PON DE RIRI: Rihanna Night
PON DE RIRI: Rave to Rihanna Warehouse on Watts – Philly, PA Sat. February 11 9PM-1AM 21+ WORK, WORK, WORK / BUY TICKETS $12 Advance Play it and play it and play it again DJ Rihanna stays on all night at our party. (A Halftime Show isn’t enough time to cover all the hits we want to hear.) Let’s dance til we drop!
DJSC
We have been throwing this party for over 15 YEARS! The #1 Post-Punk Party in Philadelphia. A night dedicated to Depeche Mode, Joy Division, New Order, The Smiths and The Cure and dance floor hits from our favorite post punk / darkwave / modern goth artists past and current. Music videos displayed on the big screens Free Philly Soft Pretzels while supplies last $7 advance tickets or $10 at door (Venmo also available) Doors at 10pm Photos by Jordan Martinez (IG: weseedarkly) The History: DJSC started at the M-Room in 2010 and then found it’s home at the Fluid Nightclub, off of 4th and South until it, unfortunately, closed it doors in 2013. Then it was off to the Silk City, then Franky Bradley’s. After FB’s DJSC was moved to Voltage Lounge, where we introduced projecting music videos to our sets including other custom DJSC visuals. We love our home at the infamous Kung Fu Necktie, where we have grown our DJSC family and friends every month and year therafter. We can’t wait to see you all again and make new friends. We have been told that our party is nothing but pure energy and positive vibes all night! Thank you for supporting us every month and making our event such an amazing experience. We do this because of you. Love,Paul T and John D AGE RESTRICTION: Only Ages 21+ can purchase tickets for this show. NO REFUNDS/EXCHANGES for anyone underage who purchases or attempts to use these tickets
Franz Nicolay ~ Timeshares ~ The Tisburys
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PMFranz Nicolay For several years after my last record, I needed a break, and actively tried to keep from writing songs. But the combination of working on new Hold Steady material, writing my second book, and having unexpected time on my hands like everyone else in spring 2020 eventually primed the pump for a record’s worth (including a co-write with my THS bandmate Steve Selvidge). I assembled most of the material in April 2020 and recorded in spring 2021. The years off had constituted a time in which I thought I was finished as a musician; they were time characterized by the loss of several musician friends to suicide both acute and de-facto, and by consideration of the cost of “working the art muscle.” I was approaching a familiar sort of life crossroads which I’ve traditionally addressed on the principle of “blow it all up and see if that fixes things.” My previous album had ended with an image of endless, repetitive cycling; this one sees a way forward (“I am another now and not the same/I shall not pass this way again”). The pretty bleak and brutal worldview of “Wandering Star” and “The Morris Column” and the rest of the first side—culminating in an unforgiving dawn—gives way to a side two that, if it doesn’t exactly offer a light at the end of the tunnel, at least senses a faint glow up ahead. “New river, spring for me” is a kind of prayer for hope. The album was recorded at Atomic Garden in Oakland with drummer Ara Babajian (the Slackers) and bassist Frank Piegaro (Worriers); with generous help from friends including Jeff Rosenstock and Mike Huguenor (Death Rosenstock), Deanna Belos (Sincere Engineer), Lauren Denitzio (Worriers), Peter Hess (Philip Glass Ensemble), Steve Selvidge (The Hold Steady), and Todd Beene (Lucero, Chuck Ragan). The album artwork was by David Espinoza Alvarez (https://www.el-dee.net/), and the video for “New River” was directed by Diana Morales, both from Mexico. I met them through a wonderful group of friends in Mexico City.TimesharesPhilly punks Timeshares have signed to Wiretap Records for their next full-length album “Limb” out September 9th on Digital and 12″ LP soon after in October. The first single “Siren Sound,” is a fine example of this band’s ability to churn out warm, grizzled heartland punk. Speaking about the song, bassist Mike Natoli (who wrote this one) tells us, “I had just moved back to my hometown and got reluctantly dragged to my 10-year high school reunion. While I wasn’t necessarily questioning myself, it still managed to stir up some weird thoughts and feelings about what I was doing with my life. I wanted to write about the subject from the reverse perspective of ‘A Plea From A Cat Named Virtute’ by The Weakerthans and make it a proposition to my golden retriever Buddy. This wild idea that we could trade lives and he could go out on my adventures while I got to blend in with the scenery and not talk to anyone was something that seemed mutually beneficial.”The TisburysPhiladelphia Indie Rock; new album, EXILE ON MAIN STREET out now, stream the first single “Garden”
LIMBS ~ Dark Divine ~ Vagrants ~ Here/Now (Cambridge Hall)
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:45 PM LIMBSThere has never been a more personally raw and compelling LIMBS release than their forthcoming EP Coma Year. Wrapped up in its seven tracks are many of vocalist Austin McAuley’s most gripping insecurities, fears , traumas, and pain points. Where each song acts like the exorcising of a demon in his life – from battles with loss and grief through to dread around his own mortality – Coma Year offers an unreserved glimpse into the depths of his sufferings. “I have absolutely poured myself out into this EP lyrically. It’s been a form of therapy for me to write these songs and get things off my chest ,” he says.“ I lost my father in 2015 and as much as I’ve been doing my best to get by over the years, as soon as the pandemic hit it felt like I was reliving all of those feelings all over again and losing everything important to me. It amplified those feelings I’d tried to bury.” Tracks like ‘Vertigo’ and ‘Coma Year’ speak of the sheer torment of losing his father, meanwhile lead single ‘Spirit Breaker’ finds Austin grappling with the unrelenting presence of grief in his life, climaxing in the gut – wrenching lyric “…it’s just the cycle of loss stuck on repeat again.”https://www.facebook.com/whoislimbshttps://twitter.com/whoisLimbshttps://www.instagram.com/whoislimbs/Dark Divinehttps://invoguerecords.bandcamp.com/album/halloweentownVagrantshttps://vagrantsfl.bandcamp.com/Here/Now “Heavy, introspective Here/Now get groovy and deep” -Addison Herron-Wheeler, New Noise Magazine Stated to release new music (produced and engineered by Adam Cichocki, releasing Independent) in early 2023 after 2020 full length (produced by Mike Watts at VuDoo studios) Spotify / IG / FB
