1 OF MONTREAL Lousy With Sylvianbriar
2 DEER TICK Negativity
3 YUCK Glow And Behold
4 DR. DOG B-Room
5 KING KRULE 6 Feet Beneath The Moon
6 PARQUET COURTS Tally All The Things That You Broke [EP]
7 SLEIGH BELLS Bitter Rivals
8 FRANKIE ROSE Herein Wild
9 THOSE DARLINS Blur The Line
10 KEVIN DEVINE Bubblegum
11 MAN MAN On Oni Pond
12 UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA Blue Record [EP]
13 OBITS Bed And Bugs
14 FLATLINERS Dead Language
15 BELLE AND SEBASTIAN The Third Eye Centre
16 BEST COAST Fade Away
17 CHVRCHES The Bones Of What You Believe
18 THE BLOW The Blow
19 RUBBLEBUCKET Save Charlie [EP]
20 CHELSEA WOLFE Pain Is Beauty
21 ELF POWER Sunlight On The Moon
22 NO AGE An Object
23 RJD2 More Is Than Isn’t
24 ST. LUCIA When The Night
25 MGMT MGMT
26 CRYSTAL STILTS Nature Noir
27 SUPERCHUNK I Hate Music
28 TIM KASHER Adult Film
29 TOUCHE AMORE Is Survived By
30 WASHED OUT Paracosm
Surfer Blood talk Halloween costumes, flax crackers, and haunted practice spaces.
We spoke with Surfer Blood members John Paul Pitts, Thomas Fekte, Tyler Schwarz, and Kevin Williams before their midnight show at the TLA on October 4th. Read below to find out about new obstacles they encountered moving onto a major label, their favorite horror movie, and what they’re thinking of dressing up as for Halloween.
Shannen: How did you guys all meet?
JP: Well, we’re all from the same town; we all grew up there at least. We went to high school there, and we were all playing in bands that were a little bit left of center. We all were sort of aware of each other and what we were doing, and yeah, I mean one day we started recording demos of some of the Surfer Blood songs. It wasn’t really serious and I guess Tom heard it and brought it up to me that he’d like to play guitar.
Shannen: Do you remember what some of those first songs were?
JP: A lot of the songs ended up on Astro Coast, our first record. I don’t think it was ever really supposed to be a proper record or anything, it was just something that we started and I felt really, really compelled to finish. So yeah, some of those songs ended up on the record later.
TF: I think the first song that I had heard was “Fast Jabroni”. That was a really early one that you guys had written.
TS: There are some demos that we’ve never even put out that I have on my computer. Well my laptop was stolen, so I must have lost some of them, but we had some kind of pirate-sounding songs.
Shannen: I think you guys tweeted the other day that you recorded on a Dell. Was that the laptop that got stolen?
TF: Yeah, I tweeted a really ridiculous run-on sentence that was ranting about Macintosh, even though I have nothing against Mac. I was just basically saying you don’t have to have a Mac, and we made a record on a Dell.
JP: There is so much digital noise on that record, though. If you listen closely there are so many parts where it’s just like (makes noise).
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Top Played Artists 10/14 – 10/22
1 DR. DOG B-Room
2 DEER TICK Negativity
3 OF MONTREAL Lousy With Sylvianbriar
4 UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA Blue Record [EP]
5 FLATLINERS Dead Language
6 YUCK Glow And Behold
7 MAN MAN On Oni Pond
8 HAIM Days Are Gone
9 THOSE DARLINS Blur The Line
10 BELLE AND SEBASTIAN The Third Eye Centre
11 NO AGE An Object
12 CHVRCHES The Bones Of What You Believe
13 SLEIGH BELLS Bitter Rivals
14 KING KRULE 6 Feet Beneath The Moon
15 RJD2 More Is Than Isn’t
16 OBITS Bed And Bugs
17 SUPERCHUNK I Hate Music
18 SEBADOH Defend Yourself
19 RUBBLEBUCKET Save Charlie [EP]
20 HUNX AND HIS PUNX Street Punk
21 DIARRHEA PLANET I’m Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dream
22 FOOTBALL, ETC. Audible
23 WASHED OUT Paracosm
24 MODERAT II Mute
25 VOLCANO CHOIR Repave
26 ISLANDS Ski Mask
27 PORCELAIN RAFT Permanent Signal
28 CROCODILES Crimes Of Passion
29 BEST COAST Fade Away
30 JAGWAR MA Howlin’
Top Played Artists 10/2/2013 – 10/9/2013
1 DEER TICK Negativity (Partisan)
2 MAN MAN On Oni Pond (Anti)
3 DR. DOG B-Room (Anti)
4 NO AGE An Object (SUB POP)
5 BELLE AND SEBASTIAN The Third Eye Centre (Matador)
6 SUPERCHUNK I Hate Music (Merge)
7 CROCODILES Crimes Of Passion (Frenchkiss)
8 PORCELAIN RAFT Permanent Signal (Secretly Canadian)
9 FLATLINERS Dead Language (Fat Wreck Chords)
10 PAPER KITES States (Nettwerk)
11 HUNX AND HIS PUNX Street Punk (Hardly Art)
12 FOOTBALL, ETC. Audible (Count Your Lucky Stars)
13 TY SEGALL Sleeper (Drag City)
14 YUCK Glow And Behold (Fat Possum)
15 DIARRHEA PLANET I’m Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams (Infinity Cat)
16 OBITS Bed And Bugs (SUB POP)
17 ALUNAGEORGE Body Music (Vagrant)
18 WASHED OUT Paracosm (SUB POP)
19 VOLCANO CHOIR Repave (Jagjaguwar)
20 DIANA Perpetual Surrender (Jagjaguwar)
21 MGMT MGMT (Columbia)
22 NIGHTMARES ON WAX Feelin’ Good (Warp)
23 LEMURIA The Distance Is So Big (Bridge Nine)
24 WEEKEND Jinx (Slumberland)
25 ISLANDS Ski Mask (Manque)
26 RUBBLEBUCKET Save Charlie [EP] (Communion)
27 UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA Blue Record [EP] (Jagjaguwar)
28 JAGWAR MA Howlin’ (Mom And Pop)
29 MINKS Tides End (Captured Tracks)
30 ELF POWER Sunlight On The Moon (Orange Twin)
Concert Review: Atoms for Peace @ The Liacouras Center (September 24, 2013)
By Kirsten Becker
