Cuddle Magic, Midtown Dickens

Cuddle Magic

Cuddle Magic is a band and songwriting collective from Brooklyn and Philadelphia that performs lush, whimsical songs with wide-ranging instrumentation including double bass, percussion, vibraphone, trumpet, clarinet, keyboards, guitars, and many voices. Cuddle Magic balances folk timbres with exciting atonal harmonies, pop song-craft with firmly-planted rhythmic feet, and strawberry-rhubarb pie. Their third album Info Nympho is set to be released this fall.

Midtown Dickens

Midtown Dickens is a forward thinking thinking folk group from Durham, North Carolina. Taking traditional folk instruments and manipulating them to create modern stories, the band evokes the stunning colors of Carolina tobacco fields and Appalachian mountain ranges. Midtown Dickens' new album "Home" is a gorgeous meditation on the themes of home (both literal and abstract), family (blood and chosen) and space (within us and about us). NPR Music calls it "the North Carolina band's most nuanced and beautifully produced album yet".

SON STEP is a unique collaborative effort featuring four active forces in Philadelphia’s new and original music scene. Hungry for exploration, the band’s members are apt to mix up both instrumentation and individual roles. Live performances are often spattered with dual bass or guitar, passages of heavy group drumming, and a communal sharing of vocal duties. This is also characteristic of Spooky Tooth, a 4-song EP and the band’s first studio recording (released in early 2011). Son Step’s sound combines intricate composition, improvisation, gritty electronics, and heartfelt lyricism, while touching upon an array of influences- ambient, post-punk, folk and beyond. Together the four friends create urgent music that should be heard by listeners and audiences seeking something truly fresh and captivating.

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Cuddle Magic, Midtown Dickens with Son Step

Thursday, June 21 · Doors 8:00PM / Show 9:00PM at Johnny Brenda's