The White Ravens Join Multi-Genre Campfire Festival

The historic Club Passim, which boasts past appearances by Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Suzanne Vega, will welcome The White Ravens and their keyboard-driven pop as part its annual Campfire Festival over Labor Day weekend. The White Ravens will be playing Saturday, September 4th at 1:30 PM. The festival will feature 85 musical acts from a myriad of genres spread out over four days.

The Campfire Festival is just one stop on The White Ravens’ first east coast tour. They also have gigs lined up in Philadelphia, New York and Cambridge, MA. A White Ravens show is energetic, designed to get people to move, and the best way to do that is to set an example. With Amy’s spirited vocals and impressive bass runs, and Will’s fingers flying over the keys with maniacal speed and precision, it’s hard to resist the urge to bop along. And why should you?

Campfire Festival
Club Passim
47 Palmer Street, Cambridge, MA
617-492-7679
1:30 PM
Tickets: $10 day pass/$30 weekend pass
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The White Ravens Tour Dates
8/28/10 Raven Lounge, Philadelphia, PA
8/29/10 Arlene’s Grocery, New York, NY
8/31/10 The Space, Hamden, CT
9/1/10 Borders, Hyannis, MA
9/2/10 All Asia, Cambridge, MA
9/3/10 Campfire Festival, Cambridge, MA
9/4/10 Campfire Festival, Cambridge, MA
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Echo Orbiter Celebrate Record Release with First Live Show in Nine Years

It's been nine years since Echo Orbiter ran with the Elephant 6 gang, so we are proud to announce the band's first show in nine years!

There’s nothing like recording and releasing a new album to get the mysterious Echo Orbiter back on stage. The Philadelphia neo-psychedelic group will be taking the stage at Johnny Brenda’s (one of the ultimate and intimate clubs to play in) in Philadelphia on September 18th for their first show since 2001 to celebrate the release of their latest album, Euphonicmontage. The album, due out September 28th is a sonic montage of fuzzed up guitars, sounds that come out of left field and unexpected breakdowns. Echo Orbiter will be playing a set that features tracks from their fifteen-year career played by the original line-up: Justin Emerle (guitar), Colin Emerle (bass), and Jeremiah Steffen (drums). Joe Jack Talcum of The Dead Milkmen will be on the bill to support the band on this epic occasion.



This is a truly momentous performance. Echo Orbiter, it seemed had played its last live show in 2001. But, now, nine years later, the suggestion to play live again was all it took to get the ball rolling. “When the idea for the show was presented, I was actually surprised how quickly Colin and I decided to give it a shot”, says Justin Emerle. “It began as a small five-song set with just the two of us with acoustic guitars; it quickly evolved into a full blown live set with our original drummer getting back on board and a couple of friends helping out with other guitars and keyboards and such." A band who has been focusing on the studio for nearly ten years is likely to rack up quite a catalog, which can make choosing a set list a challenge, "It's going to be fun to play again,” says Colin Emerle, “We used to have about 30 songs to choose from back in the day, now we have over 400 to choose from. It's been fun just to go over the tracks to choose what to actually play live."

Echo Orbiter Record Release Party
Johnny Brenda's
September 18th, 2010
1201 N. Frankford Ave Philadelphia, PA
With Special Guest Joe Jack Talcum (The Dead Milkmen)
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The White Ravens Tour East Coast

Ann Arbor's The White Ravens keep getting hotter.....and we don't just mean this 90 degree weather. We couldn't be happier to announce that the duo is set for their first out-of-state tour in late August/early September. Joining siblings William and Amy Bennett, are drummer, Vince Russo, and guitarist, Andrew Brown.

The band does have plenty of shows under their belts, though. In May, the siblings played on Canada’s Breakfast Television, a morning show seen all over Canada. A White Ravens show is energetic, designed to get people to move, and the best way to do that is to set an example. With Amy’s spirited vocals and impressive bass runs, and Will’s fingers flying over the keys with maniacal speed and precision, it’s hard to resist the urge to bop along. And why should you?
The White Ravens’ latest release, Gargoyles and Weather Vanes is filled with catchy indie pop gems like “Sparks,” which happens to repeat on my iPod a lot these days, and it's video is just as interesting and vivacious as the song itself.

The White Ravens Tour Dates
8/28/10 Raven Lounge, Philadelphia, PA
8/29/10 Arlene’s Grocery, New York, NY
8/30/10 The Living Room, New York, NY
8/31/10 The Space, Hamden, CT
9/2/10 All Asia, Cambridge, MA
9/3/10 Campfire Festival, Cambridge, MA
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Avi Wisnia at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on June 11th

Philadelphia native Avi Wisnia will perform his Brazilian bossa nova on Friday June 11th at the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s “Art After 5.”

Philadelphia Museum of Art says of the Art After 5 Series, “Friday evenings take on a whole new groove with Art After 5, a unique blend of entertainment from 5:00–8:45 p.m. in the Great Stair Hall. With an eclectic mix of international music on the first Friday of each month, and recognized and emerging jazz artists performing all other Fridays, it’s a stylish way to start your weekend.” Wisnia is likely to have the most interesting style of jazz music the Art After 5 Series has ever seen! Wisnia will follow up almost a month later when he hits Cambridge, MA on July 11 at Club Passim.

Wisnia releases his debut full-length album Something New nationally on June 29th. Recorded by Grammy-winning producer Glen Barratt (Amos Lee), Something New’s unpredictable cover songs only highlight the main attraction of his new collection of songs: his incomparable mish-mash of piano-pop meets bossa nova pop gems.

Having played major festival such as SXSW and CMJ, Wisnia says of his live performances, which always seem to be unpredictable and chock full of great stories to tell afterwards, “There have been shows where the band and I improvise songs on the spot, or ask audience members to come up and sing on kazoo. In one instance, the bartender who was shaking a martini at the bar ended up being an add-on percussionist. Another time, I had lost my egg shaker and asked the audience to pass me a pack of Tic Tacs. Instead, someone threw on stage a bottle of menstrual relief pills (it sounded fantastic). You have to be spontaneous and cater to the crowd and the moment."

Avi Wisnia Tour Dates

Friday June 11, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Art After 5 Event, Grand Stair Hall
Show: 5pm-9pm
Tickets: Free after Museum admission

Sunday July 11, Club Passim, Cambridge, MA
Door Time 5:30 PM
Show Time 7:00 PM
Opening Act: Caleb Hawley
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Fan-Tan Announces East Coast Tour dates

Heads up Eastcoasters and Southeasters! Brooklyn's Fan-Tan may be bringing their synth-pop sounds ala bands like Interpol and Echo and the Bunnymen to a city near you. They've announced five cities on an upcoming May tour which starts on May 11th in Philadelphia in celebration of the national release of Age of Discovery on April 27th.

Fan-Tan Upcoming Tour Dates
May 11 2010 The M Room--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 13 2010 The Plaza Bowl--Richmond, Virginia
May 14 2010 Local 506--Chapel Hill, NC
May 16 2010 Snug Harbor--Charlotte, North Carolina
May 18 2010 Drunken Unicorn--Atlanta, Georgia

In the meantime, download On Your Wall. In NYC on March 26th? Catch them at the Mercury Lounge for the local record release party with Surf City, the band Stereogum annointed as "Band to Watch" in 2008 .
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