Show News You Should Know About

There have been a ton of interesting snippets dropped in my lap lately – most of them awesome concert announcements- and I feel the best way to get them out there is to simply dump them all into one post. So, here goes….

There is buzz that the irish band The Frames will be touring North American this fall with stops in Philly, NY, Chicago, Washington, DC, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The Frames are an incredible folk rock with a wealth of under appreciated albums in their catalog. Best known for their lead singer, Glen Hansard of the Swell Season & lead in the movie Once, their music is the nourishing in the ways that some of the classics (Van Morrison, Van Zandt, Knopfler) are nourishing; great arrangements, timeless lyrics and superb execution. This is a show you should plan on attending and I’ll be sure to let you know when schedules are announced.

[MP3] Listen girl (live)

TWIAPC favorite Frightened Rabbit has announced their return to Philly will be on October 28th at The Starlight Ballroom. They’ll be sharing the bill with Plants & Animals which is a strong match – and a promise of a night filled with stellar music making.

[MP3] Backwards Walk (Daytrotter session)

In honor of its 10th anniversary Philly dance party institution Making Time has bombarded this summer with an astonishing line up of shows – Delorean, Andrw WK, Rapture, Holy Ghost; today Dave P dropped news that LCD Soundsystem will headline the finale blowout to be held on September 24th at the Naval Cruise Terminal in the Navy Yard. This, I promise you, will be one hell of a party. Start early with the Urban Outfitters Backyard Pre-Party [DJs - Food - Drinks - Local Wares for sale] from 6-9 then the dance-y goodness commences at 9 and will include DJ sets from Dave P., Mike Z., Adam Sparkles, Broadzilla DJs, Rock Tits and Pink Skull before LCD takes the stage at some point late into the all ages event. Tickets will be the best $25 you can spend.

[MP3] All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem cover) – Main Drag

Other important shows to be aware of…

July:

Dinosaur Feathers are returning to Danger Danger Gallery Friday – a day after opening for The Antlers in NY- on their first stop of their summer tour. If you haven’t seen them yet be there.

La Roux is bringing her synthpop jam to the Trocadero on the 29th and in the spirit of gingers supporting gingers I highly recommend you nabbing a ticket.

August:

Phosphorescent is the big name in this summer’s PW 20th Annual Concerts in The Park. Held every Wednesday in the month of August the series brings free shows to Rittenhouse Park. They’re playing on the 1tth and it will surely be packed but sort out a picnic and get there early.

Local Natives are doing a show in the sanctuary of the Church on the 6th. After seeing them at SXSW this spring I can only imagine this set will be breath taking.

Gosh the more I dig into the calendar the more I realize there are a whole slew of incredible shows stopping in Philly in the next few months. Why don’t you take a trip on over to the TWIAPC shows calendar, hell even subscribe to its RSS feed, and I’ll do my very bestest to keep it chalk full of new announcements as soon as I get them.

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