While these two are phenomenal when done correctly, time and again you run into variations which are unremarkable. Here lies two examples of a cocktail done right. The latter with a modern twist: candied ginger, nutmeg syrup and a LBV (late bottled vintage) port swizzle and the former with a more classical approach: rye whiskey, antica formula and angostura wash. Come enjoy one!
And we’re back! It’s been a few weeks since our last Silk Streaming feature.
We return this week with Chairlift’s sophmore release “Something.”
Check out a review of the album at pitchfork.com and come hang in the diner during our happy hour and take a listen! Streaming courtesy of KCRW.
Happy Hour from 5-7pm includes $1 off all draft beers,
$4 house red & white wines and $5 bartender’s choice specialty cocktail.
Streaming will begin at 6pm.
This week in the diner, we’ll be streaming the new album by Philly’s own The Roots (release date Dec. 6). We’ve had the honor of hosting both Questlove & Black Thought in the past few years & we’ve always been huge fans of their work. Come take a listen while enjoying some of our happy hour specials!
Streaming courtesy of npr.org
Welcome to our weekly music streaming session! Come hang in the diner and sip on a spiked cider or housemade hot chocolate (with Bailey’s maybe?) or enjoy one of our happy hour specials…and all while listening to some new music!
This week we’re featuring an album from Australia’s Cloud Control which was released in May 2010 in their home country, but just released today in the US. We’re also featuring Philly’s own Lushlife and his guest mix for Mary Anne Hobbs’ radio show (XFM, London).
Enjoy!
For the 8th installment of our streaming series, we’re featuring the first disc of a best of R.E.M. album and a new release by Carter Tanton (ex-Tulsa, current member of Lower Dens).
Join us at 5pm in the diner for happy hour and some new (and old) music!
$1 off all drafts, $4 house red & white wines and $5 bartender’s choice specialty cocktail.
Now on draft:
• Green Flash West Coast IPA
• Yuengling Lager
• Left Hand Milk Stout (Nitro)
• Hoegaarden
• Flying Dog Raging Bitch IPA
• PBC Kenzinger
R.E.M. Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011
streaming courtesy of npr.org.
Carter Tanton Freeclouds
streaming courtesy of spinner.com
What a lovely day!!! Although we enjoy the crisp fall weather, it’s nice to have one last chance to get outside and soak up some rays. The Garden is open and Happy Hour starts now! And at 6pm, we’ll be streaming the new release from Atlas Sound. Come on down!
Atlas Sound, Parallax
Bradford Cox knows a thing or two about creating a schism between his everyday self and the one he presents on record. In interviews he’s garrulous and outspoken, ostensibly brimming with confidence, yet plagued by insecurity. All that self-doubt manifests itself in his solo project, Atlas Sound, where he often sounds small, alone, and cut adrift from the world. At times Cox seems at odds with himself, but dig deeper and there’s usually a thread running through his real-world activities and the ideas he obsesses over when recording. read more at pitchfork.com
Good Day! Join us at 6pm today to hear the 6th installment of Silk City Streaming!
This week we’re featuring the debut self-titled LP by Blouse (Captured Tracks). Streaming courtesy of fader.com.
Blouse is based out of a warehouse in Portland, Oregon. The project started in the summer of 2010, after Los Angeles nativeCharlie Hilton met Patrick Adams in art school. They began spending nights at the warehouse recording with Jacob Portrait (Unknown Mortal Orchestra). Their full length, self-titled debut record is out on Captured Tracks – November 1st, 2011.
Good afternoon!
We’d like to take a minute to let you know about some tasty new beers we’re offering.
Check them out!
BELL’S CHERRY STOUT
Tinted ruby-black, Cherry Stout gains its signature tartness from 100% Montmorency cherries grown in Michigan’s Traverse City region. Rather than doubling up on sweetness, this tart cherry varietal serves as a counterpoint to the warm, dark chocolate notes from the malt bill. Lightly hopped for balance, this stout is one of the cornerstones of the Bell’s stout portfolio.
VICTORY OTTO ALE
A Belgian-style, bottle conditioned dubbel ale from Victory Brewing Co. This limited release blends smoked, Munich and Belgian caramel malt, German hops and Trappist yeast to make this a truly special brew. (25 oz large format)
FLYING DOG IN HEAT WHEAT
A light and citrusy German-style Hefeweizen with a hazy golden color, typical of wheat beers. Notes of cloves, banana and yeast. Close your eyes and pretend it’s summer again.
