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April 20, 2013 | 11:00 AM | By

The Week’s Best MP3 Downloads, incl. Oldermost, Ruby the Hatchet, The Lawsuits

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In advance of their upcoming debut full-length, local five-piece Oldermost dropped a download of two free tracks earlier this week. “Close to the Fire” and “Once I Left” display two distinct moods of the band, recalling dreamy Americana favorites My Morning Jacket and Lord Huron. Stream the songs below and download them on Oldermost’s Bandcamp here.

New Paradise Laboratories have announced that they will put their production of 27 back on the stage this spring.  The play takes a surreal and improvised look at music’s “27 Club” with portrayals of Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain.  Narrator / musical accompanist Alec MacLaughlin stopped in the WXPN studios for an interview and improvisation session during the play’s run last fall – download his appearance below.

Tuesday’s My Morning Download featured Philly’s The Lawsuits and their new single “Onion.”  The track, and the album it will appear on, was recorded by Bill Moriarty.  With the release of Cool Cool Cool happening this summer, the band has some free time on their hands, which they will fill with a few shows next month – catch The Lawsuits at Johnny Brenda’s on May 3rd, at The Fire on May 5th and at Hard Rock Cafe on May 10th.  Tickets and information for all shows can be found here.  Download “Onion” here and check out the Key Studio Session version below.

Ruby the Hatchet stopped by to record this week’s Key Studio Session, reprising two songs from their wild Ouroboros album that was released last fall and previewing a new one, “Paralyzed,” which you can stream and download below.  The Angry Mountain was also on hand to capture the local band’s performance of “Paralyzed” on film.  Ruby the Hatchet will be at Kung Fu Necktie on April 25th – tickets and information can be found here.  Check out the full session here.

Ruby The Hatchet “Paralyzed” from The Angry Mountain on Vimeo.

Local art rock outfit The Chairman Dances shared their new two song Michael and the Prophetess EP this week.  The free download is “a song cycle steeped in biblical language and set in a fictionalized 1950s era Brooklyn” and follows the band’s longer form concept efforts A Promise and Long Lost / A History of Iniquity.  The Chairman Dances will perform at Kung Fu Necktie on June 14th; tickets and information can be found here.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Downloads, Recordings, Alec MacLaughlin, New Paradise Laboratories, Oldermost, Ruby The Hatchet, The Chairman Dances, The Lawsuits
April 16, 2013 | 8:32 AM | By

Download two new songs for earthy Philly five-piece Oldermost

oldermostThe guys of Oldermost have been a bit on the quiet side lately, but with good reason – they’ve been hard at work. The earthy Philadelphia five-piece popped on our radar a couple years back with a breathtaking EP (and its wonderful centerpiece track, “Kensington”), and today we got word that the band just wrapped up production on its full-length debut, I Live Here Now, recorded in the hallowed halls of Fishtown’s Miner Street studios with Jonathan Low on the boards (with some home recording in the mix).

The album is due out later this year, but we got a taste today with a two-track teaser digital single – “Close to the Fire” backed with “Once I Left.” The former rides an incredible swell of rootsy guitar tones, while the latter is downtempo and contemplative, both carrying notes of that dreamy, windswept Americana sound of Built to Spill, My Morning Jacket and Lord Huron. Listen to the single below, get a name-your-price download at Bandcamp.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Downloads, Recordings, Oldermost
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
August 11, 2012 | 10:30 AM | By

Tonight’s Concert Picks: Kensington Picnic, Aloe Blacc, Oldermost, Sharon Little, and Spring Standards

Summer time is for being outdoors, eating ice cream, and enjoying time with friends. You can experience that all today at the Kensington Picnic on Frankford Ave. between Susquehanna and Dauphin Street. It’s a folk-y phenomenon with performances from Meg Baird, Steve Gunn, Birds of Maya, Blues Control, and more. This free show kicks off at 1 p.m. and will go till’ it’s over. Bring your picnic baskets, blankets, and lawn chairs for a perfect summer day. You can find more info on the picnic’s event page.

American descendant of Panamanian parents, Aloe Blacc grew up in Los Angeles and became invested in the California hip hop scene. He worked in troupes such as Emanon and Jazz Liberatorz, and began his solo career in 2006. He has released two LP’s that evoke his R&B style underneath his eclectic singing and rapping skills. He plays tonight at the TLA at 7 p.m. Tickets to this all ages show are $20. Below watch Aloe Blacc’s video for “I Need A Dollar”.

