Aphra

Live video - filmed at Little Berlin - East Kensington - Filmed by Megan Matuzak and Tim O'Donnell and edited by Tim O'Donnell - Self Published

The third annual Magic Death Sounds Block Party takes place on August 30th at the corner of Blair and Dreer in Kensington, and it’s a solid lineup of Philadelphia psychedelic, avant-garde, experimental and otherwise left-of-center leaning pop.

To get us all psyched for the event, the folks at the Philly-based Magic Death Sounds label dropped a mixtape featuring tracks by all ten of the artists on the bill – from the dream-like electronic tapestries of Rebecca Way’s Aphra to the Joy Division-esque fuzz-rock of Whaler.

Download the mixtape for free below, and get more information on the event at its Facebook event page. - WXPN

Johnny Brenda’s was filled with an awesome triple bill of live local music on Thursday night, capped by Vita and the Woolf‘s biggest hometown headlining appearance to date. She just wrapped up production on an EP that she plans to release in the spring, and was kicking off a short fall tour acorss the Northeast.

Opening the show was Aphra, the soul-pop solo project by Rebecca Way. Through loops, drum machine beats, and keys, she created a rich texture of sound filled with emotional nuances as she performed an entrancing set of her soulful electro-pop music. - WXPN