This coming weekend (June 20th-22nd) will be an awesome one for music heads here in Philly. Popped! Philadelphia Music Festival will be hosting some rad bands over the course of 3 days. Whoa! Check out Saturday’s line-up at Drexel:
Vampire Weekend
Mates of State
Crystal Castles
Gogol Bordello
Dan Deacon – (Psyyyched!)
Mr. Lif
Hoots & Hellmouth
The Ting Tings
Mike Z (SORTED!)-Indie/Brit-Pop Dance music – All yer faves and some of the new shit
Rock Tits-Heavy Cosmic Grooves/60s & 70s white hot man rock
Immediate vs. Turnaround-Soul/Psych vs. Amphetamine-fueled R&B vs. Gritty Get-Down! Soul vs. Filthy Dirty Funk
An indie music-nerd’s paradise for sure! Friday and Sunday look pretty awesome as well:
Friday at The Troc:
White T’s & White Belts
Steven Bloodbath
Special Performance by Slick Rick with Live Band! (DAMN!)
Sunday at World Café:
Daniel Johnston with The Capitol Years
O’Death
Sam Champion
Gildon Works
Takka Takka
Tickley Feather
PWRFL Power
Project Jenny, Project Jan
Cheers Elephant
The Swimmers
The Vandelles
& more TBA
All 3 days sound absolutely fantastic, and it’s for a good cause – environment sustainability. So you should definitely come out! For details and ticket info visit The Popped! site.
See you there!
Dan Deacon – Okie Dokie
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Brian Wilson and fellow Beach Boy Al Jardine wrote the song “Vegetables” to be released on the Boys 1967’s SMiLE album. The album was canceled but the song survived, making the cut for The Beach Boys Smiley Smile record.
Wilson and Jardine were trailblazers in the world of vegetable instrumentation. Long before The Vegetable Orchestra began wooing crowds, the Boys had Paul McCartney chomp away on stalks of celery rather than record traditional percussion.
Chow down on your daily veggie requirement and check out the remastered and extended version of Smiley Smile at Amazon.
The Beach Boys – Vegetables
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06.16.2008
The chorus of “The Old Days” from Philly’s Dr. Dog may be one of the year’s best, and the rest of the song aint too shabby either!
A tale of consequence and nostalgia, it whimsically mixes Bluegrass jams, Byrds style vocals and drummer-boyish rhythms that will have your head nodding all day. Just settle down on the porch and grab a whiskey sour and you’ll be set.
Dr. Dog’s new album Fate is due out July 22rd on Park the Van and they will be touring the US this summer in support of the album. Check em out!
Dr. Dog – The Old Days
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06.15.2008
As many of you know Tim Russert, NBC News Washington Bureau Chief and moderator of Meet the Press, passed away on Friday.
Personally, I feel a loss because this is really the first time that I have followed the presidential campaigns very closely and therefore would always tune into Russert for his no-spin, hard-hitting interviews and round-table discussions. He asked the questions I cared about and was always prepared to back up his points.
Russert was a huge Springsteen fan, so in honor of the great, hard-working journalist, I have posted the Boss’ 1975 classic “Thunder Road.” I have also taken the liberty of coining a new phrase in his honor. Whenever someone is insanely prepared for an interview or otherwise, that person will now, officially be accused of “pulling a Russert.”
Be sure to check out some great archival Meet the Press footage, and send your condolences on MSNBC’s comments page.
R.I.P. (Russert is Politics)
Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road
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06.13.2008
On the LA Riots remix of HEARTSREVOLUTION‘S “Switchblade,” HR singer Lo sounds like a female super-hero android vigilantly fighting off an evil computer virus. In other words, it’s a glitch-filled Justice-style track, equal parts grit and gloss. Every sci-fi electro fan-boy’s wet dream.
Hear more slicing and dicing from mixaholics LA Riots over on their MySpace Page. HEARTSREVOLUTION’s official Switchblade EP drops June 24th via IHeartComix. Check their MySpace for more.
HEARTSREVOLUTION – Switchblade (LA Riots Remix)
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So since today is Friday the 13th and you are probably in for a lot of bad luck throughout the course of the day, I figured I would bring a little bit of joy and happiness to your life with this post.
I think it’s safe to say that most of you are somewhat familiar with the horror movie series Friday the 13th. Ok, good. Now as you may or may not know, during it’s 1982 theatrical run, Friday the 13th Part 3 was shown in spine-tingling 3D. What is even more interesting is that it also had an un-spine-tingling, awesomely crappy disco, theme song used during the main title sequence. This was the original Daft Punk! Scary!
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If anyone knows who wrote it, please email me.
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If you live in Philly, you know that when it gets hot here, it gets oppressive. So how does one lift the thick, blanket-like heat when it’s a steamy 100 degrees? Illegal Pool-hopping in the suburbs, of course! Sure, technically it’s breaking and entering, but it’s also a hell of an adrenaline rush!
If you need a little persuading, why not lend an ear to High Places‘ tinkly, motivational tune “Jump In” (a song commissioned for an elementary school music program) from their upcoming singles comp 03/07 – 09/07. Make the chorus your summer mantra.
The singles comp is due out in July on Thrill Jockey and the band will be playing US dates with No Age and Abe Vigoda (@ The Church in Philly July 10!) throughout the summer. For an additional High Places mp3, check out Robin’s previous post.
High Places – Jump In
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06.12.2008
Feeling feverish? Jump into Harry Nilsson’s fire with his classic 1971 single “Jump Into The Fire.”
Nilsson promises listeners that “we can make each other happy,” and he holds up his end of the deal by delivering a combustible song of explosive proportions.
Please, buy the record (Nilsson Schmilsson) that this single is from. Of all the recommendations I have made, this is one album that I’m totally serious about you needing to own. All jokes aside, go to Amazon!
Harry Nilsson – Jump Into The Fire
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