Emo Philips live at the Hasty Pudding Theater, 1987
The Sunday, October 2 show is sold out. A second show has been added for Monday, October 3, 8:00 PM PhilaMOCA proudly presents Emo Philips 10/2 Opener: The Incredible Shrinking Matt & Jacqui
Source: Emo Philips – Tickets – PhilaMOCA – Philadelphia, PA – October 3rd, 2016 | Ticketfly
10.2 | doors 8pm | $13 adv. | 21+
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JEFF The Brotherhood
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JEFF The Brotherhood is an art project started by brothers Jake and Jamin Orrall in 2002 in a basement in Nashville, TN. Their work is influenced by many types of music including jazz, black metal, motorick rhythm and hard rock, as well as many artists and environments including the film work of Werner Herzog, the choreography of Kate Bush, and the rivers of Tennessee.Over the last decade their art has taken them all over the world including Hawaii, New Zealand and Russia. They have given well over a thousand live performances and created countless art objects including zines, puppets, videos, and eleven full length albums.
JEFF The Brotherhood was started with one goal in mind, to do or create whatever they feel with no rules or boundaries. Their latest offering is an experimental rock album called “ZONE”. It was recorded and co-produced by Collin Dupuis in a converted warehouse called Club Roar. Alicia Bognanno (Bully) makes a guest appearance on the album, she is the lead vocalist on the song “Roachin”. The album took about two weeks, 4 racks of ribs, a few dozen chicken wings, 3 pork chops, some sausage, a brisket, and a whole lot of smoke wood to make. It is the third installment in a spiritual trilogy of albums including Heavy Days (2009) and We Are The Champions” (2011). It is available worldwide August 12 from Dine Alone records.
When not making art, Jake and Jamin spend most of their time backpacking, gardening, and riding bicycles in Nashville, TN.
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Music Band
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I’ll tell you what Music Band isn’t. Music Band is not a group of sour-faced millenial cry-babies wearing fedoras and Beatle boots, trudging through their live performances, looking like they can’t wait to get off stage and hit their vape pens. Music Band is not a bunch of dirtnapping hee-hee boys who try so hard to act like they don’t care about the holes in their clothes and their uninspired power chords that they become caricatures of ideas of a musical genre filtered through five decades of misunderstanding. Music Band is not some group of human Xeroxes squirted out by some corporate bigwig sucking on a fat stogie up in an ivory tower somewhere. Music Band is a group of three best friends, Harry Kagan (guitar), Lee Putney (drums) and Duncan Shea (bass), making honest-to-goodness rock and roll music in Nashville, TN. Recorded at Bomb Shelter Studio with Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Natural Child), Wake Up Laughing is the latest chapter in the Music Band annals, showcasing their knack for writing catchy, surprising, high-energy songs that make their influences as vast as they are difficult to pin down. Their songwriting echoes their constant quest for discovery and reinvention, while always remaining true to themselves. It is Music Band’s profound respect for each other and for those who came before them as they toe the line between light and dark, which keeps them hurtling forward into the great delights of the unknown.+ https://
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Anthony Green / Mat Kerekes / Secret Spaces at Union Transfer
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From Joyce’s Dublin to Springsteen’s Asbury Park, environments have always had a massive influence on writers and musicians’ creative output. Such is also the case with singer/songwriter Anthony Green’s debut solo release Avalon. Recorded last March over an eight-day period with Green and some friends at his fiancé’s parents’ house in the sleepy beach town of Avalon, New Jersey, the album spans Green’s adolescence and adulthood and shows him at both his most visceral and vulnerable. “We had a short timeline [to record this album] and that’s the way I used to work back in the day; you’d only have three days in the studio so you had to plan out everything and then just go for it,” Green explains. “I’ve been wanting to record these songs for the past two years and this was the perfect time and place to make it happen.”
Although the 26-year-old Green is best known as the lead singer for the Philadelphia-based progressive punk act Circa Survive, he’s also an accomplished instrumentalist in his own right and has been penning the songs that would eventually become Avalon consistently for the past decade. “Some of these songs are brand new, but most of them are really old,” Green explains. “For one of the versions of ‘Dear Child (I’ve Been Dying To Reach You)’ that’s on this record, I wrote the lyrics for it four or five years ago and the music even years before that,” he elaborates, adding that many of these songs were composed while he was still a junior in high school. Although Green initially intended many of these songs to be used in Circa Survive, ultimately he decided that in order to fully realize his artistic vision he would have to tackle these tracks on his own – a decision that was due to communicative issues as much as they were musical.
