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March 28, 2013 | 2:52 PM | By

The Week So Far: 13 must-read stories on The Key (incl. PIFA, Kurt Vile and Kate Nash)

freeenergyFree Energy will play the North Star Bar on May 4th with Deap Vally [link]

Local rapper Mic Stewart releasing PEACEWORLD on April 23rd, shares his new video for “I’m Not From Brooklyn” [link]

Moon Palace takes part in this week’s Folkadelphia Session, recording a selection of songs with a full band [link]

Dar Williams, Steve Forbert, Stephen Kellogg and more have been scheduled for this summer’s Bryn Mawr Twilight Concert series [link]

Wilkes Barre, PA’s Cherokee Red and their song “Vaya Con Dios” were Monday’s My Morning Download [link]

Sensual soul duo Rhye and their beautiful track “Open” were featured on this week’s XPN’s Gotta Hear Song of the Week [link]

Download a free remix EP from Mock Suns, a local alt-psych trio that opened for Hey Marseilles at Johnny Brenda’s Wednesday night [link]

Weathervane Music shared this month’s Shaking Through episode with Night Panther; get a free download of “Fire” and watch the session video [link]

Anjuli Jospehine stopped by for a Key Studio Session and plays The Tin Angel this Saturday [link]

A student-produced documentary takes a look at the basement and DIY show scene in Philadelphia [link]

The Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts kicks-off tonight and will run through April 27th with performances, lectures and exhibitions looking back at historic events in time [link]

Kurt Vile is throwing a parade this Saturday and wants you to be there [link]

Check out photos and a review of Kate Nash‘s appearance at Johnny Brenda’s [link]

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Photos + Videos, Concert Previews, Concert Reviews, Downloads, Events, News, Recordings, Scene, Anjuli Josephine, Cherokee Red, Dar Williams, Deap Vally, Free Energy, Kat Nash, Kurt Vile, Mic Stewart, Mock Suns, moon palace, Night Panther, PIFA, Rhye, Stephen Kellogg, Steve Forbert
March 25, 2013 | 1:27 PM | By

Download a free remix EP from Mock Suns (opening for Hey Marseilles at Johnny Brenda’s on 3/27)

Photo by Chelsea Schryver

Photo by Chelsea Schryver

Philly alt-psych trio Mock Suns are venturing out of the studio this week to play Johnny Brenda’s on Wednesday, opening for buzzing Seattle band Hey Marseilles. The band released its debut LP Here Nor There last April – and, you might recall, hid a bunch of milk chocolate face casts around the city last Easter. Earlier this month, they followed that mischief up with an alluring EP of deconstructed remixes. While the album kept the band’s songwriting contained in tight pop-song nuggets, these various re-versions feel like the wall has been knocked down and is being completely reassembled – from jagged guitar-noise freakouts to electropop pitterpatterings that recall Thom Yorke and his various post-”Idiotheque” fixations. Listen to it below, get your free download at Bandcamp and get more information on Wednesday’s show at the WXPN Concert Calendar.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Downloads, Events, Recordings, Johnny Brenda's, Mock Suns
October 20, 2012 | 10:45 AM | By

Tonight’s Concert Picks: GZA with Blayer Pointdujour at The Trocadero, Antje Duvekot at Burlap and Bean, Alanis Morisette at the Electric Factory, Great American Canyon Band with Mock Suns and Oldermost

Former Wu-Tang Clan member GZA, or “Genius,” will be performing with Blayer Pointdujour & The Rockers Galore at the Trocadero tonight in anticipation of his upcoming album, Dark Matter. The record, which will be his seventh solo album, is scheduled for an undetermined release date this fall. GZA has also been busy with a deluxe re-release of his legendary 1995 album Liquid Swords, which he’ll be performing in its entirety. Philly openers Blayer Pointdujour and the Rockers Galore released their debut album, The Bull, in September; it can be streamed here. Tickets for the 8:30 show are available here. Below, watch GZA perform “Liquid Swords” with Wavves. 

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FILED UNDER: Concert Previews, Events, Alanis Morisette, Antje Duvekot, Blayer Pointdujour, Burlap and Bean, Cheap Girls, Electric Factory, Great American Canyon Band, GZA, Johnny Brenda's, Mock Suns, North Star Bar, Oldermost, The Front Bottoms, The Trocadero, Wavves, Wu-Tang Clan
October 16, 2012 | 9:00 AM | By

Watch Fenster’s new video for “Oh Canyon” (playing Johnny Brenda’s this coming Saturday w/ Mock Suns, Oldermost and The Great American Canyon Band)

Photo by Maxime Ballesteros


Fenster, the duo of New Yorker-turned-Berliner JJ Weihl and Berlin-born Jonathan Jarzyna, play a form of pop music that brings to mind Velvet Underground, The XX, Kraftwerk and your favorite oldies on the AM radio dial. They just debuted a new video for “Oh Canyon” from their recent album Bones that you can watch below. The band play Johnny Brenda’s this Saturday evening, October 20th, on a bill that includes The Great American Canyon Band, and Philly’s Mock Suns and headliners Oldermost. Go here to purchase tickets and for more information about the show. Below the video, download Fenster’s “Fantasy II.”

Fenster: Oh Canyon from morr music on Vimeo.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Events, News, Fenster, Mock Suns, Oldermost, The Great American Canyon Band