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July 14, 2012 | 10:00 AM | By

Tonight’s Concert Picks: Echo Orbiter w/ Break it Up and Trouble Everyday, El-P w/ Killer Mike and Asher Roth, Roger Waters, Hop Along, and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Saturdays are for raging, and there are some rockin’ shows happening this evening that you would be wise to attend. But there are so many to choose from! Here’s our list of some awesome ragers:

Echo Orbiter play with Break it Up and Trouble Everyday (reunited!) at Kung Fu Necktie. Bands in the Backyard recently did a short backyard session with Echo Orbiter, which you can view below, and Trouble Everyday was featured in this week’s Key Studio Session. Tickets to this 21+ show are $8, doors at 8 PM.

Over at the Troc, El-P plays with special guests, Killer Mike and college boy, Asher Roth. This show is all ages and starts at 9 PM, tickets are 20 smackeroos.

Roger Waters “The Wall” tour makes a stop at Citizens Bank Park tonight. You can purchase tickets to the show here, show starts at 8:45 PM.

Hop Along recently had their CD release show for Get Disowned at First Unitarian Church; they play tonight at Johnny Brenda’s with Secret Mountains and DRGN KING. Tickets to this 21+ show are $10.

The Saturday free concert series at Morgan’s Pier continues this evening with a performance from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. This 21+ show is free and starts at 5 PM.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, Asher Roth, Bands In The Backyard, Break It Up, Citizens Bank Park, DRGN King, Echo Orbiter, El-P, Hop Along, Johnny Brenda's, Killer Mike, Kung Fu Necktie, Morgan's Pier, R5 Productions, Roger Waters, Secret Mountains, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Trocadero, Trouble Everyday
July 3, 2012 | 9:30 AM | By

Josh Craft of Conversations with Enemies to guest DJ the XPN2 Philly Local Show this Thursday

Photo by Jonathan Appelbaum

This weekend, Philly’s action/adventure pop troupe Conversations With Enemies celebrates the release of its latest record, The Good Times, in a show at Johnny Brenda’s. The album references just about every fictional character you might have loved as a kid – werewolves, vampires, cowboys, zombies – and like Enemies’ 2010 debut, Nowhere OK, it comes accompanied by a comic book that mixes them all together. This week, band leader Josh Craft will guest DJ the XPN2 Philly Local Show, previewing tracks from the album, giving us the lowdown the concert, and spinning tunes from some of his favorite Philly peers like Algernon Cadwallader, Dangerous Ponies, Break It Up and more. Listen in this Thursday, July 5, on XPN2, download a song from the album below, and catch the Conversations With Enemies record release show this Saturday July 7 at Johnny Brenda’s.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Downloads, Events, Recordings, Algernon Cadwallader, Break It Up, Conversations With Enemies, Dangerous Ponies, Johnny Brenda's, Josh Craft
June 30, 2012 | 9:30 AM | By

Saturday’s Concert Picks: WXPN Welcomes Shawn Colvin to World Cafe Live and the Clark Park Music & Arts Festival

The Clark Park Music & Arts Festival has rocked the neighborhood at 43rd and Chester Ave for many years. The festival takes place every year right around the Summer Solstice and features live music, vendors, food trucks, children’s activities, crafts, and more. This festival is a chance to celebrate the artistic community that exists in Philadelphia; it is an opportunity for local non profit organizations to come together to discuss various issues in the surrounding neighborhoods. All of the musical acts are brought to you by Cloud Events-Philly , some which include Break it Up, The Really Cooks, City Wide Specials, Power Animal, and more. The event goes from noon to sunset.

 

Over at World Cafe Live, WXPN welcomes the grammy award winning, international singer/songwriter, Shawn Colvin. The Royal You opens the show downstairs live at 7:30 PM. You can purchase tickets to the all ages show here.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, Break It Up, City Wide Specials, Clark Park Music & Arts Festival, Cloud Events-Philly, Power Animal, Shawn Colvin, The Really Cooks, The Royal You, World Cafe Live
June 20, 2012 | 1:30 PM | By

TOMORROW: A dueling DJ set from Wigwams and Tresors on XPN2 (playing Kungfu Necktie on Friday)

Adrien Kanter (left) of Trésors and Dan Morse of Wigwams


Call it the Philly-Paris connection. This weekend, the French indie rock band Trésors plays Kungfu Necktie, opening for local four-piece Wigwams. The friendship between both groups of musicians goes a ways back, though, all the way to a European tour in 2005, and tomorrow night they’ll bring it to the airwaves to guest DJ on XPN2 from 5 to 7 p.m. Dan Morse of Wigwams (who you also saw shredding on the North Star stage in our Break it Up photo recap) joined up with Adrien Kanter and Adrien Durand of Trésors to put together a summer music playlist for the 90-whatever degree heat this week. We’ll hear classic jams from Procal Harum and Black Flag, new music from Liars and Arc in Round, and a couple tracks from our guest DJs own bands to get you psyched for the show on Friday night. Listen in tomorrow night, June 21, at 88.5 HD-2 or XPN2.org beginning at 5 p.m.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Events, Scene, Arc In Round, Black Flag, Break It Up, Kungfu Necktie, Liars, Procal Harum, Trésors, Wigwams
June 20, 2012 | 9:30 AM | By

Photo Recap: Break It Up and Now Now at North Star Bar

photos by John Vettese

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Photos + Videos, Events, Break It Up, North Star Bar, Now Now
June 19, 2012 | 11:00 AM | By

Support the Little Berlin/BITBY Kickstarter

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Little Berlin is a non-profit arts and community organization founded in 2007. A gallery located in the heart of Kensington, it features local artists curated monthly by a different Little Berlin member. This past year, they received a $10,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to fund the Little Berlin Fairgrounds project, transforming a vacant lot across from the gallery into an open community art space and sculpture garden. The fairgrounds will be designed around featuring live performances, film screenings, children’s workshops, musical events, and more.

To help raise the matching money they need for the Knight Foundation grant, BITBY, Bands in the Backyard, is creating a 12″ vinyl, featuring all of the artists from the bitby.tv monthly series over the past year. Some of the proceeds funded by the vinyl will go towards the fairgrounds project. The acts on the album include: Break it Up, Wigwams, Heyward Howkins, Pet Milk, Oh! Pears, Arc in Round, Faux Slang, Psychic Teens, Ports of Call, Summer Fiction, Blayer Pointdujour, and Streetwalkers.

The kickstarter will run until Monday, July 23rd to raise their goal of $5,000. Watch the video for the kickstarter here. Below, you can watch BITBY videos from: Ports of Call and Oh! Pears

FILED UNDER: Artists, News, Arc In Round, Bands In The Backyard, Blayer Pointdujour, Break It Up, Faux Slang, Heyward Howkins, Little Berlin, Oh! Pears, Pet Milk, Ports Of Call, Psychic Teens, Streetwalkers, Summer Fiction, Wigwams
June 19, 2012 | 9:23 AM | By

Tonight’s Concert Pick: Now, Now w/ Break it Up and The Pretty Greens at the North Star Bar


Tonight, the Minnesota band Now, Now (formerly known as Now, Now, Every Children) headlines a show at North Star Bar. Now, Now released their album Threads on Chris Walla’s (of Death Cab For Cutie) label, Trans- Records. Opening acts include Philadelphia locals, Break it Up and The Pretty Greens. Break it Up did a Key Studio Session with us back in October, which you can check out here. Tickets to the 21+ show are $10, set begins at 8PM. Below check out the song “Dead Oaks” off Now, Now’s new album, Threads.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, Break It Up, North Star Bar, Now Now, The Pretty Greens