“I think at the time that I was writing a lot of these songs I wasn’t necessarily able to articulate to [Circa Survive] all the stuff musically I wanted to do with them,” Green explains. “I don’t know chords; I don’t know scales; I can’t talk to anybody about time signatures, so I couldn’t really explain how I wanted these to sound without doing something ridiculous like humming something out that doesn’t make sense to anyone except myself,” he adds. The logistics surrounding the writing and recording process of Avalon allowed Green to present his songs exactly the way he envisioned them, making this album the first true glimpse into the inner workings of Green’s psyche.
However despite the fact this is a “solo” album, that doesn’t mean that these songs are all composed of Green plaintively singing and strumming an acoustic guitar (although songs like “Drugdealer” are beautiful representations of just that). In fact, from the lush, Cure-inspired pop of “Babygirl” to the electronically driven ballad “Springtime Out The Van Window” and the harmonica and keyboard augmented “Slowing Down,” the inventive arrangements on these tracks perfectly complement Green’s distinctive vocal stylings. Then, there’s “Dear Child (I’ve Been Dying To Reach You),” which was the recorded on the West Coast with producer John Feldmann – and, although it has a completely different production value than the rest of the disc, effortlessly fits into the context of the album and is a perfect example of the artistic scope inherent on Avalon.
Although he prefers to allow his lyrics to be open to interpretation instead of laying out exactly what they’re about, Green will admit that every song on this album is related to something that he’s experienced personally over the past ten years, adding that instead of cloaking his message in metaphor and symbolism these songs contain some of the most direct lyrics he’s written to date. “‘She Loves Me So’ is about exactly what you think you feel about love and I wrote ‘Devil’s Song’ after a conversation I had with Saves The Day’s Chris Conley about how much of your soul you put into your music,” Green says about two of his favorite tracks. “I think everyone is always trying to look for what the meaning of everything is and what’s funny to me about these songs is that they’re all so obvious.”
While one might assume that after spending most of the year touring, he’d want to spend some time off relaxing, Green is adamant about constantly writing songs and making them available for his fans whether it’s in the form of Avalon or via demos he circulates on the Internet. “I’m always busy, I’ll be busy all my life; that’s just the way I like it,” he explains with a laugh. “I never liked working hard until I found something that didn’t make me feel like an alien to what I was doing; I think with music and art I belong there and I’m a native so I don’t mind doing it all the time. In fact, I embrace it.” Hopefully you’ll also embrace Avalon as a labor of love that Green has crafted as much for his fans as he has himself, because although it was recorded in scantly over a week on Seven Mile Island, Avalon truly took decades to unfold.
Mat Kerekes of Citizen.
Toledo, OH’s Secret Space has signed to Equal Vision Records and is currently recording their debut full-length with producer Will Yip (Circa Survive, mewithoutYou, Balance & Composure). The trio draws influences from modern indie pop and 90s emo rock and is comprised of vocalist / multi-instrumentalist Dean Tartaglia, bassist Zach Ruetz and drummer Steve Warstler.
“We are striving to make an iconic record,” reveals multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Dean Tartaglia. “Our new songs are as genuine, self-critical and honest as possible.”
“Will completely understands us and has taken our original vision of Secret Space to a whole new universe,” he shares. “In some arrangements, distortion and noise are replaced with space and patience. Saxophone and keyboards will be prominently featured as well. Lyrically, I chose ideas that were simultaneously the most personal to me and the most universal to the people closest to me. Themes include sleep, isolation, change, empowerment, and commitment…and are told through story-like narratives.”
While Secret Space’s debut full-length won’t be released until 2016, the band punctuated their label signing announcement with a simultaneous release of a new self-titled EP. Prior to the new EP, the band had only released two songs – “Stay For A While” and “Standing And Waiting” – as part of a split with The Flats.
“For a band that formed earlier this year, who’s only played a dozen shows, we feel it’s pretty unheard of for our first proper release to be on a label of EVR’s caliber,” says Tartaglia. “We came to the table with four fully-finished, unreleased songs and a dozen new demos, and we’ve felt their respect for the work we’ve been putting in since day one. The three of us feel at home with EVR’s artist-centric mindset and their flexibility to fit our needs!”
Of the new EP he also adds, “The decision to make the EP self-titled was a very conscious one. Having never even played live before we recorded the EP, these recordings were the first moments we discovered our sound as a band, and discovered what the words “Secret Space” meant to us. Endless thanks to Mat Kerekes (Citizen) for producing the EP and the risks he helped us take in finding our sound. He played a huge role in pre-production and re-working the form of a few of the songs, as well. The first time we listened to the EP was the first time we truly heard Secret Space in vibrant color. Lyrically, I am hugely influenced by Elliott Smith; The way in which he takes snapshots of his daily life but makes them relatable to others by using universal language. I can safely say this EP is the first time every word I chose was completely genuine, completely open and honest, with no stone left unturned.”
