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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
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
April 15, 2013 | 10:38 AM | By

Get in the ring with Night Panther in the “Lioness” music video (playing Underground Arts on May 10)

night-panther-lionessIn addition to all the sweet synth-pop they’ve kicked out over the past year and change, the guys in Bucks County’s Night Panther have developed a formidable resume as character actors. First there was the video for “Fever,” which took generous cues from The Beastie Boys’ famed “Sabotage” clip and it’s 70s action film tropes (reenacted by the band itself). This week, we have another cinematic video for the song “Lioness” that moves in a decidedly Jean-Claude Van Damme direction.

Frontman Farzad Houshiarnejad plays a villainous Soviet boxer, while bandmate Christopher Radwanski appears as one of his doomed opponents and Michael Cammarata is a sensei residing in the snow-dusted forests of northeastern Europe – which, yeah, one of those you’ve-gotta-see-it things. Check out the video below and watch out for a less menacing Night Panther to appear live at Vacationer’s next Nude Beach party, happening May 10th at Underground Arts.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Events, News, Recordings, Night Panther, Underground Arts
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 27, 2013 | 12:30 PM | By

Watch “Fire” come together in Night Panther’s Shaking Through session

Photo by Peter English

Photo by Peter English

Farzad Houshiarnejad has been struggling with Night Panther’s single “Fire.” It’s evident from the first seconds of the band’s Shaking Through session, released today via Weathervane Music. An earlier version of the song was released in January, but the Bucks County snyth-pop band wasn’t totally happy with the results – and over the course of seven minutes in this Shaking Through featurette, the song comes together in a new shape, with a Casio underbelly and string accents. Watch the video and download the song below. The band just returned from its South By Southwets tour, and is wrapping up production on its full-lenth debut.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Downloads, News, Recordings, Night Panther, Shaking Through
March 11, 2013 | 11:30 AM | By

Photo Recap: Work Drugs, Night Panther and Cruiser played Kung Fu Necktie

All photos by Rachel Barrish | RaddRhapsodies.com

Saturday night brought an electro-pop triple header to a sold-out Kung Fu Necktie with headliners Work Drugs joined by buzzing funk foursome Night Panther and openers Cruiser. Check out scenes from the show in the photo gallery above.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Photos + Videos, Events, Cruiser, Kung Fu Necktie, Night Panther, Work Drugs
March 9, 2013 | 10:26 AM | By

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

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.”

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FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, Scene, Cat Martino, Cruiser, Daria, DJ Young Mariah Carey, Indians, Johnny Brenda's, Kepone, Kung Fu Necktie, Night Beds, Night Panther, Office of Future Plans, The Fire, Work Drugs