Philly FM Fest: Deadmau5 @ Festival Pier.
Images by Rick Kauffman.
Deadmau5 had Festival Pier dancing last night, the first of two huge days at the outdoor venue. Today, Riot Fest takes over with some of the best retro punk acts around – The Descendents, X, Suicide Machines, Dead Milkmen and much much more. Read more…
Philly FM Fest: Ska/Punk Night @ The Fire.
Jukebox Romantics lead singer Chris Schultz (center) showed up for a night of NY/ NJ suburban angst, ska/ punk sounds at The Fire in a Mets jersey.
“I thought I’d play in Philly in a Mets jersey and be facetious and all,” he screamed between songs to a sparse crowd of maybe 20 people. “But Philly didn’t show up.”
Bass player Michael Stratton added, “Thanks for ruining the joke, assholes.”
The Romantics played a tight, rambunctious set and by the time they were done, the crowd had probably doubled.
The Snails, Let Me Crazy and Two Fisted Law were also on the lineup, which was technically part of the Philly FM Fest, with headliner Hub City Stompers (below).
On Saturday, The Fire is hosting more Philly FM stuff (for FREE!): Kuf Knotz, Hunter’s Cannon, Ron Gallo, Ella Dars, Yikes!, The Weeds, Joe Duffey’s Underwater Window Garden, Tuhs & Fuhs, Lady, and Sunshine Superman
Let Me Crazy will play at Jose Pistola’s Sunday evening.
The Philly FM Fest is HERE Now.
You can still buy three day passes to the Philly FM Fest for only $50. That allows you to see more than 100 acts that run nearly non-stop from Friday evening through Sunday evening, including: Deadmau5, The Descendents, 7 Seconds, Suicide Machines, X, Cheers Elephant, Kuf Knotz, Neutral Uke Hotel, Opeth, Lost in Company, Hoots & Hellmouth and much, much more.
That’s the Hub City Stompers above. They’ll play The Fire on Friday night.
With the pass (or for only $15), you can also see the outdoor Sunday show at the Ukie Club. The Sunday show features a bunch of Philly bands, including Reading Rainbow, Nicos Gun, Good Old War, Toy Soldiers and the North Lawrence Midnight Singers.
Chill Moody @ The Blockley on Saturday.
Like there wasn’t enough stuff happening this weekend. We forgot to mention that Chill Moody (in the new video above with Teff) will play the Blockley Saturday night as part of the “Swag Me Out” party. Also on the lineup: Stalley, Mic Stew, Ground Up and DJ Sega.
David Dye, The Beer Guy.
In honor of WXPN radio host David Dye celebrating 20 years of his show, World Cafe, the Philadelphia Brewing Company created a beer in his honor – Broadcaster Brown Ale. David apparently had a little influence in making the brew.
From October 3 to October 6, David will serve as guest bartender at area joints. Here’s the schedule:
Monday, October 3
Havana Restaurant in New Hope 5-7 pm.
Princeton Sports Bar & Grill, Princeton, NJ 8-10 pm
Tuesday, October 4
Half Moon Restaurant, Kennett Square 5-7 pm
Station Taproom, Downingtown 8-10 pm
Wednesday, October 5
Milkboy Philly, 5-7 pm
Johnny Brenda’s 8-10 pm
Thursday, October 6
McMenamin’s Tavern 5-7 pm
Derek’s Restaurant 8-10 pm
BREAKING NEWS: The POPPED! Festival is Moving to the Liacouras Center.
Yeah. The festival is moving because of potential severe weather.
Titus Andronicus will play on Saturday. And they are awesome (despite being from New Jersey).
D&M: Home Again (And Now With Horns!).
Our Jillian Mallon spoke with Danny Fornasa of Drexel University-based alternative pop band D&M. He and the band’s other two members, Matt Klahre and Miles Mueller, accompanied by a whole bunch of new tricks, will play a “Welcome Home” show on September 25th at the World Café Live to mark the end of the national tour they completed this summer. (Photo at Triumph Brewing Company by G.W. Miller III).
You are cited as a Drexel band. Did you meet and form as Drexel University students or were you making music beforehand?
