The Prairie Spies
Orbit To Leslie A Side Project but perhaps something much more for some Old Friends Reinventing the Twist, and Slowly working on the Mash Potato. Featuring Christopher Wood of Downtown Harvest and Grimace Federation, Steven Schaller formerly of the Red King and currently a member of Oso, Mike Gordon formerly of the Hundred and currently a member of Oso, original founding member C.J. Selzer, past member Jonny Wood, and newest member Josh Fullam.
Sundays Murder

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WALK OF SHAME

The MLMs
The Fractals Philly-based band The Fractals bring the "sucka-MC's-beware" ethos to the Greater Delaware Valley rock and roll circuit. They croon. They punk. They shred. They rock and they swing. They can shave. And they are obsessive-compulsive, too!
Cortez! Cortez!!

An American Chinese
Mick Basset and The Marthas
Mandi Perkins is undoubtedly one of the freshest, most prolific songwriters to hit the U.S from our North American neighbor. Consistently delighting audiences with her enthusiastic performances, her "take no prisoners" attitude, and her contagious melodic rock, Perkins is set for fame.
The Armchairs

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SECLUSIASIS

K-Bar T K-Bar-T started as a solo project while guitarist jason davidson was living in idaho. Since moving back to Philly, the project has grown to include four members who now collaborate on new material while maintaining the original sound. Digg it!
Reno Subject There are times when it can be difficult to put a label on things. When music is created without common constraints, coming straight from the hearts and souls of those involved, the result is an original mix of various influences spanning genres and decades. The four eclectically inspired friends and roommates that make up Reno Subject play what feels natural to them and only continue to grow as a band as time progresses.
American Buffalo

Machine Gun Joe
Somerset Project The Somerset Project is a dynamic hard rock band, with dark melodies, and emotional lyrics, bringing hope out of past life experiences.
The Rowdies A mighty power trio reigns from the Philadelphia suburbs, and for nearly a decade this band has been raising hell, leaving no prisoners behind.

Iron Maiden & The New Wave of British Heavy Metal DVD Screening Back in 1976, nobody really knew that there was an old wave of British Heavy Metal. But within 2 years of their formation, Iron Maiden had spearheaded what came to be abbreviated the NWOBHM, and as with the punk the year before, a new generation of Rock musicians brough in a new wave of the genre - and in the process made loud, raw, heavy rock the global phenomenon it is today. For the first time this film investigates this New Wave - the bands, the records, the media and the series of unconnected events that led to this astonishing, durable and still hugely relevant form which is still heard today in virtually every rock record released. Focusing on Maiden and the other pivotal bands of the time, such as Saxon, Samson, Praying Mantis, Diamond Head, Tygers of Pan Tang and many others, this DVD is the ultimate expose of a style that may not get as much press as Punk, but is equally as relevant to the music of the second millennium.

Person L While the Starting Line is on hiatus, Ken Vasoli brings you his newest project and newest tunes with Person L. Person L will be playing two shows: July 15th and July 29th at the Khyber in Philadelphia. Person L is a collaborative musical effort founded by Ken Vasoli. Person L was started as an outlet for Vasoli to experiment with a variety of influences, genres and musicians. With the exception of Ken the members of this band will be constantly revolving and the sound will continually evolve and adapt. What will never change is the motivation Ken has to explore the limits of music and himself. Hope to see you out at the Khyber in July. Goodness Gracious this is gonna be great.
Metroplex so like...if Sleater Kinney were a bunch of dudes.
Gennero is 5 piece pop/rock band hailing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With thier diverse style of 90's Alternative and modern pop-punk, Gennero while have you dancing the night away.
Restorations

Ganto Barn Ganto Barn has been around for ages, doing what they do best, always keeping the people on their toes, making eardrums burst, and rocking so hard that three venues have caught fire, if not completely burnt to the ground!
Carbonaut

Last Day Dying
Lakewair Lakewair unleashes a powerfully experimental type of metal that you won't find on any periodic table. They forge an entirely new compound, ignoring mainstream cliches and delivering an adrenaline-charged sound that you won't get anywhere else.
The Old Ceremony
Lift the Curse

The Heavy Pets
Codename

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NO TAN LINES

You, Me, & T-Rex
The Swaggerin' Growlers Irish folk-punk songs about madness, living life in the modern world, defiance, determination, love, friendship, loyalty, the open road, and, of course, drinking heavily.

