SHAKE A LEG Fundraiser! Tuesday, August 16th, 7:30PM.

Movement Brigade is hosting SHAKE A LEG! An amazing partyfundRAISER with DJ Tony East of WPEB 88.1 FM, Songstress Elise Moureau, music by the Dead Squids, dance performances by Christina Gesualdi, Erin Shanti Desmond, sneak peaks CONSTANTS 2011!

 All ticket proceeds will benefit the production of Movement Brigade's CONSTANTS: a performance journey in history along the Schuylkill River, an interactive and site specific performance work that explores the hidden histories of the Schuylkill River through dance, music and theater. The performance run goes from August 24th - September 4th every night in West Fairmount Park.

 Tickets for SHAKE A LEG are $5-15 sliding scale!

Rock and Read Festival. Sat. July 30. 2PM-10PM

ALL AGES!!! GET YOUR WIZARD ROCK ON!!! FEATURING HARRY AND THE POTTERS AS WELL AS MISCHIEF BREW!

Full line up:

MARYBETH SCHROEDER 2:30pm-3pm
facebook.com/marybethschro​eder

THE JAWNETTES 3pm-3:30pm
http://www.facebook.com/th​ejawnettes

SATELLITE HEARTS 4pm- 4:30pm
website: http://www.facebook.com/sa​tellitehearts

DRAGON KING 5pm-5:30pm
website: http://drgnking.bandcamp.c​om/

THE NEW MOTELS 5:45pm-6:15pm
website: http://www.myspace.com/the​newmotels

MONSTERFACE 6:30pm-7pm
website: http://www.unclemonsterfac​e.com/

MC KREACHER 7:15pm-7:45pm
website: http://www.myspace.com/mck​reacher

HARRY AND THE POTTERS 8pm-9pm
website: http://harryandthepotters.​com/

MISCHIEF BREW 9:20pm-10:20pm
website : http://www.mischiefbrew.co​m/


Saturday July 30th (2pm-10pm)
@ Bookspace
1113 Frankford ave.
Philadelphia , PA 19125
All ages! Admission - $15 admission


For more information on Rock and Read Festivals, please visit:
http://www.facebook.com/pa​ges/Rock-and-Read-Festival​s/221487591205387

"LEARN" Thursdays. 6:00PM-9:30PM

DJ HA and AARON RUXBIN are teaming up to bring you an educational and entertaining experience that will expand your mind and destroy everything you thought you knew about music.

Special guests each week

Psychedelic instrumentals-trip hop-garage-world music

New genre-bending grooves mashed up with underground b-sides and rarities

Every Thursday >>> 6:00pm - 9:30pm

$5

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Cool video on Bookspace. Thanks LXTV!

Weird Hot, El Malito, Casimir. July 22nd. 8PM.

CASIMIR will get the night started, sending you on a downtempo instrumental odyssey. As you begin to recover, EL MALITO will run it down in such a way that you will know Spanglish and you will know beats. And just when you thought it was safe to go off your medicine, WEIRD HOT will choreograph your disco homecoming.

Thursday Evening Jazz Jam Session. 9:30PM.

Bookspace continues it's weekly jazz sessions every Thursday night with Dan Loeb heading up the Bookspace Houseband.  This week, we welcome

Tim Wendel-Guitar
Mark Przybylowski-Bass
Matt Scarano-Drums

The sessions are open to all musicians who would like to participate. Bring your instrument and sit in! We have a baby grand piano and a Fender Rhodes in house for every session.

There is a suggested $5 donation for the hard working rhythm section that will be providing the foundation of the weekly session--pay what you can.

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Tonight, June 18th: Brian Medlin/The Water/The ground is Lava/Speed Skating/Slant of Light

All Ages! // June 18th  8pm // $7 // BYOB!
Address: 1113 Frankford ave.

Brian Medlin/The Water/The ground is Lava/Speed Skating/Slant of Light

...Brian Medlin (of The Minor Times and Person L)
http://www.last.fm/music/Brian+Medlin
Brian Medlin plays drums for Person L, a band fronted by Kenny Vasoli (formerly of The Starting Line). Brian also plays drums for The Minor Times and is a founding member of Ghost Away, where he sings, plays keys, guitar, and drums. He also writes and records solo acoustic music. A few of his influences are Radiohead, Thom Yorke, and Bob Dylan.

The Ground is Lava
http://thegroundislava.bandcamp.com/
The Ground Is Lava has been an idea since January 2008, but we started actually working on it in the fall of 2009. We're trying out new ideas in our music and exploring new influences. We're doing things a little differently and it's working out, so far.

The Water
http://thewater.bandcamp.com/
The post-rock duo's lush and thunderous live show does more with two musicians onstage than most bands two or three times their size, with the help of a suitcase full of effects pedals and a dazzling DIY light show. With Dan Cohan switching between drums and guitar and James Klink juggling guitar and keyboards, the duo pile on layers of loops and beautiful overlapping tangles of melody and polyrhythms. Building each song up and tearing it back down with linear song structures and ingenious arrangements, The Water transcend predictable soft-loud-soft dynamics but almost always reach a euphoric crescendo, often accompanied by a flash of color from the strange obelisk of light that stands center stage.

Speed Skating
http://www.speedskatingmusic.com/
Speed Skating is a noise-pop 4-piece from Philadelphia. Often loop-driven, sometimes layered, and sometimes spacious, the group always keeps ambient sonic textures and a pop sensibility at the forefront.

Slant of Light
website
Slant of Light started anew in early 2010 as a three-piece consisting of an acoustic and electric guitar, drums and plenty of vocal cords. While the three members hold very different musical tastes individually, together they blend rock, Americana, bluegrass and folk into original songs influenced by the likes of Tom Waits, Devil Makes Three and Wolf Parade. The group released their first full-length LP “Treading Water” in November 2010, where they dedicated their focus to harmony, thoughtful arrangements and emotion that many fans can relate to. Since the release, Slant of Light has continuously played shows around the Boston area, including The Burren, The Lily Pad, Precinct, and Church. The group is currently working on their third album, which is sure to add energy and depth to upcoming live shows.