Music Video Mondays: Kiven vibe out underwater

Just a low-key morning charmer from La band Kiven:

 

Can you tell I've got the beach on the brain?

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Haiku Review: JEFF the Brotherhood

Raucous, raw jamz give

way to thick, psychedelic

growers to wade through

photo Matt Davis for The Key

Read the full review (Thursday night, Kung Fu Necktie) via The Key!

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Music Video Mondays: The So So Glos share home video footage

Really loving this new So So Glos record Blowout, which finds NYC's fiercely DIY-oriented punks as their  punchiest and most raucous:

 

In today's #TBT-obsessed world, there's nothing cuter than blurry VHS footage of young punks -- and coupled with the snarkily self-conscious "Son of an American?" This might be my favorite new video to watch on repeat this Monday!

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Haiku Review: Shout Out Louds

Feel-good pop made bet-

ter thanks to grand emotion,

energy, lights, vibes

Photo by Matt Davis for The Key

Check out the full review (Tuesday night, Union Transfer) here!

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Music Video Mondays: Night Panther rage epic battles

Good morning! It's Monday! It's the spring! Going to work after a weekend of good times and partying always sucks, but this tune from locals Night Panther should make it a little better:

No matter what you're up against this morning, it has to beat strength-training in the snow (and battling a bulge-y boxing freak.)

Download "Lionness" for free via the band's SoundCloud page.

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Music Video Mondays: Daniel J. W!shington loses some limbs

LA-by-way-of-Philly producer/artist Daniel J. W!shington crafts what he describes as "folk glitch pop hop" -- a fairly apt descriptor for his genre-blending mix of electronic beats with lush pop melodies and hip-hop accents. On new single "Giving Me My Hand," he combines these disparate forces in new ways, as this limb-tearingly great vid makes clear:

"Giving Me My Hand" appears on the EP Qalqulated, available as a free download via Bandcamp.

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Music Video Mondays: Camera2 get lost in New York

Vibe-y up-and-comers Camera2 hail from Brooklyn, and craft hazy, late-night grooves that strike the perfect balance between seductive and surreal.

 

"Wasted" is one in a series of 9 vids featuring the same, bad-ass young boy -- check out the others via the band's website. Props to my boyfriend Matt for sending this my way!



And on the local front -- really digging this new track from Philly hip-hop collective Rowboat Casino, which combines fly raps with cathartic backing grooves:

"Flamethrower" appears on the EP, Boat Drinks and Un-Cut Raw, out this spring.

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INTRVW: Loud! Fast! Philly!'s Joseph Gervasi

Loud! Fast! Philly! -- debuting next Tuesday as part of the Cinedelphia Film Festival -- is a project in two parts, that aims to documents and preserve the history of Philly's hardcore punk scene. The first part is a screening of rare punk footage, accompanied by commentary from some of the punks it features; the second part is a collection of audio interviews, btw LFP founder Joseph Gervasi, and myriad subjects. The screening takes place next Tuesday at PhilaMOCA -- in advance of its premiere, I caught up with Gervasi to talk details and goals -- and where he thinks punk is headed in 2013. Head over to The Key to check it out!

Gervasi, punk enthusiast

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This Saturday is Record Store Day

Over at Philly.com, I lay out all your top picks for events and releases...head over there to get the goods!

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