Our friends at Rock@Philly are giving away a pair of tickets to the May 20 Odd Future show at the Church. Details to enter are here.
Officially known as Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill them All, OFWGKTA is a hip hop collective from Los Angeles. They’ve been selling out shows all over the place and were huge hits at this year’s SXSW (though they also cut a few shows short).
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. @ Kung Fu Necktie.
Detroit guitar duo Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. made their first appearance in Philadelphia Saturday
night at Fishtown’s Kung Fu Necktie. The pair of Josh Epstein and Daniel Zott joined forces by chance only a few years back, out of admiration for each other’s separate musical projects.
They’re currently traveling the States on their first major headlining tour in preparation for their highly-anticipated first LP It’s a Corporate World, due out June 7.
Saturday night’s set was loaded with the band’s hypnotic dance pop rhythms, blazing electric guitars and ethereal, Beach Boys-style vocal harmonies. They also provided one hell of a light show, as well as a bubble machine, which floated millions of tiny bubbles into the constantly-dancing crowd at the best of moments. Apart from all the well-received originals, Dale added a fitting cover of Pet Sounds hit “God Only Knows,” and, in their encore, a rousing rendition of
Steve Winwood’s “Higher Love.”
The above video is the opening of Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.’s set, the first single off It’s a Corporate World, “Morning Thought.”
– video and text by JUMP veteran Kevin Brosky.
Big Troubles in Fishtown (@Weathervane, that is).
Since January 2010, Weathervane Music and WXPN have collaborated on a music and video web series, Shaking Through. Led by Brian McTear of Miner Street Recording studios, they provide opportunities to rising, independent artists. The series has included several Philly bands, including Party Photographers, Reading Rainbow and Hezekiah Jones.
The latest installment stars the New Jersey band Big Troubles.
Download the song for free here.
Check out the summer issue of JUMP to learn more about Weathervane and the crew at Miner Street. The issue drops on June 3.
We spent some time this weekend with Sarah Everton and Rob Garcia, the couple who make up the psychedelic, garage punk band Reading Rainbow.
Click here to find the free download of the song playing in the background of the video.
Learn more about the group in the summer issue of JUMP, which drops on June 3.
MusicTown: Grandchildren @ the TLA.
Ryan Treitel caught Philly’s own Grandchildren at the TLA last weekend. The crew opened up for Peter Bjorn & John.
Learn more about Grandchildren in the summer issue of JUMP, which drops on June 3.
If you see music happening – on the street, at shows, in people’s houses, whatever – shoot it and send us your pics. We’ll show them off here, and maybe in the print edition.
Don’t forget: JUMP is actually a print publication. Find our spring 2011 stories online here.
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We need advertisers! And we’re having a half-price ad sale. Support local music! Support JUMP.
If you want to know more about the start-up process for JUMP magazine, check out publisher George Miller’s personal blog.
Dance for a Good Cause.
Our friend Nigel Richards will be spinning tonight at Fluid along with Rich Medina and Frosty, with proceeds benefiting Orphan Support Africa.
Nigel writes about DJ life in the summer issue of JUMP, which drops on June 3.
Rock@Philly Has Free Tix for Odd Future.
Our friends at Rock@Philly are giving away a pair of tickets to the May 20 Odd Future show at the Church. Details to enter are here.
Officially known as Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill them All, OFWGKTA is a hip hop collective from Los Angeles. They’ve been selling out shows all over the place and were huge hits at this year’s SXSW (though they also cut a few shows short).
MusicTown: Of Montreal @ the TLA
JUMP fan Kate McCann caught Of Montreal last week when they performed at the TLA.
If you see music happening – on the street, at shows, in people’s houses, whatever – shoot it and send us your pics. We’ll show them off here, and maybe in the print edition.
Don’t forget: JUMP is actually a print publication. Find our spring 2011 stories online here.
Find JUMP on facebook.
Follow our tweets.
We need advertisers! And we’re having a half-price ad sale. Support local music! Support JUMP.
If you want to know more about the start-up process for JUMP magazine, check out publisher George Miller’s personal blog.
MusicTown: The Fleeting Ends (By Default).
Last week, our writer Nick Brydels and photographer Ben Davids caught up with the guys from The Fleeting Ends. The full story will be in the summer issue of JUMP, which drops on June 3.
Nick: Where did “The Fleeting Ends” name come from?
Lead vocalist Matt Vantine: I was in an art class and I thought it sounded Smith-sy, flamboyant even. And it felt like just about everything else was taken.
Nick: What kind of musical backgrounds do you have?
Matt Vantine: My mom taught me how to play guitar. It’s kind of funny – she was actually in a folk group called “Just Us.”
Bass player Rusty Langley: I learned to play bass from my dad. I’ve been playing ever since. I’ve always been in bands.
Drummer Matt Amadio: I’m self-taught. I tried playing anything I could pick up. Matt helped me get started on guitar.
MusicTown: Ted Leo Wears Briefs?
Before it was announced that Osama Bin Laden was dead, we watched the awesome Ted Leo perform solo before a sold out crowd at Kung Fu Necktie.
Ted bantered with the crowd and even threw in a few songs fans screamed out. Toward the end of the show, he grabbed his acoustic guitar and performed a sing along with the crowd.
JUMP: The Philly Music Project 