popwreckoning updates

Joy Ike to play Milkboy Coffee on August 29th

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 10:45 AM PDT

joy-ike-002 On Saturday, August 29th, Popwreckoning favorite Joy Ike will be playing at Ardmore (just outside of Philadelphia), Pennsylvania’s Milkboy Coffee with Brooke Annibale and Joel Rakes. The show starts at 8PM and tickets are $8 in advance or $10 day of.

Joy Ike – “City Lights”

Ike released debut Good Morning last year to great acclaim. Fellow blog Wildy’s World says, “Joy Ike is the real deal; a singer/songwriter with something to say and ample to talent to deliver it. A warm and inviting voice wrapped up in strong and generous piano-driven pop/rock arrangements is the general recipe for Ike, who may be the best thing to come out Western Pennsylvania in a decade or more.” We think you’d be hard-pressed to disagree.

Milkboy Coffee
2 East Lancaster Avenue
Ardmore, PA 19003
Joy Ike, Brooke Annibale, Joel Rakes
$8 advance / $10 day of ($2 byob fee)
buy tickets

If you’re closer to the middle of the state, you can catch Joy today at the Flood City Festival in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. You can also catch Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at the fest, too!

Tour Dates:
Aug 23 – Flood City Festival / Johnstown, Pa.
Aug 29 – Milkboy Coffee / Ardmore, Pa.
Sep 09 – Amani Intl. Coffeehouse / Pittsburgh
Sep 14 – Geneva College (BFCat) / Beaver, Pa.
Sep 25 – Sweetwater Center for the Arts / Sewickley, Pa.

Joy Ike: website | myspace | @ reading terminal market

May 17, 2009 — Joy Ike @ Reading Terminal Market, Philadelphia (1)
August 21, 2009 — MP3 Minute: Tigercity “Fake Gold” (1)
August 21, 2009 — AFI release “Crash Love” and tour this Fall! (0)
August 21, 2009 — Camera Obscura Announce North American Fall Tour (0)
August 20, 2009 — Passion Pit Announce Fall North American Tour (0)
August 20, 2009 — Philly’s Hoots & Hellmouth US Tour (0)
August 20, 2009 — Grand Archives tour dates, “Oslo Novelist” mp3 (0)
August 18, 2009 — Built to Spill, Brandi Carlile, Ingrid Michaelson, Thievery Corporation, Joshua Radin and Sondre Lerche join (RED)Nights concert series (0)
August 18, 2009 — The Maine fall 2009 tour with Boys Like Girls (0)
August 17, 2009 — Friendly Fires with the xx @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC (0)

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MP3 Minute: Blane Fonda – “Salacious Love”

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 08:30 AM PDT

Newly formed (debuted April of this year) Chicago outfit Blane Fonda, featuring former front man of Technicolour Stallion, Mark Wetzel, and The Sapiens sans front man, just this month released a seven song EP titled Master of Stars and Broken Arms. Blane Fonda has received a lot of great press, including the honor of being The Deli’s Chicago Artist of Month.

We’re excited to bring you “Salacious Love,” a slick and lusty three and a half minute track sandwiched right in the middle of Master of Stars and Broken Arms. “Salacious Love” opens with urgent keys flowing into Wetzel’s bordering on falsetto vocals. The drums kick up as Wetzel sings, “Here we are together / at some salacious bar, / and I’m looking for love at the bottom of every cup. / I feel you hand on my knee as you order me another drink…” Sexy and salacious indeed.

Blane Fonda – “Salacious Love”

Metromix Chicago says “While the Sapiens were promising but a little fidgety, Blane Fonda both tightens up and extends itself, as keyboardist Matt Witt often takes the lead and pushes certain grooves…into synth-heavy, bombastically sweaty territory.”

If you like what you hear (we certainly do!), be sure to download Blane Fonda’s EP on Amazon today!

Tour Dates:
Sep 10 – The Whistler / Chicago (free show!)
Sep 11 – Just for Fun Roller Rink / McHenry, Il. (all ages!)

Blane Fonda: website | myspace