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May 14, 2013 | 11:09 AM | By

PREMIERE: Watch Market East perform “Evergreen” and download the song (playing MilkBoy with a bunch of awesome people on 6/8)

EvergreenMEThe excitement is in the air for local harmony-pop group Market East‘s latest album Children of Summer, which drops May 27th. Last week we debuted the new single “To Walk With You.” Today it’s another selection from the new album called “Evergreen”; download the song below, and watch a video of the band performing it in the studio.

We’ve also got the details of the aforementioned special guests of the June 8 release show at MilkBoy, and it’s quite the lineup. Joining Market East will be Joey Sweeney and the Long Hair Arkestra, Night Panther, Mohican and Former Belle. Tickets and information can be found here, and you can check out the rather pretty show flyer after the jump.

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FILED UNDER: Artists, Events, News, Former Belle, Joey Sweeney, Joey Sweeney and the Long Hair Arkestra, Market East, Milkboy, Mohican, Night Panther
May 9, 2013 | 9:33 AM | By

Tonight’s Concert Picks: Lucy Stone at PhilaMOCA, Dokument at Underground Arts, XPN welcomes Peter Murphy at The Trocadero

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Local singer-songwriter Lucy Stone performs at PhilaMOCA tonight.  The Drexel University student has had busy year, recording and touring with Rusted Root last fall, working on her own new full-length currently and accepting accolades like The Deli’s Artist of the Month last year and and an Independent Music Awards nomination for her Would You? EP earlier this year.  Tickets and information for tonight’s show with Cruiser and Former Belle can be found here.  Below, watch an acoustic performance of “Out of Time.”

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FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, Cruiser, Dokument, Former Belle, Lucy Stone, Peter Murphy, PhilaMOCA, The Trocadero, Underground Arts
April 29, 2013 | 1:18 PM | By

Download Philamixington II, featuring Norwegian Arms, Radiator Hospital, Catnaps and more

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Matt Marchinowski of Big School Records is moving out of Philadelphia.  To celebrate his time here, Marchinowski has pieced together a snapshot of the local music scene with a 27-track mixtape called Philamixington II, available as a free download via his Tumblr.  The second installment in the local music mixtape series, this collection samples various genres, circles and side projects with tracks from radio favorites like Cheers Elephant (pictured), basement staples Roof Doctor and The Hundred Acre Woods and new-projects-from-old-buddies like Avery Rosewater.  From Marchinowski:

Although April will see my moving out of Philadelphia for the peaceful confines of the sticks I will still consider its scene ‘home’. It wasn’t easy narrowing this collection down to 27 jawns but I can assure you it won’t be the last notch in the Philamixington series.

Download the full mixtape for free on Beat the Indie Drum here and stream a sampling of the tracks below.  The first Philamixington set can be downloaded here.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Downloads, Events, Recordings, Scene, Avery Rosewater, Big School Records, Catnaps, Cheers Elephant, Cold Fronts, Cruiser, DRGN King, Eat Your Bir, Former Belle, Gracie, Jon Coyle, KC Jones, Ladies Auxiliary, Lockets, Luther, mixtape, Modern Baseball, Neighborhood, Night Panther, Norwegian Arms, Old Smile, Psamlships, radiator hospital, Roof Doctor, The Chairman Dances, The Hundred Acre Woods, The Tough Shits, Thom McCarthy, Work Drugs
February 8, 2013 | 9:53 AM | By

Tonight’s Concert Picks: Beak> at Underground Arts, The Music of John Denver at Keswick, Former Belle at MilkBoy, Aesop Rock at Union Transfer, Willy Mason at World Cafe Live

BEAK>’s sound isn’t far from that of its British contemporaries Hot Chip. Dark melodies and lyrics are delivered with electronic flourishes. The band’s first two albums could be described as dance-ably sad. Fortunately, the reverse (being sadly danceable) isn’t true. Their success is due in part to BEAK> being something of a super group. The trio is comprised of Geoff Barrow (producer of Portishead), Billy Fuller (of Fuzz Against Junk) and Matt Williams (of Team Brick). The group came together officially in 2009 and has released two albums and an EP to date. BEAK> has also had a chance to sharpen its (…beak?) live show with recent international tours. They’re currently on the road again and playing our own Underground Arts tonight with Instamatic. Tickets and information for the 21+ show are available here. Below, stream BEAK>’s track “Mono.”

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FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, Aesop Rock, Beak>, Former Belle, John Denver, Willy Mason
February 6, 2013 | 3:45 PM | By

Wander the woods with Former Belle in the music video for “I Was Waiting For You” (playing MilkBoy on 2/8)

Bucks County-bred singer-songwriter Bruno Joseph sounds like he spent more than a little bit of time with Bright Eyes’ LP I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning lately. His new release as Former Belle, Cathedral, came out yesterday, and it’s awash in the same rustic-yet-sensitive Americana that Conor Oberst was exploring in the mid-aughties. The music video for “I Was Waiting For You,” released today, is a montage of photos following Joseph out his front door and into the Bucks County pastoral wintery wilderness for a walk. Check it out below, and catch Former Belle at MilkBoy this Friday for the Cathedral album release show. Tickets and more information can be found at the WXPN concert calendar.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, Former Belle, Milkboy
January 10, 2013 | 4:07 PM | By

Download “Shouldn’t Love” from Former Belle’s new Cathederal (playing MilkBoy on 2/8)

When I heard that Former Belle frontman Bruno Joseph joined up with Peasant impresario Damien DeRose as a touring bassist, I wasn’t a bit surprised. The two artists are mui simpatico, from the yearning melodies and wistful strumming to the spacious arrangements and introspective songs. Former Belle is releasing its new album Cathederal next month, and celebrating with a show at MilkBoy on February 8th. Below, listen to “Shouldn’t Love” from the album, and grab a free download of it at Bandcamp.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Downloads, Events, Recordings, Former Belle, Milkboy
December 14, 2012 | 10:21 AM | By

Tonight’s Concert Picks: Band of Horses at Electric Factory, Former Belle at Milkboy Philly, Polyphonic Spree Holiday Show at The Troc, Rob, Lately at The Fire

XPN Welcomes Seattle Americana rockers Band of Horses to the Electric Factory tonight. The band’s fourth studio album, Mirage Rock, was released in September, this time with a fresh approach to meticulously recording everything live to tape. The band has undergone several member swaps since the release of 2004′s Everything All The Time, but currently tours as a five-piece fronted by Ben Bridwell. Tickets to tonight’s all-ages show can be found on our concert calendar here; the performance starts at 8:30. Watch the video for “Knock, Knock” from Mirage Rock below.

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FILED UNDER: Concert Previews, Events, Band of Horses, Former Belle, Milkboy Philly, Rob Lately, The Electric Factory, The Fire, The Polyphonic Spree, The Trocadero