Iggy and The Stooges - Escaped Maniacs DVD Screening! This DVD features a spectacular performance filmed at the 2005 Lokerse Festival. It includes blistering versions of most of the tracks from the first two Stooges albums in addition to two newer songs, “Skull Ring” and “Dead Rock Star.” It’s clear from the opening bass riff of “Loose” that the Stooges’ raw power has not waned. It all kicks off with the pounding primitive thud of Scott “Rock” Asheton’s drums. Ex-Minutemen Mike Watt (standing in for the dearly departed Dave Alexander) lets rip with a powerful bass wobble guaranteed to loose the most uptight caboose. Scott’s brother Ron grinds in on guitar to create a filthy groove, over which he adds the mind-melting wail of distorted wah. On top of this sea of sound floats the one and only Iggy, whose grunting, gurgling, let-it-all-hang-out vocal style and on-stage gyrations epitomize the art of singing as the raw expression of the soul.

Educated Consumers
Dezmatic
MindsOne
Jimmy Greek

Shannon Cole
Do You See The Dark
Your Vegas

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SWEET JAMS

Willpowerless
The Heron (formerly Chaōsis)
Domi

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ILL VIBE

Iron Man
Unorthodox dc doom pioneers
Hatchetface probably make you either rock out, run away or cry 'cuz you just lost a significant portion of your hearing............. Just know this, we really do love all you doom/metal/rocker-whatever-you're into folks...be part of the doomed (to be deafened) with us!
Jail

High Time Presents - The 20th Cannabis Cup DVD Screening
Join HIGH TIMES for the world's biggest pot party in Amsterdam judging the world's top strains. The 20th Anniversary Cannabis Cup DVD is loaded with over 60 minutes of performances (exclusive Redman performance), interviews and non-stop smoking and judging of the biggest and best buds in the world. The Cannabis Cup is a week long celebration of marijuana in all forms. People of all walks of life from many different and diverse countries come to pay homage to the medicinal, magical herb and meet like-minded individuals. It is not to be missed!

Distorted Impalement Austrian Death Metal!
Cephalotripsy
Dysentery Formed in 2002, Dysentery was brought together with the intention of forging obscenely brutal death metal. Since the band's inception, they have received great acclaim for their 'Slaughtered Remnants' demo, and the infamous Dysentery/Gutrot split 'Excruciatingly Euphoric Torment' (AVR). As with many bands over the years, Dysentery weathered lineup changes and the ravages of time but pressed on in their dedication to forge new levels of brutality, heaviness and groove. Discontent to be another 'a-symmetrical' slam band, Dysentery has set out to push forward beyond the conventional formula which seems to flood the genre these days.

The Bee Team Chrissy likes girls. Josh likes girls too. This being one of their major influences, they are in a band together that plays music that is fun and honest. The band is called The Bee Team. The band blends good times, rock N roll, banjos, and cute guy/girl tradeoffs into one giant bowl of tasty awesomeness. The band writes songs to make you sing along and have a good time.
Perkasie Easy comparisons would be Woody Guthrie, Simon and Garfunkel, or Bright Eyes' countrified Cassadaga, but the natural chemistry and playfulness among the band members foster a comforting aura that's hard to pre-manufacture.
The Armchairs

Heavy Hand Record Release Show!
Hate & War
Lesion

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SWEET JAMS

holeandaheartbeat.com presents
Body Bagz
GDP
Hostile City Scumshot Crew
Destined to Fail
Nitty Gritty
My Parasites

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AND DIM SUM

The Claw
ASRA
Javelina
Hayaino Daisuki
GridLink

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ENGLAND BELONGS TO TWEE

The Rhodes

DIE ACTOR DIE!!! Philly's Dirtiest Sketch Comedy! Sketch, Music and Video!

Entertainment System Entertainment System wields mind melting guitars, relentless drums, skull scattering bass, and raging rhythms on stages all over the east coast. Their love of video games and music combined with a passion for intense live performances and jaw dropping metal/rock guarantees Entertainment System is an undeniably unique act.Entertainment System performs selections from common to obscure games, from Megaman 2, and Tetris to Little Samson and Kid Icarus.
The Megas Since the year 200X (4), The Megas have strived to bring a message from Dr. Light to the people. They have chosen to transmit that message, the tale of a small blue robot named Megaman, directly into the eardrums of the general populace through the power of rock.

