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Photo recap: Field Report and Stornoway at Kung Fu Necktie

Bruce Warren — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:23:09 +0000

Last night, Field Report and Stornoway played at Kung Fu Necktie. Our photographer Chris Sikich was on site to capture the vibes. Check out Chris’s site here

Tonight’s Concert Picks: Stornoway with Field Report at Kung Fu Necktie, A Benefit Concert for Lentil with Tommy Conwell and more at The Blockley, West Philadelphia Orchestra at Underground Arts

Julie Miller — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:31:22 +0000

~~Oxfordian~~ Oxonian folk / pop group Stornoway headline Kung Fu Necktie tonight. Following up their 2010 debut Beachcomber’s Windowsill, the academically-minded quartet (led by an ornithologist) released Tales from Terra Firma earlier this month. Field Report continue to tour in support of last year’s self-titled debut. Tickets and information for tonight’s 21+ show can be found here. Watch Stornoway’s video for “Knock Me On the Head” below.

Several local musicians come together at The Blockley tonight for a concert benefiting Lentil Fest. Tommy Conwell, Pete Donnelly, Ben Arnold and Travel Lanes will perform sets in support of Lentil the French bulldog, who was born with a cleft palate. All proceeds will be donated to a variety of charities including the French Bulldog Rescue Network and the Children’s Craniofacial Association. Tickets and information can be found here. Below, watch Pete Donnelly’s video for “Can’t Talk At All.”

West Philadelphia Orchestra brings their monthly Balkan dance party back to Underground Arts tonight. As a collective of Philadelphia musicians, WPO blends traditional Eastern European influences withe modern jazz and classical sensibilities. Tickets and more information for tonight’s 21+ show with Johnny Showcase and the Lefty Lucy Cabaret can be found here or on the Facebook event page here. Watch West Philadelphia Orchestra perform “Burkan Cocek” below.

Stornoway share new video for “The Bigger Picture” (playing Kung Fu Necktie tomorrow)

Julie Miller — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:50:56 +0000

After posting on Facebook about their arrival to Philadelphia earlier this morning, Oxford’s Stornoway shared the new video for “The Bigger Picture.” The song comes from the folk / pop band’s latest Tales From Terra Firma LP and the video depicts sweeping landscape shots and photographs taken from The Evacuation of St. Kilda, courtesy of The National Library of Scotland. St. Kilda is the outermost island group in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, which also lays claim to Stornoway’s namesake town. Tickets and information for the band’s show at Kung Fu Necktie with Field Report are still available here. Watch the video for “The Bigger Picture” below.

Field Report added to Stornoway show at Kung Fu Necktie on 5/2

Julie Miller — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:06:54 +0000

Wisconsin’s Field Report have been added as support to Stornoway‘s Kung Fu Necktie show, bringing the folk project of Chris Porterfield back to Philadelphia in support of their 2012 debut album. Tickets and information for the 21+ show on Thursday, May 2nd are available here. Listen back to Field Report’s appearance on World Cafe here and watch their Out Of Town Films video for “Fergus Falls” below, recorded during last year’s XPoNential Music Festival.

Stream Stornoway’s Tales From Terra Firma (playing Kung Fu Necktie on 5/2)

Julie Miller — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:08:19 +0000

Set for release on March 19th, Stornoway‘s full-length Tales From Terra Firma is now streaming in full over at GQ Magazine. Tales follows-up the British folk four-piece’s 2010 debut Beachcomber’s Windowsill with “an album of stories about rites of passage” that often explores its theme through the lens of traveling, a la Windowsill fan-favorites “Fuel Up” and “Boats and Trains.” Stornoway will be in Philly for a show at Kung Fu Necktie on Thursday, May 2nd; tickets and information can be found here. Stream Tales From Terra Firma here and watch the video for lead single “Knock Me On the Head” below.

Just Announced: Stornoway to headline U.S. tour, playing Kung Fu Necktie on 5/2

Julie Miller — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:00:43 +0000

Quirky U.K. folk outfit Stornoway have announced they will tour North America in May behind their upcoming sophomore record Tales From Terra Firma. The Oxford bunch originally formed around a mutual love of Teenage Fanclub though the music that found its way onto their 2010 debut Beachcomber’s Windowsill is much more naturalistic in sound and substance, most likely due to primary lyricist and frontman Brian Briggs’ background in Ornithology. Taking their name from a town on the Isle of Lewis on Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, Stornoway’s affinity for the organic extends to their instrumentation choices – the percussive beat on “Hear Comes the Blackout…!” is actually a recording of the band chopping carrots. Tickets and information for their May 2nd, 21+ show at Kung Fu Necktie will be available here. Below, watch their new video for “Knock Me On the Head” off of Tales From Terra Firma (out March 19th via 4AD).