The Key » Acres of Diamonds http://thekey.xpn.org Discover Philly's Best Local Music Sun, 19 May 2013 21:00:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Copyright WXPN, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Tonight’s Concert Picks: XPN Welcomes The Spinto Band with Buried Beds to the Arden Gild Hall, Joshua James at The Tin Angel, Acres of Diamonds at Ortlieb’s, St. James & The Apostles at Johnny Brenda’s http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/04/06/tonights-concert-picks-xpn-welcomes-the-spinto-band-with-buried-beds-to-the-arden-gild-hall-joshua-james-at-the-tin-angel-acres-of-diamonds-at-ortliebs-st-james-the-apostles-at-johnny-b/ http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/04/06/tonights-concert-picks-xpn-welcomes-the-spinto-band-with-buried-beds-to-the-arden-gild-hall-joshua-james-at-the-tin-angel-acres-of-diamonds-at-ortliebs-st-james-the-apostles-at-johnny-b/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:21:52 +0000 Julie Miller http://thekey.xpn.org/?p=74974 SpintoXPN welcomes The Spinto Band and Buried Beds to the Arden Gild Hall tonight.  Taking album-release celebrations back to their home state of Delaware, The Spinto Band will perform new favorites from this year’s Cool Cocoon LP.  The peppy-but-deep five-piece will be joined by Philadelphia favorites Buried Beds, a local five-piece indie pop outfit whose most recent release was a film/EP called Small Stories.  Tickets and information for the all-ages show in Arden, DE can be found here.  Watch The Spinto Band’s video for “What I Love” below.

Lincoln, Nebraska native Joshua James performs at the Tin Angel tonight.  The folk singer is touring in support of his 2012 full-length From the Top of Willamette Mountain, an album that deals with James’s interactions with and personal thoughts on religion.  Leaving his farm in Utah to record in Oregon, the LP was co-produced by The Shins’ Richard Swift and borrowed the name of the studio for the album title.  Tickets and information for tonight’s 21+ show with Isaac Russell can be found here.  Watch Joshua James’s video for “Queen of the City” below.

Acres of Diamonds play Ortlieb’s Lounge tonight.  The local outfit released the Animal Trust EP in October after recording the three songs at Miner Street Recordings with Jon Low.  The EP followed up their 2010 debut with some great post-punk / pop vibes with vocals that bring to mind Kate Bush or Kim Krans.  On their Bandcamp, Acres of Diamonds professed a desire to release three new songs every six months – we’ll be keeping an ear out for new tracks this month.  Tickets and information for the 21+ show with Bueno and the Goods can be found here.  Below, stream “Blind City” from the EP.

St. James & The Apostles will be at Johnny Brenda’s tonight.  The local acid rock trio have been hitting the stage hard over the last few months with a string of dates that included an appearance at Johnny Brenda’s in February following the band’s Key Studio Session.  The band of cousins released their Baphomet LP last year, which features the song “St. James Infirmary Blues.”  Stream and download the Key Studio Session version of that song below and check out St. James & The Apostles live tonight with The Original Sins, The GTVs and Midwestern Exposure.  Tickets and information can be found here.

]]> http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/04/06/tonights-concert-picks-xpn-welcomes-the-spinto-band-with-buried-beds-to-the-arden-gild-hall-joshua-james-at-the-tin-angel-acres-of-diamonds-at-ortliebs-st-james-the-apostles-at-johnny-b/feed/ 4 The Week So Far: 14 must-read stories on The Key http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/01/10/the-week-so-far-14-must-read-stories-on-the-key-3/ http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/01/10/the-week-so-far-14-must-read-stories-on-the-key-3/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:00:16 +0000 John Vettese http://thekey.xpn.org/?p=65187

Download B.C. Camplight‘s BBC Radio 6 session featuring two new songs [link]

Juston Stens and the Get Real Gang bring rock and soul to their Key Session [link]

Listen to Free Energy‘s new album Love Sign at Consequence of Sound [link]

Thrash out with a new Surgeon track; they play Kung Fu Necktie next month [link]

The collaboration between Ground Up and The Lawsuits continues in a HotBox session [link]

David Bowie releases a new single for his birthday [link]

Chill Moody releases his latest album, RFM [link]

Get psyched for Zilla Rocca‘s Tuesday Tune-Out with his new Wrecking Crew video [link]

Download The Key Studio Sessions Vol. 6, our new 17-song compilation [link]

Stream the new album from The Lone Bellow, a Georgia-bred close harmony trio [link]

Stream a new EP from Philly’s Acres of Diamonds, who play PhilaMOCA next week [link]

Plow United announces the details of their all-ages album-release show at The Barbary [link]

Download Anais Mitchell‘s Folkadelphia session [link]

The WXPN Philly Local Show expands to three hours [link]

]]> http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/01/10/the-week-so-far-14-must-read-stories-on-the-key-3/feed/ 0 Stream Acres of Diamonds Animal Trust EP (playing PhilaMOCA on 1/18) http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/01/07/stream-acres-of-diamonds-animal-trust-ep-playing-philamoca-on-0118/ http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/01/07/stream-acres-of-diamonds-animal-trust-ep-playing-philamoca-on-0118/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:45:03 +0000 Julie Miller http://thekey.xpn.org/?p=64884 On their latest Animal Trust EP, Acres of Diamonds follow up 2010′s debut with three dark, post-punky songs recorded at Miner Street Studios.  Mixing in a healthy dose of pop catchy-ness, Animal Trust hands out some unexpected twists by-way of an organ on the Sonic Youth-esque “Sweet Believers” and occasional Kate Bush-ian theatrics on the title track.  Vocalist Sarah Davis’ Gwen Rooker’s raspy alto recalls the eeriness of Family Band singer Kim Krans at times, adding a mysterious counter-point to the fully-developed guitar and drum layers.  Acres of Diamonds will be performing at PhilaMOCA on January 18th with Univox, Pow Wow! and Lux Perpetua.  More information can be found here.  Below, stream Acres of Diamond’s Animal Trust EP.

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]]> http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/01/07/stream-acres-of-diamonds-animal-trust-ep-playing-philamoca-on-0118/feed/ 1 Philly Local Phile PREMIERE: Acres of Diamonds’ “Penultimate” http://thekey.xpn.org/2012/01/26/philly-local-phile-premiere-acres-of-diamonds-penultimate/ http://thekey.xpn.org/2012/01/26/philly-local-phile-premiere-acres-of-diamonds-penultimate/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:30:51 +0000 John Vettese http://thekey.xpn.org/?p=25964

“Our recording process has been somewhat glacial,” jokes Sarah Davis, the singer and keyboardist / glockenspielist for earthy, expressive Philly rock combo Acres of Diamonds. The band’s excellent self-titled EP dropped in summer of 2010, and it has been working on the followup at an extremely measured pace in the time since. But that’s completely fine; if the end result is a collection of songs as rich and inspired as today’s Philly Local Phile, AOD’s brand-new number “Penultimate,” it will be absolutely worth the wait. Stream or download the song below, and catch Acres of Diamonds in concert next weekend when it plays Milkboy Philly on Sat. Feb. 4 with Brown Recluse and recent PHL Bandcamp Hunter stars Instamatic.

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