New York experimental rock band Psychic Ills headline Johnny Brenda’s tonight. The psychedelic-infused outfit recalls the distorted and distressed, laidback sound of early Kurt Vile with lo-fi vocals and hypnotic arrangements that seem on the verge of exploding. Psychic Ills will be releasing One Track Mind on February 19th via Sacred Bones Records, following up 2011′s Hazed Dream. Tickets and information for tonight’s 21+ show with Nothing and Mike Bruno & The Black Magic Family Band can be found here. Stream “Might Take A While” from the upcoming record below.
Revolution I Love You
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Tonight’s Concert Pick: Revolution, I Love You at Teri’s
Revolution, I Love You has lived every liberal art student’s dream. During their college years, band members Jason Reynolds and Rob Lindgren soaked themselves in the pretentious pleasures of subjects such as cultural theory, Russian literature, and art history, letting the nerdy excitement from their studies leak into their songwriting and inspire the group’s namesake (which refers to the 1968 student uprising in Paris). As a result, the Middletown, DE, natives not only have to dodge the usual challenges of musicianship, but must evoke the feelings of freedom, rebellion, and radicalism that characterize 1968. Otherwise it would all just be silly. With its fourth LP, We Choose To Go To The Moon, the band continues to hint at larger concepts without straying far from friendly low-fi pop, sometimes with a touch of punk to feebly connote those unruly political revolts. Ask them to write a term paper about the attempted social implications in their 2008 track, “Open Letter To The President Of The United States Of America,” though, and they could certainly come up with pages and pages. Revolution, I Love You performs with City Rain at Teri’s Diner (time TBA); tickets to the 21+ show are FREE.—Marielle Mondon
Revolution, I Love You release debut album, play tonight at World Cafe Live
Revolution, I Love You have releaseed their debut full length album called We Choose To Go To The Moon on Monster Entertainment. You can download the entire album for free here. The band includes lead vocalist Rob Lindgren on guitar and synthesizers and Jason Reynolds (vocals/guitar/keyboards). Tonight they celebrate the release of their album as part of the Philly F/M fest at World Cafe Live with local bands Early Ape going on at 8 p.m., Panic Years at 8:40, Penrose at 9:30 and Revolution going on at 10:30. Tickets to the 21+ general admission show are $11 ($8 ticket + $3 processing fee). Below, sample a couple of songs from Revolution, I Love You’s debut album.
Today and tonight in concerts: Popped! Music Fest, Philly F/M Fest, Riot Fest with X and the Dead Milkmen, Meg Baird, Revolution, I Love You, Ted Leo, Andrew Lipke
Take a deep breath and get ready to rock: it’s an eventful Saturday in Philly. Today both the Popped! Music Festival and the Philly F/M Fest continue.
Popped! is at the Liacouras Center at 1776 N. Broad Street on Temple’s campus. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. Lineup for Popped! is:
Nikki Jean 11:25am
Anamanaguchi 11:50am
Patty Crash 12:15
Black Landlord 12:40
Zee Avi 1:05
Mates Of State 1:35
Cults 2:15
Sun Airway 2:55
Budos Band 3;35
Charles Bradley 4:15
Titus Andronicus 4:55
Rakim 5:35
Kreayshawn 6;15
Foster The People 7:00
Girl Talk 8:00
Pretty Lights 9:30
Today’s Philly F/M Fest highlight is the two stage Riot Fest at Festival Pier. Gates open at 11:30. Purchase tickets here.
Riot East Stage
12:00 p.m. – The Heels
12:40 p.m. – Brothers From Another
1:40 p.m. – Population Zero
2:40 p.m. – The Holy Mess
3:40 p.m. – The Menzingers
4:40 p.m. – Samiam
5:40 p.m. – 7Seconds
6:40 p.m. – Suicide Machines
7:50 p.m. – Hot Water Music
9:10 p.m. – X (plays “Los Angeles”)Riot West Stage
12:20 p.m. – Lionize
1:10 p.m. – The Claw
2:10 p.m. – Larry And His Flask
3:10 p.m. – Shot Baker
4:10 p.m. – Weston
5:10 p.m. – Excitebike
6:10 p.m. – Naked Raygun
7:10 p.m. – Plow United
8:30 p.m. – Dead Milkmen
9:50 p.m. – Descendents
Other highlights:
Meg Baird + Glenn Jones, Watery Love at Johnny Brenda’s (9:15, 21+, $10); Andrew Lipke And The Azrael Quartet at Tin Angel (10:30 p.m., 21+, $10); Ted Leo And The Pharmacists + Dry Feet at Johnny Brenda’s (1:30 p.m., all ages, $15); Black Landlord at Milkboy Philly (9 p.m., 21+, free); Revolution, I Love You (record-release show) + Penrose, Panic Years at World Cafe Live (8:40 p.m., 21+, $11)