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January 31, 2013 | 11:15 AM | By

The Week So Far: 12 must-read stories on The Key (incl. Nightlands, Catnaps and Thao)

Nightlands | Photo by Matthew Davis

Prairie Empire stops by to record a Folkadelphia session [link]

Philly’s Nightlands celebrates the release of Oak Island at Kung Fu Necktie [link]

My Morning Jacket’s Jim James streams his new album, announces a Union Transfer show [link]

Philly rockers Free Energy get interviewed by a couple sixth graders [link]

Remembering versatile guitarist Jef Lee Johnson, who passed away at age 54 this week [link]

Indiepop five-piece Catnaps releases a new EP for free downloading [link]

Shoegazers Nothing will make the First Friday crowd wish they packed earplugs [link]

Lancaster folk trio The Stray Birds records a Key Studio Session, comes to World Cafe Live [link]

Philly rapper Chill Moody releases a mini-documentary of his December TLA show [link]

Thao Nguyen plays “We The Common” on a banjo, through a microphone, at a rally [link]

All week the Unlocked series features Almost Endless, the new LP from The National Rifle [link]

FILED UNDER: Artists, Catnaps, Chill Moody, Free Energy, Jef Lee Johnson, Jim James, Nightlands, Nothing, Prairie Empire, Thao, The National Rifle, The Stray Birds
January 30, 2013 | 10:46 AM | By

Watch a mini-documentary of Chill Moody’s sold-out TLA show (playing The Blockley on 2/15)

For Philly rapper Chill Moody, headlining the Theater of Living Arts on one of the last days in December was a high point of a tremendous year. In this seven-minute mini-documentary, we get a nice overview of the show. There’s the announcement to the cast and crew that the concert was sold out. There’s Chill’s very showman-like entrance from the lobby of the venue to the strains of “Bombs” from Freshman Take Cover. There’s backstage chats with Jakk Frost and others. Watch the documentary below, and catch Chill’s next local appearance – February 15 at The Blockley with his frequent R&B collaborator Beano. Tickets and more information can be found at the WXPN Concert Calendar.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Photos + Videos, Concert Previews, Events, News, Chill Moody, The Blockley, The TLA
January 10, 2013 | 9:00 AM | By

The Week So Far: 14 must-read stories on The Key

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]

FILED UNDER: Artists, Downloads, Events, News, Recordings, Acres of Diamonds, Anais Mitchell, B.C. Camplight, Chill Moody, David Bowie, Free Energy, Ground Up, Juston Stens and the Get Real Gang, Plow United, Surgeon, The Lawsuits, The Lone Bellow, Zilla Rocca
January 6, 2013 | 2:00 PM | By

The Week’s Best MP3 Downloads, incl. Chill Moody, BOY, Matt Pond

Local rapper Chill Moody teamed up with Freeway for the grooving new track “Change Coming.”  The song is included on Moody’s latest RFM album, which he previewed at his sold-out headlining gig at The TLA this past week.  Stream and download the Joe Logic-produced song below, and check out Moody’s plans for 2013 in our interview with him here.

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FILED UNDER: Artists, Downloads, Recordings, BOY, Chill Moody, Glocca Morra, Jamaican Queens, Kung Fu Necktie, Matt Pond, Union Transfer, World Cafe Live, XPN Welcomes
January 3, 2013 | 2:32 PM | By

Free Download: “Change Coming” by Chill Moody featuring Freeway

Photo by Bob Giardini | bobg-media.com

When we talked to Chill Moody in advance of his sold-out headlining show at the TLA last week, he let us in on some details about one of the tracks on his new album RFM (out digitally next week). “Change Coming” features a collaboration with legendary Philly rapper Freeway, who has served as something of a mentor to the emerging Philly rapper in recent years. Says Chill:

We’re always in the same venues; every time I’ve had a show for past year and a half, somebody else has always brought him on as a guest spot. So we got to talking, and he’s dropping jewels on me, telling me things about the industry. It’s very big brother / little brother.

The track has a nice bounce and a soulful refrain; stream it and download it below.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Downloads, News, Recordings, Chill Moody, Freeway
January 2, 2013 | 4:57 PM | By

The Week So Far: Eight must-read stories on The Key

The War On Drugs | Photo by John Vettese

The War on Drugs ring in the new year with streamers, space jams and jello shots [link]

Philly folk project Bad Braids premiers a new song called “Ships” [link]

Local punks Glocca Morra kick off 2013 with a bang and a Key Studio Session [link]

Read The Key’s most-viewed stories of 2012 [link]

Dr. Dog rocks a Captain Beefheart cover with Magic Band guitarist Denny Walley [link]

Heyward Howkins releases an iPhone-recorded new song and it sounds great [link]

Watch the trailer for Chill Moody‘s new album RFM [link]

Free Energy releases a music video of montaged scenes from Can’t Hardly Wait [link]

FILED UNDER: Artists, Bad Braids, Captain Beefheart, Chill Moody, Dr. Dog, Free Energy, Glocca Morra, Heyward Howkins, The War On Drugs