I jumped at the opportunity to see Atoms For Peace kicking off the US leg of their tour in support of “Amok” at the Liacouras Center. For those who don’t know, the superband is composed of Thom Yorke of Radiohead, frequent collaborator and producer Nigel Godrich, Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Brazilian percussionist Mauro Refosco, and Joey Waronker. They entered the stage and kicked things off with the opening track to “Amok” entitled “Before Your Very Eyes…” Yorke then broke between the next song to voice one of the few words he would say that night: “My name is Jay Z,” (gesturing to Flea) “and this Beyonce.” Delving back into the music, Atoms For Peace played both original songs and versions of Thom Yorke’s solo material from his 2006 record “The Eraser.” Yorke flailed around the stage doing his signature moves while his haunting voice danced above Flea’s erratic basslines. Refosco showed off his talent playing various indigenous percussion instruments, some of which I could even recognize. The performance had a high level of energy and emotion, something that couldn’t ever be captured on an album. All of the members were fully invested in each song and every move and note was calculated; even down to the lights which fluttered and pulsed to the music.
After an impressive set, Atoms For Peace walked off the stage to roars from the crowd. When they returned for an encore, Flea had a melodica in hand. They performed an interesting and jarring version of Yorke’s “Skip Divided.” Also in the encore was a cover of UNKLE’s “Rabbit in Your Headlights” and Radiohead rarity “Paperbag Writer.” Five songs later, they left the stage again. It was clear they weren’t over just yet, roadies tuned and adjusted guitars in the dimmed lights. Finally, the collective returned; this time Flea making a costume change into a Temple basketball jersey. The final two songs were again Thom Yorke originals, “Atoms For Peace” and “Black Swan.”
The musical genius of this band is remarkable and seeing them live is an experience in itself. “Amok” is available now, for more information on the band and future tour dates, visit http://atomsforpeace.info/
One of the BEST Moments of My Life at a Show
By Maeve Walker
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I went to see Bomb the Music Industry at the church – it was maybe my second or third time seeing them. Not only are they are great band recorded, they are even more fun live. I was with a few friends, who also knew how much I liked them.
Never in my life had I ever crowd-surfed. Ever. It’s pretty scary, in theory. You’re up in the air, all willy-nilly, leaving your fate up to the crowd to carry you or let you fall. It’s not something that I normally would be interested in.
Bomb the Music Industry has a song “Sort of Like Being Pumped,” – it’s the final song on my favorite album, Scrambles. My friend, Jake, said that they don’t usually play that song (which bummed me out because it was my favorite song at the time).
Towards the end of the show, with only a few songs left, Jeff Rosenstock started playing the guitar riff of the song. My heart started beating really fast and soon I was singing stupidly with happiness.
Jake is pretty well known in Philly. He’s a larger than life person, in all aspects of the word. He probably saw my face light up and got an idea in his head – to throw me into the air unexpectedly at the big climax of the song.
As the song continues, we are near the middle of the crowd – if you know me, you know I like to be far away from crazy people running around because I typically wear glasses and am a girl that bruises easily. I like to watch the action from a safe distance.
The pivotal moment – the song is about to hit the big finale:
“IT’S BEEN A LONG DAMN WEEK WE GOTTA REST OUR TIRED FEET…”
Boom.
Jake takes me around the waist and chucks me into the air.
I’m on top of the crowd.
And I kid you not, confetti cannons go off, streamers fly through the air. Champange bottles are popped onstage.
It was like that exact moment was MADE for me to make my way towards the band, being carried by the crowd.
It was truly one of the most surreal moments of my life. I will never forget the song, the band, the streamers – the super ecstatic feeling of being on top of the world, totally immersed in a great song and band.
Interview with Young Pilgrims (September 10, 2013)
By Jonathan Plotkin
Young Pilgrims are an indie punk revival band from Philadelphia. Earlier this summer, they released their debut album Kyoko and a Rocket to the Moon on their Bandcamp, have been playing places such as Don’t Tread On Me, Jolly’s, and North Star Bar, and were recently featured as artist of the month by The Deli Magazine. On September 10th, after their last show, I got the chance to sit down with the band and talk it out for a few minutes.
Jonathan: So you guys are Young Pilgrims, what are your names?
Sean: I’m Sean Brown.
Zack: I’m Zack.
Jonathan: And what instruments do you play?
Sean: I play the guitar and I sing.
Zack: I play the bass guitar and I sing sweet harmonies.
Jonathan: And is there a drummer in the band?
Sean: Nick Boonie. We have two drummers, actually.
Jonathan: Who did you record the album with?
Sean: Jesse Appel.
Jonathan: And they’re both not available right now.
Sean: That’s right, they both died in the accident.
Jonathan: Right, the accident. We’ll get back to that totally true and not made up story later. So how did you guys meet in order to form your band?
Zack: High school. A lot of people went away to college and their band broke up and we made a new band.
Sean: Can I… can I tell that better than you did?
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