Come join us for Silk City Streaming #5!
This week, we’re featuring a new EP by Surfer Blood and a debut LP by Class Actress.
Enjoy!
Surfer Blood Tarot Classics, streaming courtesy of pastemagazine.com
“West Palm Beach, Fla. based indie-rock quartet Surfer Blood are releasing a four track EP in following up their 2010 debut album Astro Coast. The EP, titled Tarot Classics starts off with the beach-pop “I’m Not Ready” which is follows the sound they crafted on their debut. The rest of the songs, however, are a slight departure from that debut full length.
The songs push their breezy aesthetic towards new heights when they add horns and step on the distortion pedal (though not too heavy) giving the foursome new room to grow. Tarot Classics closes with the ambitious “Drinking Problem” where the band implements a heavy dose of synths and drum machine beats.”
- Dave Monick/pastemagazine.com
Class Actress Rapprocher, streaming courtesy of spin.com
“The musical past of Elizabeth Harper, the frontwoman for Brooklyn electronic pop outfitClass Actress, is fairly well-documented– it’s something even the band doesn’t attempt to hide. And yet, with the arrival of Class Actress’s debut full-length, Rapprocher, that past seems worth pointing out again, if only to illustrate the drastic turn her career’s taken over the past eight or so years. In 2004, years before Class Actress came into existence, Harper released a self-titled solo album of singer/songwriter-y material with no spangly synths. Even if what she was doing then wasn’t terribly compelling, you get the impression she valued substance over style. Skip to five years later when Harper linked up with producer Mark Richardson (no relation to Pitchfork’s editor-in-chief) and engineer/multi-instrumentalist Scott Rosenthal for Class Actress’ debut EP, Journal of Ardency, and you can almost hear her sonically relocating from open-mic night culture to cool, cosmopolitan glam– in other words, from one part of Manhattan to, well, another part of Manhattan.” - Larry Fitzmaurice/pitchfork.com
Happy Perfect Fall Day!
Tonight during happy hour (5-7pm) we’ll be streaming two new releases in the diner: Dum Dum Girls Only in Dreams and Phantogram Nightlife.
***EXTRA EXTRA***
Get $1 off all drafts this Sunday!
If you’re lucky enough to be seeing Dum Dum Girls live at Union Transfer this Sunday, bring your ticket or ticket stub into Silk City before or after the show and receive $1 off all draft beers! We’ll be honoring this deal from 6-8pm and 10pm-midnight.
Read more about these bands below:
Dum Dum Girls Only in Dreams
Only in Dreams retains Dum Dum Girls’ signature blend of the girl-gang eyeliner punk of the Shangri-Las, the trashy propulsion of the Cramps, and the moody atmospherics of Mazzy Star, but for the first time, all four Dum Dum Girls play and sing on the album. Now the harmonies have more depth, Jules plays her own distinctive guitar leads, and the Bambi (bass)/Sandy (drums) rhythm section powers the music like a vintage V-8 engine. Best of all, tons of time on the road— including two massively successful headlining tours—have molded Dum Dum Girls into a very formidable rock & roll band, giving the music an undeniable force.
Phantogram Nightlife
Phantogram’s music sounds like it’s made by a band from the city. Electronic loops, hip-hop beats, shoegaze, soul, pop — each finds its way into their songs. Unexpectedly, the band doesn’t live and work in a major urban center, but rather calls the town of Saratoga Springs, NY (population 26,186) home. Despite the cultural influence of local Skidmore College (where fellow beat-experimenters Ratatat formed) and a relatively small scene of adventurous musicians and listeners, Saratoga isn’t exactly teeming with fans of J. Dilla, My Bloody Valentine or Serge Gainsbourg.
But Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel, the duo that make up Phantogram and who grew up in the even smaller nearby municipality of Greenwich, have flourished in Saratoga. In fact, the town itself isn’t rural enough for their taste — they drive almost every day another 45 minutes into upstate farmland to a barn they call Harmony Lodge to write and record. Serving as their homemade studio/practice space/think-tank/bat-cave, the barn is equipped with various samplers, tapes, records, synths, drums, and both percussive and stringed instruments. It’s there that Phantogram allows their natural surroundings and metropolitan influences to meld together creating beautiful, beat-driven dreamlike pop songs.
