pretty scarce. But anyway...

Need something to do this weekend? Philly bound? Homeward bound? Get into it.

FRIDAY:
Papercuts w/ Jana Hunter @ Kungfu Necktie - 7:30 PM [get tix]
Mastodon @ The TLA - 8 PM
Phillies VS Braves @ 7:05 PM

SATURDAY:
Broadzilla @ Kungfu Necktie [linkage]
Phillies VS Braves @ 3:40 PM

SUNDAY:
The Crystal Method @ The TLA
Phillies VS Braves @ 12:35 PM

TUESDAY:
The Pomegranates @ Kungfu Necktie [get tix]
The Thermals [SOLD OUT]
Animal Collective [SOLD OUT]
Animal Collective After Party @ Kungfu Necktie [linkage]

Papercuts - Future Primative
The Pomegranates - Everybody, Come Outside

[video] Efterklang @ FUC Philly

You might remember my review of this show back in March and how I said that they almost literally tore the house down. Well now you can see that I wasn't exaggerating. I'll stop writing and let the video speak for itself.

Weekend Rundown: Philly [May Day Edition]

FRIDAY MAY 1ST
Bat For Lashes @ The F.U.C Sanctuary - 8:30 PM
Mountains @ The F.U.C Chapel - 8:00 PM
First Friday - Be there, DUH 5:00 - 9:00 PM
Phillie VS Mets @ Citizen's Bank Park - 7:05 PM

SATURDAY MAY 2ND
Eighth Annual Philadelphia Wine Festival @ The Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Smell, swirl and taste.

SUNDAY MAY 3RD
Adele @ The Electric Factory - 8:00 PM

What else? Check out the PW blog for more! [linkage]

[show review] - EFTERKLANG @ The First Unitarian Church Sanctuary - Philly

A crowd gathered in Philadelphia waits patiently outside a church @ 8:00 pm. The gates open and the mass of bodies flood the entrance way in order to get situated. There is a stage cluttered with instruments: A keyboard, a bass guitar, 2 guitars, a trumpet, a drum kit, a violin, a saw, microphones [plural] and an electronic device with enough wires coming out of it to power an entire city.

The mass of bodies come together to seat 8 per church pew. The lights are dim but not out. The atmosphere is buzzing. Humming with anticipation...



Efterklang - Cutting Ice To Snow [from the album Parades]
Efterklang - Mirror Mirror [live 2008]



Our first entertainer, Peter Broderick takes the stage.



Broderick is 1/7 of Efterklang who has his own thing going for him. At first I didn't think too much of him. He hd a loop machine tucked neatly under his keyboard and used it quite a bit to his advantage. First he would loop some guitar, than some piano, than some violin. Eventually he would sing. His voice is what really kept my attention through out the first few songs. A voice that made the church rise above the clouds that we all once lived under. Each song wow-ed me even more than the last. The loop machine captured a weeping saw crying underneath a delicate guitar. It captured our applause after a song. We heard ourselves in his performance. HE USED US TO MAKE HIS MUSIC! He told a funny story that you couldn't really understand. A story in which he looped himself above and below his own voice. Mumbling and incoherent, yet beautiful in it's own right.

To end his set, he created a couple loops of the winding, soaring vocals, grabs a whistling noise maker and proceeded to do laps around the entire church audience while still belting out a few of his own vocal chords.

EFTERKLANG were up next. Efterklang are a band from Denmark who I have only gotten into pretty recently. I've used the "they sound like Sigur Ros" line trying to describe them, but they really don't. They have they're own form of genius that they hold all the rights to.

All 7 members of this indie orgy take the stage. The loops from that electronic mechanism start pounding. The lead ringman of the group, Casper Clausen, has his own mini drum kit which he starts really laying into. While the bands full time drummer, Thomas Kirirath Husmer, lays down the solid beat. The drums pound in synch. The church walls are bursting at the seams. The bass comes in, followed by the keyboard, followed by the violin, the egg shakers, the various musical instruments. The walls have exploded. Harmonious vocals soar until they are hot air balloons far from sight. The night has only begun.






With in the next half hour or so the following occurs: A cymbal is thrown on to the ground from the stage, we, the audience, are told to stand, we are told to sing and sing loud. We are all clapping, stomping, hooting and hollering. Life is beautiful and we all know this. The band joins us on the floor. We are engulfing them. We can swallow them whole if we wanted to. But let's not. The vocals continue to soar back on stage until they fade away. slowly, quietly, the night is almost over. The lights go on.

Philly Spring 2009 Shows That Are Worth Checking Out

4.03 // Dan Deacon @ First Unitarian Church
4.04 // Matt & Kim [!!] @ The Barbary
4.05 // Jamie Stewart [from Xiu Xiu] @ FUC Chapel
4.09 // Comet Gain @ Kung Fu Necktie
4.10 // Margot & The Nuclear So & So's + Cloud Cult
4.15 // Great Lake Swimmers @ Johnny Brenda's
4.18 // Acid Mothers Temple @ Johnny Brenda's
4.22 // Of Montreal @ The Troc
4.22 // Headlights + The Love Language [!!] @ Kung Fu Necktie
4.24 // Tim Barry @ Johnny Brenda's
4.25 // Mogwai @ The Troc
4.26 // Bowerbirds + Bell @ FUC Chapel
5.06 // The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart @ The Barbary
5.07 // Lady Sovereign @ FUC
6.02 // [the mighty] Grizzly Bear @ The Troc [!!!]

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