Though the band is less than a year old, each member has been touring and performing with numerous other bands for years, with Tartaglia making his initial mark as the saxophonist with Detroit rock n soul legends The Sights, who supported Tenacious D on a five-month world tour in 2012. More recently, he held down half of the critically-acclaimed but now defunct bass and drum/heavy-soul duo Silent Lions, which released two EPs under that moniker with Toledo, OH-based label, NAH Collective. He has shared the stage with countless other bands across all genres, including Fitz and The Tantrums, FUN., Foxy Shazam, and many more.
“Our only goal since day one has been to make as much inspired music as possible, and that’s apparent at our live shows and on record. I want everyone who listens to or sees us to relate to each other through these songs,” Tartaglia continues.
“And I would love it if people got the feeling that I get when hearing some of my favorite bands, when they hear our music…the way that some songs give me chills or just completely change my mood,” concludes Ruetz. “I would love to be part of giving that to someone. I think people can always expect a very intense live show from us. We try and keep things very high energy and we really put our all into each and every show.”
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1026 Spring Garden St.
Philadelphia, PA, 19123Source: Anthony Green – Tickets – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA, October 01, 2016 | Ticketfly
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After the breakup of the A’s (a high profile 80’s band from the Philadelphia area) singer Richard Bush tinkered around with a couple of short lived band projects, notable among them the Lion Choir and
Source: The Peace Creeps – Tickets – PhilaMOCA – Philadelphia, PA – September 22nd, 2016 | Ticketfly
The history of country music has no shortage of characters hit by hard luck: the hard-working man who can’t seem to make ends meet, the heart-of-gold drunk who just can’t seem to put down the bottle,
Acclaimed Chinese singer-songwriter Ma Di (马頔) embarks on his first-ever U.S. tour, performing in 10 cities including New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Bloomington, Chicago, Seattle
Source: Union Transfer » 马頔 Ma Di – Tickets – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA – September 20th, 2016
Four years have gone by since her debut album and Selah Sue might not be over her demons but she’s at least harnessed them to compose the songs of ‘Reason,’ gorged with energy, light and emotion. These songs sweep you over from the first bars, coming from an artist who’s at once full of life and full of scars, who always seems to be one with her guitar. “Success hasn’t healed my wounds,” she says. “Nothing has really changed. It’s a journey, a battle that will last my entire life.”
Fluttering between waves of electro-soul, trip hop languor and cascades of house beats, Selah Sue finds her true musical identity in ‘Reason.’ “It’s an equation with many variables,” she says. It’s also a perfect balance that she looked for in several recording studios, mainly in Belgium, but also in London, Jamaica and Los Angeles, with two seasoned producers, the Dane Robin Hannibal (Little Dragon, Kendrick Lamar) and the Swede Ludwig Göransson, known for his work with pop trio HAIM and American rapper Childish Gambino. Selah Sue co-wrote and recorded ‘Together’ with the latter, a radiant hip hop declaration of love, enveloped with urban percussion and dotted synths. “We wrote this track in a few hours, in Los Angeles. It’s my first love song. The melody came straight from my gut. Childish Gambino brought the beats and the off-kilter rhythm in the singing.” ‘Fear Nothing,’ another trip hop infused song was composed and produced by Matt Schwartz in London, the London songwriter and DJ who previously co-wrote ‘Dissolved Girl’ with Massive Attack. “I realized for the first time how much a producer could help me assemble the kaleidoscope of sounds I have in my head,” explains Selah Sue. “Ludwig allowed me to move towards a more experimental style, electronic, aggressive and danceable. As in ‘Falling Out,’ with its rhythmic drum&bass and underground atmosphere; one of my favorites on the album.”
