Discounted Shirts from Wear Liberty for JUMP Fans.
The folks at Wear Liberty just told us that they’ll give JUMP readers a 20 percent discount on any of their custom-made shirts, which are all Philadelphia-themed. Check out their selection here.
Type in JUMP in the discount box at checkout.
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Disclosure @ Union Transfer.
Text and image by Reagan Copeland.
I experienced some sibling envy last night at Disclosure’s Philly debut at Union Transfer.
The English DJ duo, consisting of brothers Howard and Guy Lawrence, came to treat an excited crowd to chill singles from their 2012 EP The Face, as well as debut some new tracks. These young artists (both under age 21) are unquestionably gifted. Their explosive live set was a very funky way to set off a Tuesday night.
A Day Without Love: Free Download of “Island.”
Text by Beth Ann Downey.
Philly-based band A Day Without Love puts the motion back into emo-alternative rock with their new song “Island,” out now for free download.
Recorded at Fresh Produce Studios above The Fire by producer Jake Detwiler, “Island” is the first single off the group’s forthcoming EP of the same name. It’s set for release on April 16.
The band started as a solo acoustic project for frontman Brian Walker (above) but grew into a four-piece with Detwiler on bass, lead guitarist Jullian Wallace and drummer Andrew Ryan.
Check out the live line-up at 9 p.m. on May 10 at The Fire for the band’s album release show, also featuring Philly rock bands When Ships Collide and Parple, as well as Lancaster folksters Bretheren.
We’re working with the folks at one of our favorite new joints, Underground Arts, and we’ll be giving away a ton of tickets to their shows in the coming weeks.
This Saturday, indie-folk/alt-popsters Thao & The Get Down Stay Down will perform as part of their tour celebrating their February release, We the Common.
Like us on facebook and email us at FreeJumpStuff@gmail.com to enter to win a pair of tickets (give us your name and put “Thao” in the subject line).
If you want to play it safe and get your own tickets, find details for the show here.
Rick@SXSW: June Divided, DRGN King, Bleeding Rainbow and The Cold Fronts Explain SXSW.
What is SXSW?
One way to find out the true nature of this “showcase” is to ask the Philadelphia acts that traveled by van the 1663 miles (give or take) from Philly to Austin. Our Rick Kauffman went to Texas and spoke to the members of The Cold Fronts, Bleeding Rainbow, DRGN King and June Divided,who all gave their insights on the beast.
BTW: everyone agreed that finding a place to park their van was the worst part of the entire trip.
Jukebox the Ghost @ Union Transfer.
Text by Marisa Lyon. Image by Ian Watson.
Jukebox the Ghost rocked the socks off of Union Transfer on Friday night.
Pat Martino @ Chris’ Jazz Cafe.
It seemed like most of the music world was in Texas over the weekend for SXSW and half of Philly was peeing in alleys er, celebrating the anniversary of St. Patrick’s death in the 5th century.
We took a different route. Instead of the out-of-hand, party time stuff we usually attend, on Friday we went to Chris’ Jazz Cafe to listen to the legendary guitarist Pat Martino.
NEW VIDEOS: Mic Stew and DRGN King.
Today, we bring you two brand new videos from a pair of our favorite Philly artists/bands.
Above is the first single from Mic Stew‘s forthcoming album, PEACEWORLD. It drops on April 23.
Below is the first new video from DRGN King‘s January release, Paragraph Nights. You can learn more about DRGN King in the spring issue of JUMP, which hits streets next week.
New Music To Get You Through The Day: El Malito & the 33rd Century, Khari Mateen and Nothing.
It’s Wednesday. Midweek. The weekend, well, it seems really, really far away. So here are a few new videos for you to get you through the day.
Above, it’s a new video for the El Malito & the 33rd Century classic, “Platypus.” This is a crowd fave during live shows. And like the live shows, there is plenty of nearly naked Les Rivera, the band’s frontman.
Below, there is more male nudity, this time from Khari Mateen, the amazingly talented cellist-turned-producer-turned-artist.
Finally, here’s the new video from Nothing. It’s out just in time for the guys’ trip to SXSW.
Nothing
Point Breeze and Amanda X @ PhilaMOCA.
Bernie from Point Breeze (above) pleaded to the crowd last night at PhilaMOCA to not just sit in chairs to watch the show.
“That would be really weird,” he said.
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