Air is Human marked the final seasonal change of 2015 with the final installment in their year-long EP concept series. Solstice 2 pays tribute to the winter solstice and comes after accompanying tributes to the summer equinox, summer solstice and winter equinox.
XPN favorite Jacob Snider is a singer-songwriter whose music is both rich and full while remaining uniquely intimate. Tonight Jacob will be at World Café Live in support of Brooklyn-based Jean Rohe beginning at 8 p.m. For more information on the show head over the XPN Concert Calendar. Continue reading →
After making a huge splash at all the summer festivals they played (and there were a lot of them), Nashville rockers Bully headed out on a solo tour that brings them to Boot and Saddle tonight. Their debut LP Feels Like dropped on Colombia Records this summer, and their music is loud and gritty guitar rock (the best kind of guitar rock). More information on the show can be found at the XPN Concert Calendar. Listen to Feels Like below. Continue reading →
Philadelphia-based experimental rock duo Air Is Human is set to release its third EP in the form of a concept album surrounding the changing of seasons. Equinox 2 will be released on Wednesday, September 30th, exactly one week after the autumnal equinox. Continue reading →
The weather is finally heating up and road trips are certainly on the mind. For Air is Human, it was essential that they capture the feeling of summer freedom in their latest EP. Continue reading →
Local atmospheric rockers Air is Human will celebrate the Spring Equinox by releasing a new record at 10:45 p.m. tonight, the moment the season changes from winter to spring. EQ1 is the first effort in a seasonal series of EPs the band has planned for this year, each scheduled for release on an Equinox or Solstice.
Multi-instrumental duo Air is Human recorded with Out of Town Films this past November. The Philly ambient duo of Jeff Lucci and Josh Aptner recorded a nearly nine-minute session of an unreleased track titled “Fugue {Ø}.” Lucci takes on guitar, bass, rhodes, and synth for Air is Human while Aptner plays intricate rhythms on drums, vibraphones, and other modes of percussion. Continue reading →
Bands in the Backyard is bringing together some of Philly’s best for a one-night-only concert at the Theater of the Living Arts. BITBY will host the concert Summer Sounds on August 15. It’s a killer lineup topped by Bucks County rock band Commonwealth Choir as headliner (fresh off their slot at XPoNential Music Festival this weekend). Continue reading →
Volume 4 of Philly Tapes Philly‘s local collaboration project will be released at Ortlieb’s this Thursday, June 26th featuring Gretchen Lohse and Air is Human. The local acts spent a day recording together at The Gun Shop last week and have shared photos by Wendy McCardle and a sneak preview video by Bob Sweeney to show us what’s in store for the new tape. The two songs will be released for free on 50 limited edition cassettes at the (also free) release show this week. More information for the event can be found here. Below, check out the video that includes a snippet of one of the tracks followed by a photo gallery of the entire recording process.
Philly Tapes Philly is back with their June installment. This month the concert and split cassingle will feature experimental rock group Air is Human and singer/songwriter Gretchen Lohse. This spring AiH took over Ortlieb’s in Northern Liberties, while Lohse just the other week played a Double Decker Music concert (read more here). Both bands will perform at the tape release party at Ortlieb’s on June 26th. You can find full info for the event here. Check out music from both artists below.
