WIN FREE TICKETS: Peter Hook & The Light Performing New Order @ The Troc Saturday.
Peter Hook & The Light are playing at the Trocadero on Saturday and we’re giving away tickets.
Hook, of course, was a co-founder of Joy Division and then New Order. On Saturday, Hook and the band will perform all of New Order’s music from the albums Movement and Power, Corruption & Lies. And that has us very, very excited (even though Hook’s singing is, well, suspect these days).
Like us on facebook and email us at FreeJumpStuff@gmail.com to enter to win a pair of (give us your name and put “HOOK” in the subject line). We’ll announce winners Wednesday at noon.
If you want to play it safe and get your own tickets, find details for the show here.
Download Toy Soldiers’ “I’m Your Woman” For Free Today!
Toy Soldiers released The Maybe Boys yesterday on iTunes and agreed to give JUMP an exclusive, one-day-only download of the meanest track on the record, which was very nice of them.
Download “I’m Your Woman,” a track (below) that serves to break a barrier down for the five-piece Philly group, with an arresting intro worthy of warning to anyone who might be expecting the group’s typical blues/soul optimism and charm.
Because it’s really not that. It’s punkish, sort of venomous, the “Leopard-Skin Pill Box Hat” of the record, to make a Bob Dylan reference.
It’s dirty, garagey, a theme that runs through a lot of the rest of the record (which was mostly recorded live) – but no more than in this particular track with its low bass blurt, screamin’ start and first few words: “What your daddy didn’t give you you’re getting from every man in town.”
Phew.
It’s the song you never want written about you. Still, if it was, it’s a song you probably still wouldn’t be able to stop listening to, despite the sting. Enjoy.
Toy Soldiers will celebrate the release of the new album with a show on Friday at Johnny Brenda’s. There will likely be numerous guests on stage with them.
The Districts, Juston Stens and The Get Real Gang, Ali Wadsworth and Sunshine Superman @ Greenfest at Headhouse Square.
Text and images by Darragh Friedman.
With Philadelphia’s 8th Annual Greenfest, the environmental festival at Headhouse Square, came a pumped-up set of bands that performed all day Sunday.
Mo Lowda & The Humble @ The North Star Bar.
Text and images by Tim O’Donnell.
The North Star Bar was the place to be Friday night as Philadelphia’s own Mo Lowda & The Humble celebrated the launch of their new album, Curse The Weather. It’s the bands first full-length and they made it a point to play it in its entirety, as well as some old jams.
Man Man @ The Porch at 30th Street Station.
Text and images by Kelsey Degnan.
Philadelphia’s five-piece band Man Man took the stage at The Porch at 30th Street Station on Friday for one of WXPN’s Free At Noon performances.
Throughout their hour-long performance, there were costumes changes, eccentric dance moves and numerous instruments were played.
Man Man’s fifth studio album, On Oni Pond, drops tomorrow. They’ll next perform in Philadelphia on Thursday, October 31st at the Union Transfer.
Images by Luong Huynh.
Many thanks to all the people who packed into Ortlieb’s on Thursday for happy hour with the JUMP crew as part of our celebration of the fall issue launch.
It was a fun event, capped off by an acoustic performance by Commonwealth Choir. There were also $1 tacos and they were pretty great too.
If you haven’t seen the new issue, you can find the digital version here. There are copies all around the city, and more will hit the street every day this week.
If you want a copy of the new issue mailed to your home for free, email your land address to jumpphilly@gmail.com.
The Julie Ruin @ Union Transfer.
Kathleen Hanna took the stage at Union Transfer last night dressed in a short, billowing purple dress she likened to David Byrne’s famous oversized suit from the from the old Talking Heads days.
It was an interesting reference, as much of the night did seem like a throwback to days gone by. Performing with her new group, The Julie Ruin, Hanna bellowed out most of their new album, Run Fast, (which dropped this week) but they also played a bunch of Hanna’s solo stuff from her post Bikini Kill days, around 15 years ago.
Commonwealth Choir: In Harmony in Pennsylvania.
Text by Jared Whalen.
The five-minute warning is given just as lead vocalist and guitarist Davis Howley and keyboardist William Chamuris wrap up an unplugged runthrough of “Let’s Make It Right.”
Hastily scribbling a set list together against the vanity in the basement of the North Star Bar, the members of Commonwealth Choir get ready to “go to work,” as Howley would say. Having just changed into their “work clothes,” which consists mainly of cut-off shorts and button-down shirts (with more unbuttoned than not), the five 20-somethings who comprise the band approach the stage the same way they have dozens of times since coming together in the spring of 2012 – with hearts full of loyalty for their hometown audience.
Hop Along, The Sidekicks, Luther and Ma Jolie @ The Church.
Text and images by Jessica Flynn.
Last night, First Unitarian Church was packed with diversity.
Not only was the show booked by both The Guild and R5 together but the lineup itself was enough to draw the amazing crowd that was there.
JUMP: The Philly Music Project 