Johnny Booth Sounds like 400 screaming fishermen while they hunt 250 dolphins which are looking for a good sale on diamonds and lawn darts...sometimes hot dogs
Ranges

The Meatmen The Meatmen were a Michigan, United States punk band headed by Tesco Vee from 1980 to 1997. The Meatmen made fun of the hardcore punk scene of the time. The band was known for their stage antics, and for songs with colorful song titles such as "What's This Shit Called Love?", "I Sin For A Living", "1 Down, 3 To Go" (a reference to the murder of former Beatles member John Lennon), and the Suck Trilogy of "Crippled Children Suck," "French People Suck," and "Camel Jockeys Suck." Although the bands politically controversial subject matter was a subject of irritation among southern evangelists and pet exterminators alike, Tesco Vee's creative, inspiring, and profound lyrics penetrated the minds of his faithful followers like a pumice protuberance in a velvet intestine.
Y-DI Philly Hardcore LegendsY-Di is like an unmade bed...very messy at times,but at the end of the day,you always crawl back into it.
Neck Tie Necktie unleashes the worst of humanity onto it's victims. Behold the sounds of anxiety and doom from which some never return. Bad Luck
Hydrogen Hell Horses The stuff that urban legends are made of

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SOMETIMES YA GOTTA ROCK THE KHYBER!!
Dj's WIZ AND J. ME
Classic Rock, Punk, Classic Hardcore and Whatever Else There is.

Nebula It could be said that Nebula are the ultimate festival band. How simply perfect the plan would be to sit back with a fat one and take in those lazy, recycled Detroit Garage riffs and think of the universe as one great hug. But fuck that. Nebula are the ultimate festival band but not because it's part of any cosmic plan to get bombed outta your mind and stick it in a bass bin. Nope, they're the best because they kick serious butt in a classic rocking way.
Totimoshi
Serpent Throne Say there was a heavy rock festival in like '72 where Black Sabbath, Wishbone Ash, the Scorpions, Budgie, and like Cactus are supposed to play, but then, due to a series of plane crashes and natural disasters, only 1 surviving member from each band can make it. In order to calm down the crowd of heavy rockers, Iommi grabs a couple dudes from the other bands and puts together an emergency band. And then Uli Roth says, "We don't need a singer because he'll just get in the way of the riffs." I think that's what Serpent Throne is aiming for. Whether we get there or not is another story, but we'll drink some beer and rip some guitar harmonies along the way.
El Toro De Oro Philly's favorite Bulls show their horns and crab walk.

WESTON LIVE VIDEO SHOOT! OH HELL YEAH!
The Ergs
METROPLEX MATT FRED AND JACK. NUFF SAID!
Brass
Restorations 3/4 of Jena Berlin

Rosetta
Balboa First show in 2 years!
North

Happy Anarchy plays orchestral rock on the type of grand scale that can feel, as you listen, like undertaking a journey; you climb and descend, run with arms akimbo, hop from one stone to the next - it's quite an impressive piece of work.

Strange Design (Phish Tribute) Strange Design is a new Phish tribute band that will be recreating full shows using actual set lists from over twenty years of Phish's history.

ism A lot of “isms” threaten to tear modern society apart at the seams: sexism, racism, extremism, radicalism, terrorism and more. In such an era of decay (moral, societal and otherwise), perhaps an apocalypse wouldn’t be such a bad idea – at least that’s how Andre Mistier sees it. The charismatic lead singer and songwriter for the New York-based quartet ism describes his band’s potent blend of rock and electronica as “music for the party at the end of the world.” After all, not all “isms” are bad: Altruism, activism and heroism could help make the next world a better place, and there’s no reason we can’t start practicing them right now.

Little Light
bellafea
Hop Along, Queen Ansleis
Knobehr

Spindrift We are Spindrift. Go West, my friend... West, where the stage is set... West, into the sunset. Ride. This is music. This is vindication!... in the form of an invitation, delivered by the winds whisper into your ear. You Stranger, have stumbled upon black-mirrored waters that shimmer with the Night's darkest of promises. It flows and laps out the song of the wanderer's lament. The melody lifts you, and drifts through you, with fingers of smoke. Centuries of man's invention, have now gathered all about you in a mystical mass. "Come with us." The sound beckons from a fiery place within. All Heart and Hell bent, we have woven a carpet of stars for the very purpose of riding into your soul. We are Spindrift.
The Asteroid #4 Imagine Brian Jonestown Massacre without all the drama, or Dead Meadow with a serious pop fetish, and you’re there.

