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May 22, 2013 | 6:00 PM | By

The Swollen Fox is celebrating its 3-year anniversary at PhilaMOCA on 7/11

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The Swollen Fox has announced a special 3-year anniversary concert at PhilaMOCA on July 11th with TJ Kong & the Atomic Bomb, Swift Technique and Shark Tape.  Since its beginnings, the local music blog has diligently and thoroughly covered Philadelphia music scene happenings and now runs the comprehensive XPN Concert Calendar in addition to hosting shows (like July 19th’s collaboration with XPN).  Tickets and information for the birthday show can be found here.  Check out  the bands below and learn more here.

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FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, News, PhilaMOCA, Shark Tape, Swift Technique, The Swollen Fox, TJ Kong & The Atomic Bomb
March 18, 2013 | 1:47 PM | By

Download “Scared of Girls” from Travel Lanes (playing MilkBoy on April 12th)

FBTPhiladelphia band Travel Lanes will release their new EP Hey, Hey, It’s Travel Lanes next month and will celebrate with a show at MilkBoy on April 12th.  “Scared of Girls,” the EP’s lead single that runs in the same vein as Tom Petty and fellow locals Wanderlust, is an upbeat rock tune that examines the age-old quandary of why boys are afraid of girls.  Tickets and information for Travel Lanes 21+ show at MilkBoy with Shark Tape and Rob, Lately can be found here.  Stream and download “Scared of Girls” below via their Bandcamp.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Downloads, Events, Recordings, Scene, Milkboy, Rob Lately, Shark Tape, Travel Lanes
January 19, 2013 | 12:30 PM | By

Tonight’s Concert Picks: The National Rifle at Johnny Brenda’s, Everyone Everywhere at The Barbary, The Weeks at MilkBoy, JD Malone at Burlap and Bean, XPN Welcomes Lee Fields & The Expressions to World Cafe Live

With an album release a mere two weeks away, The National Rifle headline Johnny Brenda’s tonight.  Almost Endless will be the Philly band’s first full-length, following up four EPs that span a seven year career.  With glam rock vocals, spacey synths and a pulsing bass line, The Nationals Rifle’s new recordings move the quartet away from the punk vibes of their previous releases and into the world of Bowie and M83 dipped in dream pop.  Tickets and information for tonight’s 21+ show with The New Connection and Crills Wilson can be found here.  Below, stream “Glass Line” from Almost Endless.

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FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, Scene, Band Name, Burlap and Bean, Crills Wilson, DJ Shawn Ryan, Everyone Everywhere, Glocca Morra, JD Malone, Johnny Brenda's, Junior Astronomers, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Leo DiSanto, Milkboy, Shark Tape, Slingshot Dakota, The Barbary, The National Rifle, The New Connection, The Weeks, World Cafe Live
December 13, 2012 | 11:30 AM | By

Modern Inventors celebrate Trains and Aeroplanes at Johnny Brenda’s on 12/28, album presale available now

Modern Inventors

Modern Inventors | Photo by Alicia Brown

Soulful Philly roots rockers Modern Inventors are gearing up to release their debut full-length, Trains and Aeroplanes, later this month. The album is now available for pre-order at Bandcamp, along with name-your-own-price downloads of two songs – “Hello” and “Goodbye Northbrook Drive.” The band is celebrating the release of the album at Johnny Brenda‘s on December 28 with Philly folk ensemble Hezekiah Jones and indie-rockers Shark Tape – a lineup that, in a way, spans both halves of the Inventors’ world. Advance tickets are available here, and fans who buy in advance get a free copy of the album at the show. Below, watch the band perform “These Eyes” for Bands in the Backyard last summer.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, Recordings, Hezekiah Jones, Johnny Brenda's, Modern Inventors, Shark Tape
December 8, 2012 | 10:51 AM | By

Tonight’s Concert Picks: Japandroids at Union Transfer, Maxi Priest at The Keswick Theatre, The Best of Joey Sweeney at Johnny Brenda’s, Work Drugs with Shark Tape at Ortlieb’s, XPN Welcomes Ra Ra Riot at The Chameleon Club

Vancouver, BC duo Japandroids shook the walls at their midsummer Johnny Brenda’s show and tonight they’ll shake the walls of Union Transfer.  Japandroids are touring in support of an album many consider to be one of the year’s best (here, here and here).  The punk rockers released Celebration Rock earlier this year and were subsequently named Band of the Year by Spin, with their song “The House That Heaven Built” being named Song of the Summer by Paste.  Tickets and information for tonight’s show with DIIV can be found here.  Below, watch the video for “The House That Heaven Built.”

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FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, Scene, Arctic Splash, DIIV, DJ Young Mariah Carey, Ellis Island, Japandroids, Johnny Brenda's, Maxi Priest, Ortlieb's, Ra Ra Riot, Shark Tape, The Barnabys, The Chameleon Club, The Keswick Theatre, The Trouble With Sweeney, Ton-Taun, Union Transfer, Work Drugs
November 28, 2012 | 12:40 PM | By

Listen to the Eyes on You EP from Shark Tape (playing Free at Noon on Friday, Ortlieb’s on 12/8)

Shark Tape | Photo by Chris Sikich

This week, WXPN’s Free at Noon concert is a rare triple-header bill, and one of the bands taking the stage is new Philly power trio Shark Tape. The group is total throwback 80s rock in the best way – hints of Smithereens-style power pop mix with drifting tones a la The Psychedelic Furs. Get a taste below by streaming their new EP, Eyes on You, and register for the show here. And if you really like what you hear, you have another opportunity to see the band next week, when they open for Work Drugs at Ortlieb’s Lounge in Northern Liberties! For more information at that show, visit the WXPN concert calender (powered by The Swollen Fox).

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, Recordings, Ortlieb's Lounge, Shark Tape
October 7, 2012 | 2:02 PM | By

Photo Recap: Drivin’ N Cryin’ with Shark Tape at MilkBoy

Georgia rockers Drivin’ N Cryin’ played MilkBoy in Center City last night, with local power poppers Shark Tape contributing an opening set. Check out a photo recap of the show in the gallery above.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Photos + Videos, Events, Drivin N Cryin, Milkboy, Shark Tape