WXPN 88.5 Welcomes
Trampled by Turtles / Hiss Golden Messenger at Union Transfer

Listen to TBT’s New Single “Kelly’s Bar”: http://bit.ly/kellysbar

Follow Trampled By Turtles:
Website – http://trampledbyturtles.com/

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/TrampledByTurtles/
Twitter – https://twitter.com/tbtduluth
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/tbtduluth/

Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/artist/3GjVVVcFmUgEJEAAsbGkf4?si=Bs5wykGPSkCNGo8Qo437Ug

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Trampled by Turtles

Trampled by Turtles are from Duluth, Minnesota, where frontman Dave Simonett initially formed the group as a side project in 2003. At the time, Simonett had lost most of his music gear, thanks to a group of enterprising car thieves who’d ransacked his vehicle while he played a show with his previous band. Left with nothing more than an acoustic guitar, he began piecing together a new band, this time taking inspiration from bluegrass, folk, and other genres that didn’t rely on amplification. Simonett hadn’t played any bluegrass music before, and he filled his lineup with other newcomers to the genre, including fiddler Ryan Young (who’d previously played drums in a speed metal act) and bassist Tim Saxhaug. Along with mandolinist Erik Berry and banjo player Dave Carroll, the group began carving out a fast, frenetic sound that owed as much to rock & roll as bluegrass.

Read more “Trampled by Turtles – Tickets – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA, May 09, 2018 | Ticketfly”

Tuesday, May 8 at 8 PM – 11 PM

Varsity formed in 2013 when several Chicago musicians gathered for a “salon night” where friends shared stories and songs. Singer-keyboardist Stephanie Smith liked the sound of guitarists Dylan Weschler and Pat Stanton, and invited them to perform with her. The trio soon became a quintet, later adding Jake Stolz on drums and his brother, Paul Stolz, on bass. The band began playing shows around Chicago and, in April 2014, self-released their first EP, “Thanks for Nothing,” after recording it one weekend in the basement of Smith’s parents’ home. Since then, Varsity has found success with its indie-pop sound featuring the powerful driving vocals of singer/keyboardist Stephanie Smith with infectious guitar melodies and exciting rhythm. Besides sharing bills with performers like American Wrestlers, Alvvays, Courtney Barnett, The Hold Steady and Car Seat Headrest, Varsity has produced a number of digital releases— two complementary songs at a time in what they call digital 7”s—that have earned rave reviews and a growing audience with millions of plays on YouTube and Spotify. With their 2018 release Parallel Person on Babe City Records, Varsity brings their music to new depths that expr

Source: Varsity / Jelani Sei / Boosegumps Tickets in Philadelphia, PA, United States

Get tickets to Preoccupations at Underground Arts, Philadelphia, PA on 04/23/18

Source: Preoccupations – Tickets – Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA, April 23, 2018 | Ticketfly

Wednesday, April 11 at 7:30 PM – 10 PM

Award-winning finger style and blues in the voice of savage cool.

Source: B Frank

Mega Ran / Sammus / None Like Joshua / Gavin Riley Smoke Machine
$12 adv / $14 day-of / Doors 7:30 / Show 8:00

Random, aka Mega Ran, aka RandomBeats… Teacher, Rapper, Hero:
When LA Weekly said that Ran’s “fanbase and niche audiences are growing at a rate not seen since Tech N9ne,” they meant it. A former middle school teacher, Mega Ran (formerly Random) blends education, hip-hop and gaming in amazing new ways, penetrating the farthest reaches of the galaxy with his unique rhyme style and electric performances.

Read more “Mega Ran – Tickets – PhilaMOCA – Philadelphia, PA – March 27th, 2018 | Ticketfly”

Wednesday, March 14 at 7 PM – 10 PM

Danny Quimby is a Philadelphia area musician covering nine decades of all request acoustic. Join us for some Irish themed jams this week celebrating St. Patrick!

Source: Danny Quimby Acoustic

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club / Night Beats at Union Transfer

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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Official Page)

For 15 years, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club has carried the torch for true rock and roll. The latest edition of the firebrand rock troupe, sees them at their most dynamic. Their sixth studio album, “Specter at the Feast,” ventures into diverse sonic territory, delivering their most ambitious offering yet. It’s an album of impossible dichotomies; opposing sounds amalgamate into a seamless, entirely coherent package, that rumbles with driving rhythms, and soars with skyward-arcing guitar howls. Robert Been delivers growling bass grooves on “Hate the Taste,” and Peter Hayes’ guitar wails on what may be their most hard-rocking song, “Rival.” Counterbalancing these frenetic outbursts are moments of star-gazing ambient textures, like the crystalline harmonics introducing the slinking album opener, “Fire Walker,” and the organ drones of “Returning.” There are moments of down-home blues paired alongside flailing punk bombasticism; gnarled dark rock shores upon uplifting, and optimistic anthems. Taking cues from all points of the band’s many years on the road, this record is the band’s most well-realized album to date. “We thought about making it a double album,” Been says of the many songs that were written for the record.

Read more “Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Tickets – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA, January 30, 2018 | Ticketfly”

Wednesday, January 17 at 7 PM – 10 PM

The Naked Sun is gearing up for the release of their debut LP, War with Shadows, which will be out on January 26th, 2018.

Source: An Evening with the Naked Sun and Friends