Potty Mouth at Kung Fu Necktie
Potty Mouth are probably my favorite pop-punk band, in part because they're more punk than pop. Anyone can do pop nowadays. Being edgy and still catchy at the same time is so much harder and Potty Mouth do it so well. I'm glad they finally released that second album and I hope the third is just is good and comes out maybe like tomorrow or something.
Posted: 7/7/2019 at 10:10pm Tags: Kung Fu Necktie Potty Mouth
Tact at Kung Fu Necktie
Tact are Philly punk band who are dang hard to Google. Too bad, because their live performances are energtic and their album is well worth checking out. More people should know about them.
Posted: 7/7/2019 at 10:00pm Tags: Kung Fu Necktie Tact
Summer Cannibals at Kung Fu Necktie
Summer Cannibals have some blunt lyrics and do not hide them behind a wall of noise. The music is still raucous of course. If you like bands which are both deep and ass-kicking then maybe check them out, eh?
Summer Cannibals' Website, Music.
Posted: 4/29/2019 at 11:15pm Tags: Kung Fu Necktie Summer Cannibals
Dark Web at Kung Fu Necktie
Dark Web mix sci-fi themes with high-energy (and high-anxiety) garage rock. Call it paranoid post-punk from Philly. Did you notice that their lead singer was wearing an X-Files hat? Super, super appropriate.
Posted: 4/13/2019 at 11:30pm Tags: Dark Web Kung Fu Necktie
Shilpa Ray at Everybody Hits Philadelphia
A female friend of mine says that she loves Shilpa Ray's music because "She sings like I do when I'm drunk". "I" being my friend of course, not yours truly. Also, I would add "but better" to that (sorry anonymous friend!)
Anyway, I think my friend is on to something. When you're drunk you sing as hard as you can, pushing the limits of your voice until it cracks. Even though many of Shilpa Ray's songs are on the mellow side she still sings like she is pushing right up against her limits. Is this is her artistic style or she is stressed by the intensity of emotion she is expressing? That I do not know, but I know that it really clicks with some people.
This is a short photoset because Everybody Hits is a lit up by Christmas lights, some burned out, which by itself is standard DIY venue stuff. Everybody Hits is also fairly large for a DIY venue and has a big (not raised) stage area. Between them the result is that there isn't all that much light in the venue. Unfortunately capturing light is how cameras work (and my old flash doesn't work with my new camera) so most of the photos I got were blurry or out of focus, and the ones I did get were noisy. Oh well, you do what you can.
Posted: 4/10/2019 at 11:45am Tags: Everybody Hits Philadelphia Shilpa Ray
