![]() First show in a while! Members of Hulk Smash, Serpent Throne, Faking, and a ton of other bands going back forever. You like Neil Young? You like distortion? How do the words ‘heavy’ and ‘slow’ grab you? If you said yes to any of this, you’ll love Dangerbird. Their new album will be out on FDH in a few months. It works because it’s good, because it’s different, and because ultimately it’s very fun. That’s exhibited in both the music and the shows the band plays: SGNLS can open up for a thrash metal band or headline a political punk show or perform in front of a couple hundred exuberant skaters, as they did at Philly Punx Picnic a couple years ago. The lineup, with Tony on keyboards, Paul on guitar, Kellzo on drums, and new addition Alexi (from Stinking Lizaveta) playing bass, is a talented and extremely creative juggernaut. What SGNLS has managed to do in the scant few years they’ve been around is harness the raw, creative energy that was always present in their previous bands and transform it into something new and exciting. SGNLS rose out of the ashes of Lesser Known Neutrinos, a West Philadelphia band of yesteryear that had more in common musically and politically with experimental punk groups like Crass and The Ex than anything else. I bring you May’s Tuesday Tune-Out series: To that end, I chose bands and musicians that would be fun as well as interesting, especially together. Two bands and one movie is a very specific lineup and you need to tread carefully to make sure everything and everyone is on equal footing. Putting this together I drew on both my knowledge as local music director at WKDU Philadelphia 91.7 FM and the fact that I go to way too many shows and I hate being bored. Because when it comes down to it, nobody wants to have to sit through Dirty Dancing 2 just because Erik from Mischief Brew thinks it’s a lost classic. You have to consider what the band sounds like, sure, but you also have to figure out if they have good taste in movies. PhilaMOCA asked WKDU’s Yoni Kroll to curate the weekly showcase this month, and The Key has his preview of four especially original events.īooking a music and movie night is a bit different than just finding a band to play a show. It’s the first Tuesday in May and that means there’s a brand new line-up of eclectic Tuesday Tune-Outs to prepare for. Doors open at 7:30 and the show begins at 8. Bisi will be attendance for a live post-screening Q&A as well as a live performance. The documentary includes interview with Michael Gira of Swans, Bill Laswell of Material, Grand Mixer JXT and several others. Later, the film explains how the iconic studio may now be in trouble due to rising costs of rent. ![]() Bisi is well-known for recording Herbie Hancock’s hit “Rockit” in the studio, which became popular as the first mainstream DJ song to use the “scratching” technique. Sound and Chaos, which will be shown on Monday, July 21st, tells the history behind Martin Bisi’s Brooklyn-based recording studio. After the screening there will be cover sets by Mumblr and Hart Attack (members of Howling Fantods, Sound of Failure, Halo of Snakes). The film provides great insight into rock & roll and life within the music industry. It focuses on the artistic competition he has with his former bandmate, and that final moment when he earns some fame. Next month PhilaMOCA will host two new music documentary premieres, Every Everything: The Music, Life & Times of Grant Hart and Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio.Įvery Everything, which will be shown on Friday, July 18th, is a completely unfiltered look into the life of Grant Hart, former member of Hüsker Dü. On set of Every Everything | photo by Agatha Donkar
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