Back in the Grape Street Pub days, Stiltwalker used to tear the club up. Now, after 8 years apart, the band returns to the only address they called home.
November 19th is also Scooter’s 40th birthday as well as the album release parties for The Strange Heat, Big Fat Marker and Andrew Jude. We expect chaos – join us, won’t you?
In the latest issue of JUMP Magazine you’ll find the debut of my DIY column for bands. Physical copies of the publication can be found throughout Philadelphia where all the cool kids go (including The Grape Room, yeah).
- Anthony
From JumpPhilly.com:
Performing live is a wonderful and rewarding experience. Any musician will tell you. There’s nothing quite like it. The bigger the crowd, the more invincible you feel. But herein lies the question – how big is your crowd?
There is this perpetual myth that venues are responsible for putting any and all bands in front of a packed club on any given night of the week. As impossible as this sounds, many bands cling to it like organized religion.
So, now what?
Oftentimes the problem is that neither party understands their role in the equation. Many venues expect instant financial results with only a minimal investment.
Read more HERE.
Filed under DIY, Philly Music Scene, Public Opinion
You won’t have to wait until their album release party here on Friday, November 18 – you can download The Tressels new album HERE.
From TheKey.org:
“The four-piece does play rock, of the roots-Americana variety; it plays bars as well, and proudly, routinely storming the Trophy Tavern in its hometown. The band’s loud riffs and shouted refrains sound custom-designed to be heard over the din of clanging bottles and rumbling conversation. But also there’s depth, sincerity and serious storytelling skill to this group that shouldn’t be readily dismissed. Their latest EP, American Sunset, was born of what frontman Butch calls an extremely difficult year for he and his fellow Tressels, and it sees the group reflecting on those personal struggles in song. The kicker is the heartbreaking ‘Priscilla’ .”
Read more HERE.
Also performing with The Tressels on November 18: Chris Piola, The Northeast, Justin Phillippi and Alex Vans.
Filed under Album Review, Band News, Free Download
From readysetdate.wordpress.com:
“One of the most comfortable venues I have come across. It is dimly lit by well placed dome lighting over the bar and around the perimeter of the building. Not to mention, tea lights randomly placed. (Romance anyone?) There are also multiple paintings randomly placed on the walls, not to mention an “out of this world” mural of the staff in outer space. This is painted on the wall the right of the bar where the stage is located.”
Read more HERE.
Thanks, Sam!
Filed under Venue News
The good folks at YourLocalNote.com are sponsoring this Friday’s show at The Grape Room with The Great Socio, Pawnshop Roses, Joe Duffy and The Day Life. The site has become an excellent resource for what’s happening in the Philadelphia music scene. Each week a new podcast with music and artist interviews is uploaded to the site. This weeks podcast features Anthony Caroto (Grape Room booking guy), Alberto Muñoz (The Great Socio) and Zil (Pawnshop Roses). A big ‘thank you’ goes out to founders RJ MacKay and Mike Stringer for including The Grape Room and for promoting the scene.
Filed under Philly Music Scene, Venue News
From jumpphilly.com:
The three-man group prides themselves on comical variations of their band’s name, including BeigeHeart, Beige Matthews Band, Beigetastic, Beige Jovi, and The Beige Mayers Trio, to name a few.
The two-year old bands’ laid-back style features smooth grooves and avant-garde lyrics.
“If you took a whole bunch of A Tribe Called Quest grooves, with some ‘50s fucking bass styling over that, with guitar over top, where the acoustics are very folksy and gospel,” begins bassist Dave Kasper, “that’s how we play. How do you really explain that to people?”
Read more HERE.
Filed under Band News
Join us this Saturday, September 10, as JUMP Magazine proudly celebrates the release of their fall issue. JUMP Magazine is a quarterly-printed music publication dedicated to the Philadelphia music scene.
Performances by:June Divided, The Strange Heat, Michael Stoutenger, Declan Bennett and Cait Black.
Filed under Band News, Philly Music Scene, Venue News
Schuylkill River be damned.
Friday’s show is still on was awesome. Saturday’s show is still on canceled.
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Filed under Venue News
The Everthere made their performance debut last weekend at The Grape Room and a writer from onefanatatime.com posted a nice, short review HERE.
Filed under Live Review
Ritter will perform at The Grape Room on Saturday, August 6 with The Skinflints and Answer for Everything.
Filed under Band News
