Posts Tagged ‘Music’
Atlas Sound in the Sanctuary of the First Unitarian Church(PHOTOS + words)
Below are the long lost(but found) Atlas Sound photos and words from the First Unitarian Church on December 16, 2011…
Atlas Sound(aka Bradford Cox, the frontman of Deerhunter) released four volumes of bedroom recordings titled “Bedroom Databank” in November of 2010. They were recorded over a few month period where Cox holed up in his room with his guitars, loop and effect pedals
On Friday night, Atlas Sound’s show was kind of like his bedroom albums. Cox was just hanging out with the people who were packed into the Sanctuary of the First Unitarian Church and played his music. He was in a very upbeat mood and hung out for nearly two hours, playing songs off his new record Parallax and older stuff as well. The night was a special treat for those in attendance that only a handful of cities got to experience. Luckily, Philly was one of them.
Philly F/M Festival kicks off next week
The Philly Film/Music Festival is coming up next week(Sept 22-Sept 25) and it’s playing host to some wonderful shows throughout the city. Some of the artists that will be playing are Sharon Van Etten, Marissa Nadler, Toy Soldiers, Nicos Gun, Creeping Weeds, Deadmau5, and many, many more.
You can either buy tickets to individual shows or buy a one-time badge that will get you into any show you’d like. That can be found HERE. BUT if you buy a badge through JUMP Magazine, you’ll get it for $30 cheaper. So I would highly recommend doing that.
St Vincent released “Strange Mercy” + playing Union Transfer in November
St Vincent @ the Sanctuary of the First Unitarian Church in 2010
The lovely St Vincent(aka Annie Clark) released her fantastic third record Strange Mercy on Tuesday via 4AD and received raved(and well deserved) reviews across the board for it. Ms. Clark showcases her angelic voice and her hauntingly beautiful music extremely well on the album. More so than on her previous two records. One thing that stays true throughout all her LPs is the way she completely dominates the guitar. No one out there can play like her. Check out a few of her new songs below.
She announced a tour quite a while ago that will see her play Union Transfer on Wednesday, November 2nd. Tickets for the show can be found HERE. (St Vincent’s last show in Philly sold out so it might be wise to grab tickets sooner than later.)
Videos of new songs below….
Johnny Brenda’s celebrating five year anniversary with seven(awesome) shows
Our good friends over at one of our favorite venues in Philly — Johnny Brenda’s – are getting ready to celebrate their five year anniversary as a music venue. In order to properly celebrate, they’ll be hosting seven fantastic shows every Friday and Saturday from September 16th to October 1st. Check out the flyer below to see all the shows that are going on and head over HERE to purchase tickets for the show(s) you’re interested in.
Real Estate announce tour(Johnny Brenda’s in November) + new album “Days”
New Jersey trio Real Estate announced a tour today that will stretch from coast to coast over a three week period. The tour will be in support of their sophomore album Days(cover art posted above), which will be the band’s first release on Domino Records. The record is set to drop on October 18th. Check out a new song “It’s Real” below.
The band’s tour will make a stop in Philadelphia on Monday, November 21st at Johnny Brenda’s with Big Troubles. Tickets for the show have not gone on sale yet, but when they do, we’ll post a link.
All tour dates and new song below…
BRAIDS announce North American tour dates + playing Philly in September
The young Montreal band BRAIDS announced their very first headlining tour of North America last week. The last time they were here in Philadelphia, the band opened for chill-wave bro Toro Y Moi at the Church. Now the four piece are set to come back to our city to play the same venue. It’s a well-deserved headlining slot for the Canadians after they spent the majority of the year opening for various acts playing the songs off their very well received debut album Native Speaker. If you haven’t heard it yet, check out a few songs after the jump.
Their show will be on Wednesday, September 7th at the First Unitarian Church. Tickets for the show can be found HERE.
Today Is Monday
Ume
What to do in Philly on Monday?
Battles add tour dates including a Philly show on Halloween(tickets on sale now)
Battles, a mostly instrumental-experimental-math rock band from NYC, just released their sophomore album Gloss Drop last week via Warp Records. It’s their first release without former front man, Tyondai Braxton, who left the band last summer. The two videos below filmed the amazingly talented people at La Blogotheque feature the trio playing songs off the new record in a beautiful, old hotel in Paris.
The band also just extended their already lengthy tour across North America and Europe. One of the new additions to the tour is a date at the TLA in Philly on Monday, October 31st aka Halloween. Tickets for the show are on sale and can be found HERE.
Today Is Sunday
Kurt Vile @ Johnny Brenda’s in 2010
What to do in Philly on Sunday?
- Rosetta, Tidal Arms, Drummers, Modern Wasteland, Niche @ The Barbary – 6pm (tickets)
- Kurt Vile & the Violators, Pissed Jeans, Meg Baird @ First Unitarian Church – 8pm (tickets)
- Desoto Jones, Find Vienna, Collisions @ Kung Fu Necktie – 8pm – 21+ (tickets)
- Natasha Bedingfield, Kate Voegele & Kevin Hammond @ TLA – 8pm
What to do in Philly on Saturday?