Me and Matt (Klahre), our guitar player, met at orientation at Drexel. Everyone who is in the band all met at Drexel and formed at Drexel. We’ve all been playing music since we were very young and were lucky enough to meet each other at Drexel University. I met Matt during an ice breaker game where you had to talk about your interests and stuff and we had the same musical influences and liked the same guitar players and we tried to jam once the school year started. We played together and we really enjoyed it. That day we decided to form a band and get rocking and rolling. Read more…
What A HUGE Week in Philly Music!
Where should we begin?
How about this: we are giving away three pairs of tickets to see Philly’s own Hoots & Hellmouth (above) Saturday at the TLA. Email us at FreeJUMPstuff@gmail.com and put “Hoots & Hellmouth” in the subject line. We’ll notify winners on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah officially open Union Transfer on Spring Garden Street.
JUMP fave Ted Leo comes back to Philly this weekend with two shows at Johnny Brenda’s, including a Saturday all-ages matinee at 1:00.
The Philly FM Fest kicks off on Thursday with more than 100 acts playing at numerous venues around town over four days. As part of the fest, Deadmau5 will have Festival Pier dancing on Friday, The Descendents take the stage Saturday (as part of Riot Fest), Cheers Elephant (right) will play for free on Girard Avenue Saturday and on Sunday, the Ukie Club will host some of Philly’s finest bands, including Good Old War (below), Nicos Gun, Reading Rainbow, Toy Soldiers and much, much more.
Fans of JUMP can see all the shows for only $50 (admission for the general public is $80). Click here to see the full lineup and here for tickets.
Next weekend is also the POPPED! Festival at FDR Park. Among the major acts are Foster the People, The Shins, The Hold Steady, Girl Talk, Cults and more.
Patty Crash, our fall issue cover girl (right), performs at POPPED on Saturday, along with Philly’s favorite party band, Black Landlord (who will also play at the new Milkboy Philly that evening).
Finally, as if you didn’t have enough options, our friend Rob Paine is holding the monthly SHAKEDOWN dance party Friday at the Barbary (free PBR from 10 to 11 pm).
Check out all the stories from the fall 2011 issue online here.
Find a print copy here.
Follow JUMP on facebook and twitter.
And one last teaser: our next print issue hits the streets on November 11. Our cover artist is Jill Scott, and the art … well, it’s stunning.
Free Doo Wop, GANG, Art, Philly FM Fest & Popped!
Don’t forget that Saturday is the annual doo wop festival at Penn’s Landing – six hours of free, old-time music that has roots here in Philadelphia.
We wrote about Philly’s doo wop roots in the fall issue of JUMP. Check out that story here.
Also on Saturday, GANG (along with Hank & Cupcakes) will officially open Milkboy Philly, at 11th and Chestnut streets.
We wrote about the new Milkboy in the fall issue of JUMP, and we profiled GANG (at right) in the summer issue.
By the way, Vox Populi, the art gallery on 11th Street, will have three nights of performances in their new space (pictured in the bottom image), AUX, starting on Tuesday. Experimental artist Joke Lanz plays Tuesday; saxophonist John Butcher and Thomas Lehn play Wednesday; electronic musicians John Bischoff and Mark Trayle wrap up the series on Thursday.
Check out all the stories from the fall 2011 issue online here.
Find a print copy here.
Follow JUMP on facebook and twitter.
Also …
We’re giving away a pair of two-day tickets to the POPPED! festival. To enter, send an email to FreeJUMPstuff@gmail.com. The winners will be announced on Monday, September 19.
We have massively discounted tickets to the Philly Film & Music Festival, which features more than 100 bands over four days at numerous venues around town. All-access badges for the general public are $80. For fans of JUMP, all-access badges are only $50 (and that includes Riot Fest!). Click here for festival details and here for tickets.
Yeah. We Spoke With Miss Jill Scott.
Go out and pick up a copy of the fall issue of JUMP at these locations.
And stay tuned for details of the winter issue, due on the streets on November 11. Our cover artist: Miss Jill Scott. Lots of other good stuff planned.
JUMP: The Philly Music Project 