The Key » Lucero http://thekey.xpn.org Discover Philly's Best Local Music Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:30:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Copyright WXPN, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Tonight’s Concert Picks: Little Green Cars at Johnny Brenda’s, Lucero/Shovels and Rope at Union Transfer, Owen at First Unitarian Church http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/03/21/tonights-concert-picks-little-green-cars-at-johnny-brendas-luceroshovels-and-rope-at-union-transfer-owen-at-first-unitarian-church/ http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/03/21/tonights-concert-picks-little-green-cars-at-johnny-brendas-luceroshovels-and-rope-at-union-transfer-owen-at-first-unitarian-church/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:20:43 +0000 Ethan Willard http://thekey.xpn.org/?p=73150 LittleGreenCarsIreland’s Little Green Cars arrive to Johnny Brenda’s to provide their indie/fifties influenced style tonight. The band has recently been touring to promote the release of their EP Harper Lee throughout the United States.  Coupling the release of their EP, the band has been hard at work and will be celebrating their forthcoming debut album Absolute Zero.  Set to hit stores and iTunes July 15th, the band will no doubt be playing songs off the record during their set tonight.  The album is already available for pre-order on the band’s website here.  Tickets and information for tonight’s 21+ show with Dan Croll and The Quelle Source can be found here.  As fans await the release of Absolute Zero, enjoy the music video for “Harper Lee”.

Memphis’ country punk band Lucero will be playing Union Transfer tonight. The group will be playing material off of their eighth album, 2012′s Women & Work. Accompanying Lucero will be XPN favorite Shovels and Rope, which were placed in November of last year into NPR’s Heavy Rotation: 5 Songs Public Radio Can’t Stop Playing. More information regarding the show can be found here. Below is a music video for Lucero’s self titled song off their album “Women & Work”.

Mike Kinsella returns yet again to Philadelphia with his solo band Owen to the First Unitarian Church tonight. Two years ago Owen released his sixth studio album Ghost Town on Polyvinyl Records. Since then, Kinsella has been touring with his solo band consistently with bands such as Braid last August and Into It. Over It.  Garnering the same amount of high praise his previous albums have achieved, Ghost Town follows Kinsella’s trend of emotional and shimmering acoustic music. Tickets and information for the all ages show with The Lighthouse and the Whaler and Slingshot Dakota can be found here. The video below is an intimate showing of Kinsella’s “Too Many Moons,” a song from Ghost Town.

]]> http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/03/21/tonights-concert-picks-little-green-cars-at-johnny-brendas-luceroshovels-and-rope-at-union-transfer-owen-at-first-unitarian-church/feed/ 0 Memphis Sense of Place: Download two songs from Lucero’s session at Ardent Studios http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/01/16/memphis-sense-of-place-download-two-songs-from-luceros-session-at-ardent-studios/ http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/01/16/memphis-sense-of-place-download-two-songs-from-luceros-session-at-ardent-studios/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:19:31 +0000 John Vettese http://thekey.xpn.org/?p=65871 All week on World Cafe with David Dye, the Sense of Place series is exploring the city of Memphis and its musical heritage. Today, we listen in on the World Cafe session recorded with Memphis indie band Lucero at famed Ardent Studios (Big Star, Al Green, etc.). Download performances of “Slow Dancing” and “Nobody’s Darling” below. You can listen to the Sense of Place series on WXPN at 2 p.m. Monday through Friday all this week, or at 7 p.m. on XPN2: Singer-Songwriter Radio.

]]> http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/01/16/memphis-sense-of-place-download-two-songs-from-luceros-session-at-ardent-studios/feed/ 0 Memphis Sense of Place: Watch David Dye get a walking tour of Memphis with Brian Venable of Lucero http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/01/16/memphis-sense-of-place-watch-david-dye-get-a-walking-tour-of-memphis-with-brian-venable-of-lucero/ http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/01/16/memphis-sense-of-place-watch-david-dye-get-a-walking-tour-of-memphis-with-brian-venable-of-lucero/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:11:06 +0000 John Vettese http://thekey.xpn.org/?p=65832 All week on World Cafe with David Dye, the Sense of Place series is exploring the city of Memphis and its musical heritage. Today, David takes a walking tour of Memphis with Brian Venable, guitarist of Lucero. They grab lunch, go record shopping, check out a skateboard shop and stroll through Venable’s neighborhood; watch it in the video below. You can listen to the Sense of Place series on WXPN at 2 p.m. Monday through Friday all this week, or at 7 p.m. on XPN2: Singer-Songwriter Radio.

Sense of Place Memphis – Brian Venable from WXPN FM on Vimeo.

]]> http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/01/16/memphis-sense-of-place-watch-david-dye-get-a-walking-tour-of-memphis-with-brian-venable-of-lucero/feed/ 0 Just announced: Lucero playing Union Transfer in March http://thekey.xpn.org/2012/12/17/just-announced-lucero-w-shovels-rope-opening-playing-union-transfer-in-march/ http://thekey.xpn.org/2012/12/17/just-announced-lucero-w-shovels-rope-opening-playing-union-transfer-in-march/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 03:06:52 +0000 Bruce Warren http://thekey.xpn.org/?p=62455 Memphis roots alt-country/punk rockers Lucero are playing Union Transfer on Thursday, March 21st. Tickets are on sale this Friday, December 21st at Noon. Go here for more information about the show at Union Transfer.

]]> http://thekey.xpn.org/2012/12/17/just-announced-lucero-w-shovels-rope-opening-playing-union-transfer-in-march/feed/ 0 My Morning Download: “Sometimes” by Lucero (playing Union Transfer in April) http://thekey.xpn.org/2012/02/15/my-morning-download-sometimes-by-lucero-playing-union-transfer-in-april/ http://thekey.xpn.org/2012/02/15/my-morning-download-sometimes-by-lucero-playing-union-transfer-in-april/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:17:44 +0000 Bruce Warren http://thekey.xpn.org/?p=27027  The Memphis band Lucero has a new album called Women & Work coming out on March 13th. The album is the band’s debut for ATO Records and was recorded at the legendary Ardent Studios in Memphis. The band plays Union Transfer on Sunday, April 22nd with J Roddy Walston And The Business. In exchange for your e-mail address  you can download the song “Sometimes” from the forthcoming album below.

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Lucero performs with Lionize at 8:30 p.m. at Union Transfer; tickets to the all-ages show are $20.

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