Philadelphians Oldermost produce beautifully-crafted melodies drizzled with soft-spoken vocals, delicate piano strokes and steady rhythmic drumming. You can listen to their EP Lose Your Mind on their bandcamp page. Their warm energy will be flowing tonight at Johnny Brenda’s, along with Capewrath and Daniel Ryan Belski. Tickets to this 21+ show are $10, grab yours here. Doors open at 8 p.m.

The Candlight Concert for Epilepsy Awareness is a concert series taking place in Pennington, NJ. It is a chance to raise funds and awareness about the effects of epilepsy. Tonight’s feature is righteous soulful singer Sharon Little. She recently released her sophomore album, Paper Doll. Catch her tonight at the concert while donating to a worthy cause at the same time. Doors are at 7 p.m., show at 8; tickets are $15. And if you can’t make it out to the show, you can stream it live on StageIt.com.

WXPN welcomes The Spring Standards CD Release Show to World Cafe Live at the Queen in Wilmington, DE. They released their double EP Yellow // Gold, and it reflects their memories of growing up as folksinger children and provides a snapshot living life today in the big city. Also playing tonight is Wilmington’s own, The Spinto Band. The show starts at 8 p.m, tickets are $18-20. Below watch The Spring Standard’s official video for “Heavy Home” off the EP.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Aloe Blacc, Birds Of Maya, Blues Control, Johnny Brenda's, Kensington Picnic, Meg Baird, Oldermost, Sharon Little, Steve Gunn, The Spinto Band, The Spring Standards, TLA, World Cafe Live at The Queen
November 30, 2010 | 11:23 AM | By

Get To Know: Oldermost

Last week a CD-R of four songs by the Philly band Oldermost showed up on the front steps of The Key. Wrapped in a white piece of paper with the song titles scrawled on the cover, we were intrigued and gave the CD a spin. We were immediately impressed by the warm rock sounds of the band’s songs which musically sit in the continuum of My Morning Jacket, Bright Eyes, Band of Horses, and the new rock troubadours of today.

We reached out to the band to find out more about them and well…we’ll let one of the band members Bradford Bucknam tell the quick story:

Three of us went to college together at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA and played in an experimental folk rock band called Wild Animal Party that disbanded upon graduation.  We released a full length self-titled record that May of 2009 for the enjoyment of very few ears other than our own.  The original three, Bradford, Dan and Peter, decided to move to the big city, Philadelphia, that following Autumn to start a new band.  Around the holidays of that year we asked Stephen to join the band. Stephen was a childhood friend of Dan’s.  (They had played in a high school band together.)  Stephen was in two other bands at this time, but we courted him and stole him from the other groups.  We played minimally, mostly traveling back to Virginia to play.

Stephen recorded drum tracks for what would become our EP in April of 2010.  The next seven months we slowly recorded the rest of the EP in the basements of two Port Fishington homes, although there were times when very little recording happened because we were learning recording techniques on our own and trying to get a sound that had character, but that still didn’t sound too lo-fi, although I know the kids love that these days.  At this time we were performing as Elder Brother. A month ago we got a cease and desist letter from a band in North Carolina that has performed with the same name. “Elder Brother takes the sophisticated approach to adult contemporary music by incorporating jazz and funk rhythms in a variety of classic arrangements and original compositions.”)  Finding a name was very difficult mainly because we are serious about our music and its originality and because of the internet every band name we thought of was taken.  Oldermost seems to suggest a warm and mysterious sound that I think we are creating.  It leaves room for the music in an age where band names can be so silly that they can tend to distract.  This works for a lot of bands, but not for us.

Oldermost’s self-titled debut EP was recently released on Bandcamp. It was mixed by Bill Moriarty, who has produced records by Man Man and Dr. Dog and was mastered by Sam Cucumano, from the band Pile of Girls. Bandmates Bradford Bucknum, Steve Robbins, Peter Phillips and Dan Wolgemuth live in Fishtown. Yesterday our friends over at Philebrity posted the Oldermost song “Kensington” here. Today we offer you another tasty song, the flannel, wine and fireplace inspired “Lose Your Mind.”

FILED UNDER: Artists, Downloads, Recordings, Oldermost