Headliner: Driving Vegas
Opening Act: Lennen
Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm
Tix:$8
Driving Vegas has soulful driven vocals with an alternative edge. Meshing the R&B styling of Jon Legend and the pop/rock feel of Gavin Degraw, Driving Vegas is a fresh new sound creating their own dynamic genre that creates an interesting mesh and crossover. Formed in early 2009, front man Zach Blessing and drummer Kevin Whitaker came together with a unique piano and vocal driven band laying down the foundation for many of their current song list. Bassist Dave Thompson was next and after filtering through a few guitarists Nate Fowler landed the gig in July 09. Greg Guenther was last to join Driving Vegas in late September of 2009.
The Trocadero:
Headliner: Thrice
Opening Act: Kevin Devine / Bad Veins / The Dig
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
Tix:$22
This Irvine California-based quartet has charted more musical territory since its inception in 1998 than most bands do in their entire careers. From the garage-band punk riffs of early 2000's to the lofty, groove-based jams of 2010, this charity-supporting, Thomas-Pynchon-referencing, sonnet-incorporating band has dabbled in elements both abstract and unknown to most mainstream music listeners. If there’s anything that Thrice proves when they play, it’s that the diversity of their songs doe more to satisfy fans and ensure a smooth concert. The enigma around Thrice endears it to their legion of dedicated fans. The band’s frequent incorporation of intellectual, philosophical, religious, and conceptual elements into its music offers a level of depth not often found in many mainstream artists. GET IN!!
Johnny Brendas:
Headliner: Sun Airway
Opening Act: Ravens and Vultures /Eat Your Birthday Cake
Doors: 8pm / Show: 9pm
Tix:$10
FINALLY! Whew! A lot of local fans have been wanting this show for more than year, since they've heard the first Sun Airway songs start to percolate through the internet. Born from the ashes of Philly band The A-Sides, Sun Airway is the collaboration with results that are intoxicating. With the release of their EP last year, fans got to sample "Oh, Naoko". Now, they're anxiously awaiting Sun Airway's forthcoming full-length LP - Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier. For their first live show ever, Sun Airway has become a 6-piece band. Get Psyched!
Johnny Brendas:
Headliner: Andre Watts w/ the Philadelphia Orchestra
Opening Act: None Listed
Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm
Tix:Lawn - $10 ; $50, $40, $30
The most respected and honored pianist before the American public today, André Watts comes to town to share the stage with the Philadelphia Orchestra and put us all in tune even in the heat of this weather. He made his Philadelphia debut in 1957 at age eleven thrilling audiences both downtown and in the summer and went on to a celebrated world-wide career. He returns to play again with our great orchestra Beethoven’s most romantic piano concerto, No. 4 in G. And speaking of Romantic, the evening also holds the Symphonic Dances by Sergei Rachmaninoff, written for and dedicated to our great Philadelphia Orchestra.
World Cafe Live:
Headliner: Samantha Crain
Opening Act: Frontier Ruckus
Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm
Tix:$15
"Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.” That suggestion is the muse impelling the conception of Samantha Crain’s sound. hailing from Ramseur Records. Her sounds have critics describing her literary writing style as “the Native American spirituality of N. Scott Momaday’s In The Bear’s House just as likely influences the songstress as the violence and destructive sexuality of the Depression-era characters in Erskine Caldwell’s Tobacco Road” (Paste Magazine). Rolling Stone critic Will Hermes wrote of her vocals: “Her voice is gorgeously odd — all fulsome, shape-shifting vowels that do indeed billow like fog. But while her moody country rock is full of dark themes, she rarely gives in to them.” She's a refresher course on an old way to making music. Her shows are as much to be raved about as her albums. Be privileged to be in the same room as Samantha Crain.
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