Jaye Bartell / Eric Slick / Lina Tullgren / Damian Weber

January 15, 2017 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

JAYE BARTELL (Captured Tracks) / ERIC SLICK (Dr. Dog, Lithuania) / LINA TULLGREN (Captured Tracks) / DAMIAN WEBER
Doors 7:30, Show 8:00
$10 admission

Jaye Bartell
http://www.jayebartell.com/
Born in Massachusetts, Jaye Bartell moved to Asheville, NC, in the early 2000s where he began playing music among friends as a parallel activity to his work with poetry and other writing. Writing was his main focus for most of a decade; a time that involved constant traveling and moving around the U.S., mostly between North Carolina and the Pacific NW, where he lived on a small island in northern Washington.

After moving to Buffalo, NY, in 2006, he found the company of the writers and musicians of House Press, a publishing collective made up of friends from Buffalo and Chicago that produced small-edition handmade books and home-recorded albums. He released his first album, Feeling Better, Pilgrim, in 2008, after musician/writer Damian Weber taught him how to record. The album incorporated live incidental sounds (wind, chimes, traffic, birds), some of which were manipulated and processed as loops, but emphasized vocal melody and lyrics above all. A typical performance from this time included guitar and voice accompanied by a portable turntable that played field recordings of bird song, ocean waves, wind and other incidental sounds.

He moved back to Asheville in 2009 and recorded The Dog’s Dinner, which departed from the solo, self-production of his earlier work, and initiated the collaboration among Bartell and other area musicians, especially guitarist and composer Shane Parish of Ahleuchatistas. He collaborated with a number of visual artists in Asheville as well, including Ursula Gullow and Nathanael Roney, who have illustrated a number of Bartell’s albums and continue to influence his songwriting. Bartell continued to write, record, and perform intensively in Asheville for the next few years with Parish and other musicians, although most of the recorded output came from live performances.

The years 2012 and 2013 saw the releases of Elation, an EP recorded with J Seger, and Loyalty, a full-band record featuring Parish, Seger, and Emily Easterly, followed by a 2014 UK tour with like-minded troubadour, Angel Olsen.

Bartell’s move to Brooklyn, NY, in 2013, as well as the work of Spalding Gray and Eileen Myles, heavily influence the content presented on his latest record, Light Enough. In his own words, “Resettlement is an implicit theme in much of the writing, and the process of making the album was an act of resettlement: finding out where I lived as a means of coming to live there.” The record as a whole takes as a kind of informal credo a line from Eileen Myles’ Chelsea Girls: “I have waited all my life for permission. I feel it growing in my breast. A war is storming and it is behind me and I am moving my forces into light.

Lina Tullgren
http://www.capturedtracks.com/lina-tullgren
Lina Tullgren is a Maine born songwriter with an eye and an ear for darkness. And the light. Sometimes it’s quiet, but sometimes it’s loud. When you grow up in the trenches of classical music and then, down the line, you learn about traditional fiddle music and old work songs, you can get burnt out on everything after a while. So, then you buy an electric guitar and start to write songs. If you aren’t trying to be anything or anyone in particular; the songs that result are in their own way, raw, sincere and unique.

This signing sees a re-release of Lina’s cassette Wishlist, an EP that was recorded in October 2015 with childhood musical partner, Ty Ueda. Two years after Lina wrote its opening track, a slow burner rock ballad, “Watchdog,” the pair got together and recorded five tracks over the course of a few days on Ty’s Tascam 388 at his house in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. They make a good team: with Ty being a manic perfectionist and Lina something like the opposite of a perfectionist. Because fuck being perfect. They can agree on a love of tape wobble and the integrity of songs that are, at a glance, strangely structured and honest. They’re atmospheric and sad, but they’re also hopeful. With songs that are never overtly planned, but instead felt and written in a stream of consciousness whenever the mood strikes. It was important to capture the pure energy and feeling of songs that can hit you where you feel, but you might not know it right at that moment. Like when you cry, but you don’t know why you’re crying. Or, when you smile and someone comes up to you and remarks at your grin and you didn’t even know you were grinning. Like that.

Damian Weber
https://steakandcakerecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-world-of-stone
damian has a ton of books of poems and albums, all self-released, and is a bit of a sleeper hit among his friends only. If you ask him he will give you his new poetry book, “The Fog,” or his new album, “earnest kid.” He is super excited to be playing this tour with such great people who make such great music because he usually stays at home on his computer all day, having given up on the creature row. Here’s his most recent album, a 2 song single, on Steak & Cake records.

PhilaMOCA
531 N. 12th Street
http://www.philamoca.org/

Source: Jaye Bartell / Eric Slick / Lina Tullgren / Damian Weber


Night Burger / Sunk Heaven / LGHQ / Old Maybe / Beam Splitter

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Ramp Local x Gentle Sheers present:

Night Burger
SUNK Heaven (NY)
LGHQ (NY)
Old Maybe
Beam Splitter (Audrey Chen + Heinrik Munkeby Norstebo) NO +DE

Friday January 13th 2016
Vox Populi 319 n. 11th st
doors 7pm music by 8 pm
$7-10 sliding scale
no one turned away for lack of funds

<<Listen>>
https://beamsplitter.org/
https://soundcloud.com/nightburger
https://ramplocal.bandcamp.com/album/fey-devil
https://lghqlghq.bandcamp.com/
https://ramplocal.bandcamp.com/album/oblio

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Source: Night Burger / Sunk Heaven / LGHQ / Old Maybe / Beam Splitter

Nicky P & Friends fundraiser – Tickets – Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA, January 06, 2017 | Ticketfly

Hey friend!!

