Country singer/songwriter Caitlin Rose will be playing at MilkBoy tonight. Rose hails from Nashville, Tennessee, the heart of country, and it shines through her music. To date, she has released an EP, two albums, and a seven inch record, and her latest album, The Stand-In, was released just last month. The album was released on According To Our Records (or ATO) and can be purchased via Rose’s website, or through ATO’s website. Also through Rose’s website, you can listen to “I Was Cruel” off of her new record, as well as watch a teaser video to her album. Tickets and information for 21 and up show with Andrew Combs and August John Lutz II (of Levee Drivers) can be found here. Below, check out Caitlin Rose’s teaser trailer to her new album The Stand-In.
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Tonight’s Concert Picks: Hilly Eye and Attia Taylor at the First Unitarian Church Side Chapel, Vacationer at Underground Arts, Shorty Boy Boy at MilkBoy, Free Energy and Bleeding Rainbow at Arden Gild Hall, Ape School and The Interest Group at Johnny Brenda’s
Titus Andronicus off-shoot Hilly Eye play the First Unitarian Church Side Chapel tonight with Attia Taylor. Hilly Eye, the new Brooklyn-based duo project of drummer / vocalist Catherine Tung and guitarist / vocalist Amy Klein, have made fast moves in their short time as a band. They released their first EP in 2010, followed by a 7″ on Don Giovanni last year and this year’s subsequent full-length Reasons to Live. Pulling from the avant-noise tapestry of Lightning Bolt, Sonic Youth and the 90s “riot grrl” movement, Hilly Eye focus on transcendence both in their message and their sound with breathy vocals set against a backdrop of angular, heavy arrangements. Tonight they play with Philly-to-Brooklyn transplant Attia Taylor, who just shared a few cuts from her upcoming album Luxurious Corners. Tickets and information for the all-ages show can be found here. Below, watch Hilly Eye perform “Amnesia” at 285 Kent in Brooklyn.
The Week So Far: 12 must-read stories on The Key
Birdie Busch‘s latest LP, Birdie Busch and The Greatest Night, gets profiled in Unlocked [link]
World Cafe‘s Sense of Place series explores the musical heritage of Memphis [link]
Philly synth-poppers Vacationer announce a monthly music showcase at Underground Arts [link]
Gracie releases a free download and EP details [link]
Emo four-piece Everyone Everywhere records a Key Studio Session [link]
My Morning Jacket’s Jim James announces a solo appearance at Johnny Brenda’s [link]
Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic gives Bleeding Rainbow a shoutout via Twitter [link]
Catnaps premier a playful new music video for “Cherry Lips” [link]
Shorty Boy-Boy also premiers a video for the ultra-catchy “Closer” [link]
Download a song from Kurt Vile‘s reissued Hunchback EP [link]
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds release a lyric video for “Jubilee Street” [link]
Brooklyn singer-songwriter Jason Myles Gross appears in a Folkadelphia session [link]
PREMIERE: Shorty Boy Boy’s new music video for “Closer” (playing MilkBoy on 2/9)
Feel-good Philly pop-rocker Shorty Boy-Boy is back with a music video for his brand new song “Closer.” Filmed in the new Studio A space in South Philadelphia, the clip has a whimsically retro split-screen effect for Shorty (aka Josh Pannepacker) and his band-mates, and inter-cuts their performance with footage of a tiny dog wandering through South Jersey, across the Ben Franklin Bridge and into Philadelphia. I get a little worried watching the dog racing across the bridge, but with such a catchy song guiding his way, you know nothing is going to go wrong. Look for “Closer” on Shorty Boy-Boy’s second LP, which is wrapping up completion and should be released by spring. Meantime, you can catch him headlining MilkBoy on February 9th. Tickets and information can be found here.
Check out Shorty Boy Boy’s “Caravan Kickoff” tonight at Silk City
The other week we told you about the annual Caravan Tour: a group of Philadelphia bands that hustle up to Maine for a weekend of live music and good times. One of the acts heading north this year is Josh Pannepacker’s project, Shorty Boy Boy. He will be performing a live set tonight at Silk City. And if you’re sad to leave after having such an awesome time, fear not. Shorty’s fun, rockin’ candy-pop music can go home with you; the first 25 people to arrive tonight will receive a free copy of his recent Candy Man 7″. Other performing acts tonight include Sweatheart and Cherokee Red. Also, Bands in the Backyard will be screening their latest monthly episode, featuring Psychic Teens. Doors open at 8PM, show starts at 9. This 21+ event is only $8, for more info check out the event page. Check out the tunes from Candy Man below.
Watch Shorty Boy-Boy’s new music video for “Candy Man”
Fun time Philly artist Shorty Boy-Boy (né Josh Pannepacker) has just released a new video for his song “Candy Man,” from his two-song EP released this spring. It’s pretty, it’s trippy, and it’s dripping in sweet blues-rock sound. Watch the video here, produced by the folks over at Bands in the Backyard.
Tonight’s Concert Picks: WXPN Welcomes Sharon Van Etten to Union Transfer, Aaron Freeman at World Cafe Live, and the PhilaMOCA Summer Solstice
Sharon Van Etten first hit our radar as the inaugural artist in Shaking Through, the video and audio collaboration between Philly’s Weathervane Music and WXPN. In many ways, the seeds of her recent acclaim were born in that session for Shaking Through at Brian McTear’s Miner Street Studios in Fishtown in December, 2010. The song she recorded, “Love More,” was included on her gorgeous and intimate October, 2010 release Epic. Since then, Sharon’s career has grown significantly, solidified by an extensive touring schedule and her February 2012 release, Tramp on Jagjaguwar Records. Over the past couple of years Sharon has released hushed, indie folk tunes that reveal intimate truths; easily making audiences swoon. Tonight WXPN welcomes her along with Meg Baird to Union Transfer at 9 PM; purchase tickets here.
Also tonight:
PhilaMOCA Summer Solstice Ice Cream Social with performances from Arctic Splash, The Really Cooks, Attia Taylor, Shorty Boy Boy, and MC Juliet Hope Wayne. Tickets to the all ages show will be sold at the door and are $8. Doors open at 6 PM.
And over at World Cafe Live, previous singer of the late, great Ween, Aaron Freeman performs songs from his new Ben Vaughn produced album, The Marvelous Clouds. The 8 PM show tickets are $20