Ghais Guevara ~ $LiMs ~ onitram
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:20 PM Ghais Guevarahttps://ghais.bandcamp.com/$LiMs https://slims222.bandcamp.com/onitramhttps://onitram.bandcamp.com/
The Goddamn Gallows + IV and the Strange Band ~ Lightnin’ Luke (Cambridge Hall)
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PM The Goddamn GallowsIn 2004 The Goddamn Gallows began their rough and tumble voyage and haven’t looked in the review mirror since. Leaving six studio albums in their path, they have been reinventing their music with every record. Spit from the heart of America’s Rust Belt, arising from a night of flophouse violence. Drifting across the states, they cemented their sound in Portland, OR and later in Los Angeles, CA, where they lived in abandoned buildings, squatter camps, storage units and shoebox apartments. In 2007, they left everything behind and spent the next four years living out of whatever vehicle would get them to the next town. Building upon their original sound of twanged-out, punk rock “gutterbilly” (Life of Sin 2004 and Gutterbillyblues 2007), they began picking up stray musicians along the way and adding to their sound; washboard, accordion, mandolin and banjo (Ghost of th’ Rails 2009 and 7 Devils 2011) creating a sound referred to as “hobocore”, “gypsy-punk” or “americana-punk”, while never being stuck in any one sound. Enter 2018 and The Goddamn Gallows have reinvented themselves once again with The Trial. From rockabilly, psychobilly and punk rock, to bluegrass and metal, The Trial infuses disparate sounds into a new strange recipe of seamless genre bending profundities. Chock full of impromptu antics of the shocking variety and hauntingly eclectic instrumentation, The Goddamn Gallows have made legions of fans with their legendary, live shows. The Goddamn Gallows, takes their progression of mixing punk rock, bluegrass, psychobilly, and metal to a whole new level! The Goddamn Gallows have now partnered with Sailor’s Grave Records to help deliver the next chapter of their legacy to the world. The Trial begins now.https://sailorsgraverecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-trialIV and the Strange BandThe son of Hank III (Coleman Williams aka “Four”) and his strange band.https://ivsonofiii.bandcamp.com/Lightnin’ Lukehttps://lightninluke.bandcamp.com/
The Weeks ~ Carver Commodore
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PM The Weekshttps://theweeks.bandcamp.com/Carver Commodorehttps://carvercommodore.bandcamp.com/
Crazy & The Brains ~ King Strang ~ Tetchy
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 7:30 PMCRAZY & THE BRAINSNew album ‘Where The Juice Drips’ out now. Recorded in Asbury Park,NJ with Pete Steinkopf of The Bouncing Souls. C&TB has performed in the US, Canada & Europe. Highlights include Punk Rock Bowling as well as tours with Leftover Crack, Negative Approach, Days N Daze, and The Bouncing Souls.https://crazyandthebrains.net/ King StrangTechy
ROTTING CHRIST ~ Carach Angren ~ UADA ~ Gaerea (The Loft)
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PM ROTTING CHRISThttps://rottingchristofficial.bandcamp.com/ Carach Angrenhttps://carachangren.bandcamp.com/ UADAhttps://uada.bandcamp.com/ Gaereahttps://gaerea.bandcamp.com/
Visions of Atlantis ~ The Spider Accomplice ~ Empress
Visions of Atlantis w/ The Spider Accomplice + Empress 7 pm doors / 8 pm showtime 18+ to enter Visions of AtlantisWith their chart-topping studio album, Wanderers (2019), and the recent release of their first ever live BluRay/DVD, A Symphonic Journey To Remember, symphonic metal visionaries VISIONS OF ATLANTIS have, without a doubt, proven that they are on top of the scene. Now, the band sets sail on another adventurous journey and new exciting chapter, marking a turning point in their discography with their newest album, Pirates, now out on Napalm Records. With their eighth full-length, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS deliver their most confident and honest record so far, proving that they have definitely stopped wandering to finally unleash their rebellious side and a free spirit untamed as the seven seas.The Spider AccompliceThis Los Angeles- based duo has racked up 12 LA Music Critics’ Awards over the last 5 years, making them LAMC’s most-awarded band in history. With their unique sound and striking visual presence, they have become a name to know in symphonic rock. A band that loves to travel, they have toured the Midwest with black metal band White Empress, and the southwest with symphonic band, Insatia. In 2018, they played the LIFA Festival in CDMX and were astounded by the love they received from the Latin American audience. Their trilogy of EP’s ,”Los Angeles: The Trap, The Abduction, and the Dichotomy feature a diverse collection of songs, ranging from ballads to bangers, and they show no signs of confining themselves to either. A prolific pair, they released a slew of new songs during the pandemic, and they now are currently putting the finishing touches on their full-length album, ‘The Venomous Montage,’ to be released this fall.EmpressSymphonic Power Metal from Philadelphia, PA