Thursday in the Region

Some good shows in the region on Thursday. Here are the highlights:


Swedish pop army (over 20! members) I'm From Barcelona are gracious enough to come to Philly for one of only two East Coast shows. It is very Polyphonic Spree-esque. And for added enjoyment, Pepi Ginsberg is having a record release party. Catch them both at the First Unitarian Church.

Its an (almost) all Philly line-up at The Khyber. On the bill is National Eye, East Hundred, Cheers Elephant, and Cary Ann Hearst.

Down at the Rock and Roll Hotel in DC, The French Kicks have a show with The Subjects and Ravens and Chimes.

Also, there is Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin and Via Audio in DC, which we told you about here and Destroyer in Philly, which you can read about here.

Enjoy the shows!

I'm From Barcelona - Oversleeping
Pepi Ginsberg - In My Bones
National Eye - Snowing In April
East Hundred - Meantime
Cheers Elephant - Wide Eyed
Cary Ann Hearst - Dust and Bones
French Kicks - So Far We Are
The Subjects - The Hounds of War
Ravens and Chimes - General Lafayette! You Are Not Alone

National Eye and The Sw!ms

The Sw!ms

Friday at Johnny Brendas is a great show of local talent. National Eye, a band that is made up of members of The Capitol Years, Windsor for the Derby, and Like Movning Insects, is hard to confine to one musical category. Drawing comparisons to Leonard Cohen and Pink Floyd, The Flaming Lips and Grizzly Bear, their songs run the spectrum from psychedlic cacophony to melodic pop. And on the way soon is their third album, The Farthest Shore.

Joining them are Scranton's The Sw!ms. I've seen these guys before. They are 60's pop incarnate, with a little edge. They have fun onstage and it permeates the crowd. The lead singer is an exact double of Jonah Hill, you know, Seth from Superbad, with the white boy fro and everything. A fun set to be sure.

Opening up the show is Brooklyn singer-songwrite Pepi Ginsberg, with her own brand of ultra catchy folk-pop.

National Eye - Big Animals (live)
The Sw!ms - We Need Lava