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Tonight’s Concert Picks: XPN Welcomes Work Drugs to Kung Fu Necktie, Office of Future Plans at The Fire, Night Beds with Cat Martino at Johnny Brenda’s

Julie Miller — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 15:26:45 +0000

XPN welcomes prolific Philly smooth-fi outfit Work Drugs to Kung Fu Necktie tonight. Operating behind a mission to create make “music specifically for dancing, boating, yachting, sexting and living,” Work Drugs have a steady streak of releasing one song each month since December of 2011 in addition to 2012′s full-length Absolute Bearing and the retrospective / rarities vinyl Delta (released last November). Tonight’s event with Night Panther, Cruiser and DJ Young Mariah Carey kicks off a spring tour for Work Drugs, their first since 2011. Tickets and information for the 21+ show can be found here. Below, watch the video for “Delta.”

Office of Future Plans play The Fire tonight. The Baltimore-based band was accidentally formed after its members left their previous DC area punk bands to open for The Bomb in 2009. Keeping the ball rolling since that night, Plans released their most recent self-titled full-length in 2011 via Dischord Records and are putting the finishing touches on a split with French indie band and showmates Daria right now. Tickets and information for tonight’s 21+ show with Daria and Kepone can be found here. Stream “Salamander” from Office of Future Plans below.

Winston Yellen’s project Night Beds headlines Johnny Brenda’s tonight. The Nashville-via-Colorado musician released his debut LP Country Sleep through Dead Oceans last month, an album that moves effortlessly from poppy-twang (“Ramona”) to downcast, reflective tracks (“22″) with a Jim James-esque crescendo of arrangements. Shaking Through alum Cat Martino just released her first music video ever, an artistic clip for “Yr Not Alone” (watch here via NPR). Tickets and information for tonight’s 21+ show with Indians can be found here. Below, watch Night Beds perform “Ramona” live in Nashville’s Ocean Way Studio.

Watch Indians perform a Take Away Show in Paris (playing Johnny Brenda’s on 3/9)

Julie Miller — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:30:39 +0000

After interrupting a Jon Spencer rehearsal somewhere in Paris, Copenhagen’s Indians performed acoustic versions of “I Am Haunted” and “Cakelakers” from his 2012 debut Somewhere Else for La Blogotheque. Stripped of their layered reverb and theramin-y warbles, the songs revert to the form I imagine they were created in – just a simple acoustic guitar and vocal pairing, allowing the listener to get closer to the songs’ real emotions and essence. Watch the Take Away Show below and download the album version of “I Am Haunted” here. Indians opens for Night Beds with Cat Martino at Johnny Brenda’s on March 9th. Tickets and information can be found here.

Stream Night Beds’ Country Sleep (playing Johnny Brenda’s on 3/9)

Julie Miller — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:10:01 +0000

Before its official release via Dead Oceans on February 5th, Pitchfork is streaming Night Beds‘ debut LP Country Sleep. Though the album has an overall tone of sad alt-Americana with a Jim James energy and delicate reverb, there is an audible, pained history in Winston Yellis’ voice that hints at deeper forces at work underneath polished tracks like “Ramona” and “Lost Springs.” Stream the full record over at Pitchfork; tickets and information for Night Beds’ 21+ show at Johnny Brenda’s with Indians and Cat Martino on March 9th can be found here. Below, listen to “Ramona.”

Download “I Am Haunted” from Indians (playing Johnny Brenda’s on 3/9)

Julie Miller — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:35:20 +0000

Copenhagen’s one-man band Indians will be releasing his debut Somewhere Else via 4AD on January 29th and has a date scheduled with Night Beds and Cat Martino at Johnny Brenda’s on March 9th. Ahead of the debut album, 4AD has shared a free download of Indian’s spacey, orbiting single “I Am Haunted.” Stream and download the song below and then watch Indians perform an acoustic version of the song for The Wild Honey Pie. Tickets and information for the 21+ show at Johnny Brenda’s can be found here.

Night Beds share new track “Ramona” (playing Johnny Brenda’s on 3/9)

Julie Miller — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:40:48 +0000

SPIN premiered a new song from the upcoming Night Beds record Country Sleep earlier today, dubbing the Americana-pop track a “moonlit charmer.” “Ramona” is a brooding, melodic plea from front-man Winston Yellen, a Colorado native who rented out a home that once belonged to June Carter and Johnny Cash after moving to Nashville. Night Beds play Johnny Brenda’s on Saturday, March 9th with Indians and Cat Martino. Tickets and information for the 21+ show can be found here. Stream “Ramona” below and keep your eye out for Country Sleep to be released on February 5th via Dead Oceans.