JUST DO IT: Gentrifest at The M Room, Sunday July 11

Okay, Philly music heads — we're guessing your weekend schedule has a pretty sweet gap between noon and eight on Sunday, right? Of course there is. Who does anything on Sunday afternoon? And don't even suggest brunch. A better option is Gentrifest, a slammin' all-ages fest over at The M Room. We would have told you about it in the actual paper this week, except for, y'know, we didn't find out until Tuesday night when a poster on the Chestnut Street bridge caught our eye. A true cross-section of Philly's DIY musicians, Gentrifest showcases three hip-hop acts, three punk acts, and a Neutral Milk Hotel cover band. I know â" crazy, right? Let's break it down after the jump. Semen Stains and the Mountaintops — Aforementioned NMH cover band. Jeff Magnum must have known that somebody, somewhere down the line, was going to make excellent use of his most awkward lyric. Guns on the Run — Hook-heavy punk reminiscent of the Bouncing Souls' Maniacal Laughter, with perhaps some early Alkaline Trio thrown in the mix. Warped Tour-ish, but in a good way. Fuck Attack — Aw man, abrasion. Shreddy throats and guitars. Think Stalag 13 and Equal Vision Records. Population Zero — Perhaps a meeting ground between the two camps, a la The Exploited. Ground Up — Hip hop trio dispensing laid-back ambiances and cut-happy backings that would do RJD2 proud. (RJ actually produced one of the tracks on their myspace.) Dumhi — We told you about Haj a couple weeks back; his originally-scheduled record release show for The Jungle had to be canned at the last minute, but he brings a DJ set and some friends to this show. 5 O'Clock Shadowboxers — Smart, swaggery hip hop from South Philadelphia, fronted by gravelly MC Zilla Rocca. Like Edan before them, the Shadowboxers' 2009 record The Slow Twilight mines rock-nerd touchstones, sampling The Velvet Underground's "Venus In Furs," Cat Power's "Free" and Espers' "Dead Queen" More info on the fest — including a parsing of its cheeky name, and many of those same links — over here. The fest is asking folks to bring canned food donations for Philadelphia Food Not Bombs. Pitch in and rock the fuck out. Sun., July 11, noon-8 p.m., pay-what-you-will, The M Room, 15 W. Girard Ave.

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JUST DO IT: Gentrifest at The M Room, Sunday July 11

POSTED: Friday, July 9, 2010, 9:36 PM

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Okay, Philly music heads — we're guessing your weekend schedule has a pretty sweet gap between noon and eight on Sunday, right? Of course there is. Who does anything on Sunday afternoon? And don't even suggest brunch. A better option is Gentrifest, a slammin' all-ages fest over at The M Room. We would have told you about it in the actual paper this week, except for, y'know, we didn't find out until Tuesday night when a poster on the Chestnut Street bridge caught our eye. A true cross-section of Philly's DIY musicians, Gentrifest showcases three hip-hop acts, three punk acts, and a Neutral Milk Hotel cover band. I know â crazy, right? Let's break it down after the jump. Semen Stains and the Mountaintops — Aforementioned NMH cover band. Jeff Magnum must have known that somebody, somewhere down the line, was going to make excellent use of his most awkward lyric. Guns on the Run — Hook-heavy punk reminiscent of the Bouncing Souls' Maniacal Laughter, with perhaps some early Alkaline Trio thrown in the mix. Warped Tour-ish, but in a good way. Fuck Attack — Aw man, abrasion. Shreddy throats and guitars. Think Stalag 13 and Equal Vision Records. Population Zero — Perhaps a meeting ground between the two camps, a la The Exploited. Ground Up — Hip hop trio dispensing laid-back ambiances and cut-happy backings that would do RJD2 proud. (RJ actually produced one of the tracks on their myspace.) Dumhi — We told you about Haj a couple weeks back; his originally-scheduled record release show for The Jungle had to be canned at the last minute, but he brings a DJ set and some friends to this show. 5 O'Clock Shadowboxers — Smart, swaggery hip hop from South Philadelphia, fronted by gravelly MC Zilla Rocca. Like Edan before them, the Shadowboxers' 2009 record The Slow Twilight mines rock-nerd touchstones, sampling The Velvet Underground's "Venus In Furs," Cat Power's "Free" and Espers' "Dead Queen" More info on the fest — including a parsing of its cheeky name, and many of those same links — over here. The fest is asking folks to bring canned food donations for Philadelphia Food Not Bombs. Pitch in and rock the fuck out.

Sun., July 11, noon-8 p.m., pay-what-you-will, The M Room, 15 W. Girard Ave.

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