For his part, Robin Hannibal enriched Selah Sue’s sound palette with his modern take on Afro-American music, while preserving the abrupt and raw beauty of her acoustic ballads. “I didn’t want to lose the immediate and uncluttered quality of my songs, but I wanted them to be more elaborate, more ethereal also. I didn’t want my voice to be alone anymore.” ‘I Won’t Go for More’ and ‘Reason’ are altogether an echo of the Selah Sue we knew, constructing beautiful melodies on her Taylor acoustic guitar, and of a singer with a voice elevated by Motown backing-vocals, string arrangements and tempos that go from funk to jazz to bossa nova. On the dreamy ‘Always Home,’ produced in collaboration with her two producers, Selah Sue impresses with her vocal virtuosity, stretching notes, recalling the sweetness of the girl from Ipanema, then flying to perilous harmonic extents, never afraid to fall. “I spoke to my melancholy and told it I wasn’t ignoring it, but that I also felt like dancing. It’s welcome to do it with me.” When you lend your ear to the very 80’s disco ‘Alone,’ composed in Los Angeles in 2012, the night Whitney Houston died, you can just picture Selah Sue on stage, with her endless need to share her feelings, determined and authentic. Like a mirror reflection, ‘Sadness,’ written and produced in Jamaica with producer Troy Taylor (Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin), recalls the great era of soul music, with Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross as guardian angels. A sensual and shimmering ballad sung with the scratchy voice of a black diva, interrupted by an unexpected and poignant ragamuffin break, digging the grove of a musical melting pot between eras and styles giving ‘Reason’ all its power.
An extraordinary unity emerges from this sonic patchwork, thanks to the architectural rigor of the compositions and to the intangible feeling that they emerged from an improvised late-night jam session. “I do everything instinctively, I’m not a musical expert, but I can hear a song once and I can sing it back, with all its nuances, even twenty years later.” Faithfull to her audience, to her band, to herself and her unquenchable thirst for music, Selah Sue manages to convey, with shimmery textures, her feelings of light and dark that find an echo in each of us. She doesn’t compromise, her heart stark naked, unsettling, bewitching. With her, even flowers aren’t ingenuous.
Source: Union Transfer Selah Sue Tickets Union Transfer Philadelphia PA September 18th 2016
SECOND SHOW ADDED BY POPULAR DEMAND ! Get tickets: http://ticketf.ly/29u9zFD Owen In the past decade, Chicago’s Mike Kinsella has played a variety of instruments in a handful of bands including Cap’n Jazz, Joan of Arc, The One Up Downstairs, American Football, Owls, Maritime, and Aloha. Owen is his solo project. The impetus for Owen was … Read more
Klingande at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Facebook Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Klingande After hitting #1 at Hype Machine, receiving over 5 million views at YouTube and an additional 1.5 million plays on Soundcloud, French duo Klingande’s ‘Jubel’ is already a huge success in Germany after debuting at #5 at iTunes and reaching #1 at Shazamthey … Read more
Reality TV isn’t real. But, what if your real life was actually scripted? What if you were nothing more than a crappy character on some crumb bum cable network? ETC’s latest comedy brings the small screen to the small stage in their 11th shot at the Philly Fringe Festival. Written by Todd Cardin. Directed by … Read more
Two shows. Two languages. In repertory. Dos obras. Dos Idiomas. En repertorio. The first, Federico García Lorca’s classic tale Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding), reimagined in modern day Miami. A desperate bride escapes with her lover into the swamp on her wedding day. Performed in Spanish and English. The second, inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s … Read more
Get tickets: http://ticketf.ly/1UCC1nF Owen In the past decade, Chicago’s Mike Kinsella has played a variety of instruments in a handful of bands including Cap’n Jazz, Joan of Arc, The One Up Downstairs, American Football, Owls, Maritime, and Aloha. Owen is his solo project. The impetus for Owen was a direct result of the demise of … Read more
Performance, dance, video art, and audience interaction merge in an expressive and surrealist event celebrating the female body. Stoyanova, a “neo-metal monster and a futuristic Renaissance queen,” demystifies the birthing body, presenting the truth of the flesh in this mostly nude show.
Kenny Zimlinghaus returns to Philly! This time on a Friday at the awesome PhilaMOCA!
Kenny Zimlinghaus has been doing stand-up comedy for over 16 years and has performed all over the country. His debut release “Night Pageant” immediately went to #1 on Itunes upon it’s release in April of 2015.
He started doing comedy in Boston where later he got into radio with WFNX FM as their youngest radio host. From there he moved to Charleston, South Carolina to co-host the most popular morning show in the city with Storm and Kenny Show’ on WAVF Wave 96 FM. From there he spent 10 years as the co-host of Sirius XM’s Wake up with Taylor.
Kenny also starred in the film “Wedgerino” which won ‘Best Offbeat Comedy” at the 2015 Manhattan Film Festival. The film also has been selected to be screened at the Chain Film Festival in NYC and Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival in Vermont.
Zimlinghaus has a loyal following from his years in radio and prides himself on giving his audiences a uniquely hilarious show every time he comes to town.
Openers TBA
Doors 7:30, Show 8:00
$12 advance, $15 doorPhilaMOCA
531 N. 12th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19123
http://www.philamoca.org
Source: Kenny Zimlinghaus Tickets PhilaMOCA Philadelphia PA September 16th 2016 Ticketfly