Like last year, I am putting together a fundraising concert to help raise money for my dads medical bills.

More details about the show to come soon.

Bands:
Nicky P – www.iamnickyp.com

Archawah

Source: Nicky P & Friends fundraiser – Tickets – Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA, January 06, 2017 | Ticketfly

Basta Live Concert in Philadelphia Tickets, Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 8:00 PM | Eventbrite

This artist needs no introduction. Since 2000, BASTA took the hip-hop world by storm with his mega stellar hits such as “Moja igra,” ” Gorod dorog,” ” Solnca ne vidno,” “Mama,” “Urban’,” “Raz i Navsegda,” “Bosanova”, “Rodina – Tam, gde nas net”, “Moja Vselennaja”, “Vypusknoj” and many, many more! Admired and loved by millions, BASTA is ready to give a performance of a lifetime in his return to PA! Prepare for a live, powerful, and thrilling performance that will have the crowd roaring and will set the dance floor on fire!5 января в Philadelphia выступит один из наиболее ярких и лиричных исполнителей российской хип-хоп-сцены — Баста. Известнейший рэпер вместе с расширенным составом музыкантов представит публике свой новый альбом «Баста 5».Начиная с песни «Моя игра», ставшей отправной точкой в сольной карьере Басты, и до настоящего времени, когда уже практически вышел новый, пятый альбом «Баста-5», артист уверенно держит марку одного из самых значительных хип-хоп-исполнителей страны. И вот, 5 января 2017 года Баста возьмёт новую высоту и представит новейшие треки в рамках большого концерта.Prepare for a live, powerful, and thrilling performance and get ready to sing along to all the hits of the past and new songs that will have you jumping all night! This is one killer event that you do not want to miss.Tickets are not refundable.

Source: Basta Live Concert in Philadelphia Tickets, Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 8:00 PM | Eventbrite


Build The Rail Park Happy Hour Tickets, Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite

GET ON BOARD! In October 2016, the Center City District (CCD) broke ground on Phase 1 of The Rail Park. Stretching from Broad Street at Noble to Callowhill between 11th and 12th Streets, this historic quarter mile will soon become our city’s newest elevated public park, with a distinctive design that celebrates our industrial past and cultural heritage. As the excitement builds, join us on the first Wednesday of every month from 5PM-8PM as we grow awareness of the project and raise funds to close a $700,000 funding gap for Phase 1 construction. 20% of all sales from each monthly Build the Rail Park Happy Hour, hosted at The Trestle Inn, will go directly to support construction. The January 4th event features: Happy Hour Specials & Snacks $7 Ryed The Rails Cocktail So grab some friends and get on board! This event is FREE but kindly Register. You can suupport the Rail Park through the Center City Foundation anytime at https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/supportccdf.

Source: Build The Rail Park Happy Hour Tickets, Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite

Eight // Sun Organ // Littler // Marge

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Thursday, December 29 at 7 PM – 11 PM

~littler encounters of the holiday kind~

EIGHT
https://themusicofeight.bandcamp.com/releases

what shoulda been the soundtrack to your favorite 90s teen movie

SUN ORGAN
https://sunorgan.bandcamp.com/

fuzz drenched and fancy free

LITTLER (LA/philly)
https://littler.bandcamp.com/

FFO dogs and soup

MARGE
https://marge.bandcamp.com/

crunchy like gravel not granola

$7-10

no scrooges

Source: Eight // Sun Organ // Littler // Marge

The Slackers – Tickets – Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA, December 22, 2016 | Ticketfly

Get tickets to The Slackers at Underground Arts, Philadelphia, PA on 12/22/16

Source: The Slackers – Tickets – Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA, December 22, 2016 | Ticketfly


Philadelphia Psychotronic Film Society – December meeting

NOTE: December’s meeting will take place on Monday, December 19 rather than on the final Monday of the month.

Eric here, you may know me as the PPFS member who brought you THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN and PROUD AMERICAN. I was originally planning on showing a double-feature of two related Christmas films, but then I decided that one of them is just too well known. So instead I’ll be screening one of my faves, a take on the most beloved of all Christmas movies that runs about an hour, alongside a feature-length horror film. Total run time is about two and a half hours. Please join us for this holiday treat and feel free to bring Christmas cookies and other snacks to share with the group at this special year-end edition of the PPFS.
CONTENT WARNING: Those with strong religious beliefs will likely be offended or at the very least challenged. There will also be male nudity and extreme violence.

We are the most informal of film clubs, providing free screenings of cult/weirdo/B-movie fare, meeting on the final Monday of every month at PhilaMOCA for one full movie and maybe a short or two. Sometimes the film will be a surprise, other times it’ll be announced ahead of time. Everyone who joins up gets a say in future screenings. You become an official member after signing in at three meetings and are rewarded with a cool enamel pin of the PPFS logo. BYOB is encouraged as is the Psychotronic Film Society way.

The Philadelphia Psychotronic Film Society is officially sanctioned by Brian Thomas, Propaganda Minister of the Sinister for Chicago’s Psychotronic Film Society.

WARNING: The content of what we’ve come to know as psychotronic films runs the gamut from talking dogs to violent assaults. There will always be a warning of some sort on all PPFS event pages. Sometimes the programmer will choose to be revealing and detailed about the content of their selection in advance, sometimes it will be a simple warning regarding the possibility of extreme content. In the latter case, it is wisest for those who will possibly be offended by extreme subject matter to err on the side of caution.

Free admission
Doors 7, Movie 7:30

PhilaMOCA
531 N. 12th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19123
http://www.philamoca.org/

Source: Philadelphia Psychotronic Film Society – December meeting