What Made Milwaukee Famous
Wild Sweet Orange

Meatmen - The Devil's In The Detail Volume 1 DVD Screening This 90 minute romp through the last 30 years of Meatdom traces the origins of the most bombastic, purely sophmoric punk band of pranksters ever to pounce on an unsuspecting public. Tesco Vee, drum major in the squadron of doom, leads the manic maelstrom of hate-filled fun and frolic with live footage from 1979-2007, Tesco on TV, and more mindless moronic mayhem than shouldn't be allowed by law. Punk archivist Dirk Boinker has spent the last 2 years pouring over tapes, splicing, repairing and mentally masturbating his way to this...sinsational final product! The only DVD officially endorsed by Satan.

Restavrant Restavrant are two screemin freeks—term used so respectfully—from adorable Victoria, Texas, that use expired license plates for drum parts and bodily drag truly addled hillbillyism into the digital age. They engineer a sloppy collision between Hasil Adkins and DJ Assault that boils down to beat, guitar and rooster-at-sunrise screaming, and behind them the drunkest dancers fall obediently in line.
Meat Rocket

DIE ACTOR DIE!!! Philly's Dirtiest Sketch Comedy! Sketch, Music and Video!

Oppenheimer Pop Disco for Electro Punks

Ungdomskulen Norwegian dance-punk! This three-piece is proof that quantity has nothing over quality. These guys sound like a plane nose-diving from 30,000 feet in the air, while a train is derailing and a fault line is shifting. Yes, this is an image from a Calvin and Hobbes comic, but the sheer adrenaline and unpredictability of it all are the only way to describe Ungdomskulen.

Peelander-Z the Japanese Action Comic Punk Band, was formed by Peelander-Yellow, Peelander-Blue, and Peelander-Red (claim they are from Z area in the Planet Peelander!!) in 1998, and came into action based in NYC.
These three dress up in color-coordinated costumes about as if they came out of Japanese Animation (claim those are not costumes, but the skin!!!) put on a fun entertainment. Yes, their performance is not just playing music. Have you heard of human bowling, wrestling and kung-fu action, or funny dance at the punk rock shows? Peelander-Z knows how to entertain the audience by dragging them into the show. One experience would capture you!! Peelander-Z is the best of the universe!
Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re Japanese Super Girl Rock Trio!
Bakubeni Japanese Defective Boys And Girls Punk Rock Band!
Quaff The main characteristic of "quaff" lies in the twin-vocal style of "uta" (melody) and "tuzuri" (rap) - a rock band with heavy emphasis on the very essence of being Japanese. The underlying epiphanic message is obvious in the lyrical content as well as in the unique melody. The band's material is written around the beauty of Japanese language. What "quaff" is trying to convey, is human emotion, vision, heart of music as art form, and strong will. Their music is not within any given boundary, a musical genre, and it remains to be true art, which is virtually non-existent in the domestic (Japanese) music scene. The very essence of this oriental feel and its emotional expression can be appreciated throughout the world, beyond the obvious appeal for the Japanese ears.

The Extraordinaires
Kill You in the Face Voices of Angels. Bodies of Gods. Conspiracy Theorists. Revolutionaries. Forward Thinkers. Captains of this Vessel. Intergalactic Bounty Hunters. Editors in Chief. Hood Rats. Cat Burglars. Sandwich Makers. Minds like Razors. Hearts of Kings. Super Models. Connoisseurs Of Fine French Wines. Panic Endusers. Pain Relievers. Handsome Lumberjacks. All Around Nice Guys.
Child Bite
Voodoo Economics It’s like...Dr. Seuss mixed with metal.

The Silent Years

24-7 Spyz Legendary South Bronx heavy metal soul band!

Zelazowa
Captain of Industry
Metroplex

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HIP REPLACEMENT

Pierced Arrows Fred and Toody Cole from Dead Moon, legendary 80s Sub Pop Band. After the demise of underground legends DEAD MOON in fall 2006, nobody was surprised to hear that founders Fred and Toody Cole had lost little time in starting a new band. They recruited drummer Kelly Halliburton in April 2007, and soon the PIERCED ARROWS were up and running, playing live shows in the Northwest and recording songs for upcoming releases. PIERCED ARROWS picks up, musically, where DEAD MOON left off - a lo-fi assault on the senses played with the sincerity and feeling that made DM such a special band for all of their fans around the world.
Love City
Birds of Maya
Watery Love mem. of Espers

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BOTH ENDS BURNING