#PhillyPresents:
Today we kick off a series in which local bands take the blogging reins and introduce us to bands we need to know! Before we get started, I wanted to take a minute to go back through recent months and look at the impetus for such a series:
Just over a year ago, I reached out to the Lawsuits to cover their Hot Love EP release show at MilkBoy Philly. That night in Philly, I wrote a fun review; but more importantly, I made a connection with the Lawsuits and got an introduction with their cohorts Levee Drivers.
Fast forward through the year, I kept going to a steady diet of Lawsuits and Levee Driver shows while stumbling onto more local Philly music where I could find it represented on the internet. I sometimes browsed "local"sites, but despite their incredible efforts, I still hard a hard time finding more sources. Getting to know the Philly's scene through this city's national press mentality was tough.
Eventually, 2013 hit and I was on the scene again checking out the Lawsuits for their Numbers EP release. Something clicked. I noticed how much the Philadelphia scene supported each other. The Lawsuits kept suggesting people to me and introducing me to others in the scene. In the next month, I connected with Sofar Sounds: Philadelphia and hosted a house concert of my own with the Levee Drivers. At my house concert, I met guys from another band who came to the show (insert Song Dogs). In the next months, it was exponential; more Philly shows meant meeting more Philly bands.
Here's the thing; there is no great battle of the bands. There is a joint effort to all make it to the top. Each band is supportive of its brethren. I liken it to the Seattle scene of the early 90's. Soundgarden and Alice in Chains were around and doing moderately well, but it was Pearl Jam and Nirvana that took them all, including other smaller bands such as Mudhoney to the top. Unlike the alleged competition between Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder, these Philadelphia bands like and support each other. In this case, looking at Dr. Dog; the Soundgarden of the scene, as the moderately successful local gone national band, hoping that they are the Nirvana that takes all the Mudhoneys with them!
I want to take all of you along for the journey. Now is the time for the bands that have graced these pages to keep the flow going to introduce us to more bands rather than allowing fans to stumble through the scene like I have. I want to let the bands continue their hard-fought efforts and let them tell the story.
So this weekend we begin the journey! Our premier post of #PhillyPresents: will be launching as we allow the bands to tell us about their friends, their influences, and what excites them on the Philly scene!
To follow the whole series, go here: @PhillyPresents:
Today we kick off a series in which local bands take the blogging reins and introduce us to bands we need to know! Before we get started, I wanted to take a minute to go back through recent months and look at the impetus for such a series:
Fast forward through the year, I kept going to a steady diet of Lawsuits and Levee Driver shows while stumbling onto more local Philly music where I could find it represented on the internet. I sometimes browsed "local"sites, but despite their incredible efforts, I still hard a hard time finding more sources. Getting to know the Philly's scene through this city's national press mentality was tough.
Eventually, 2013 hit and I was on the scene again checking out the Lawsuits for their Numbers EP release. Something clicked. I noticed how much the Philadelphia scene supported each other. The Lawsuits kept suggesting people to me and introducing me to others in the scene. In the next month, I connected with Sofar Sounds: Philadelphia and hosted a house concert of my own with the Levee Drivers. At my house concert, I met guys from another band who came to the show (insert Song Dogs). In the next months, it was exponential; more Philly shows meant meeting more Philly bands.
Here's the thing; there is no great battle of the bands. There is a joint effort to all make it to the top. Each band is supportive of its brethren. I liken it to the Seattle scene of the early 90's. Soundgarden and Alice in Chains were around and doing moderately well, but it was Pearl Jam and Nirvana that took them all, including other smaller bands such as Mudhoney to the top. Unlike the alleged competition between Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder, these Philadelphia bands like and support each other. In this case, looking at Dr. Dog; the Soundgarden of the scene, as the moderately successful local gone national band, hoping that they are the Nirvana that takes all the Mudhoneys with them!
I want to take all of you along for the journey. Now is the time for the bands that have graced these pages to keep the flow going to introduce us to more bands rather than allowing fans to stumble through the scene like I have. I want to let the bands continue their hard-fought efforts and let them tell the story.
So this weekend we begin the journey! Our premier post of #PhillyPresents: will be launching as we allow the bands to tell us about their friends, their influences, and what excites them on the Philly scene!
To follow the whole series, go here: @PhillyPresents:
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