Local Support 048

POSTED: Friday, February 8, 2008, 3:59 PM

Filed Under: Music Local Support

Jon Solomon has once again taken his groovy local tunes to the internet, serving up some fresh new jams as well as some neat tracks that time may have forgotten. Touching on everything from witty tattoos to ADIDAS acronyms, Local Support has got what you need.

Local Support serves a hodgepodge of songs for its first course, starting things off with the crunchy fuzz of Northern Liberties. Things really get rolling with Shakespeare and the Last Empire; the track “My Old Jams Still Slam” should be required music for summer barbecues. The Post American’s “Pigeon Vision” slides nicely into Espers’ deep-drone jam “Hearts and Daggers,” and the set ends with the lo-fi brat-punk of The Tough Shits.

Set two starts off with some 80s-era hardcore via Flags of Democracy and their punchingly good “23.” Considering the cutthroat feel of that track, American Attitude’s slow, somber acoustic tune is a welcome warm down. After a grunge freak out from Persona, Diagram cuts through a cloud of ambient fuzz to deliver “I Am Not Invincible,” a song that walks the line between cathartic post rock and layered indie pop.

Pony Pants closes out the second set with “Slay The Ego.” It’s a nice pick by Solomon, as the electronic rocker is the perfect song to shake a listener from the Diargrams’ cloudy head music.

Round three finds the bipolar pop-rock of Duochrome matching up next to the country-dipped folk of Hezekiah Jones. Jones’ “Cupcakes For The Army” is pretty consistent with the current folk revival, but that doesn’t make the song any less pretty. Birdie Num Num and The Spirit Squad contribute a sweet name and a jumpy pop tune to the podcast, and Hans the Double provide some tense, lyric-less rock in the form of “When The Moors Conquered Sicily.”

Ending the third section is a genre-defying track by Zonic Shockum. The song, named “Filth Divine,” features some dubbed spoken/shouted word vocals that will no doubt bother some, but elate most.

In a podcast rich with songs going over the five-minute mark, the show winds down with two much shorter numbers. Fans of the film Fast Food Nation will probably recognize the soft swoon of The Capitol Years’ “Seven Songs” closing out the show alongside The Mud Pie Sun.

Another week, another collection of the Delaware Valley’s finest music on the Local Support Podcast.

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Northern Liberties - "Children Of The Unholy Cross" - Ghost Mind Electricity
Shakespeare & The Last Empire - "My Old Jams Still Slam" - mp3
The Post American - "Pigeon Vision" - Ecstasy In Afghanistan
Espers - "Hearts & Daggers" - S/T
The Tough Shits - "Flash Art" - Cdr

Flag Of Democracy - "13 Years" - 23
American Altitude - "Handsome Dead Man" - S/T
Persona - "My Best Weight" - Sections From "International Gems"
Diagram - "I Am Not Invincible" - Fig. 1
Pony Pants - "Slay The Ego" - Fives

Duochrome - "Formica" - All Day I Dream About Sex
Hezekiah Jones - "Cupcakes For The Army" - Come To Our Pool Party
Birdie Num Num & The Spirit Squad - "Stolen Shoes" - A Universal Pact
Hans The Double - "When The Moors Conquered Sicily" - Vessels
Zonic Shockum - "Filth Divine" - Testosterone

The Capitol Years - "Seven Songs" - Fast Food Nation (c)
The Mud Pie Sun - "New Thing Mood Swing" - New Thing Mood Swings

Duration: 01:19:55

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