The Brotherly SHOVE Fest!

Start: 2006-07-21 18:30

Timezone: Etc/GMT+4

Event Description:

Oh brother, where's thou art?
Between July 6 and July 9, at the very least?

What happens when a city's biggest independent booking agent meets a city's biggest independent club at the peak of a city's new found popularity during that independent town's celebration of Independence?
You get a little Brother Shove.

That's what it is when Joseph Mahoney's Songspot LLC entertainment group heads into the (how many seat) Trocadero for the first (but not last) annual Brotherly Shove Festival of bands, Comediens, independant promoters, and more mere days after Philadelphia - birthplace of liberty, yo celebrates the Fourth of July.

Cradle that!
Sponsored by independent radio rocker WMMR 93.3-FM with nods from Philadelphia CityPaper (celebrating twenty five years of independent journalism), you'll find that there's a whole load of freedom out and about when it comes to Brotherly Shove.

But none more than what freedom will get represented on stage during the four day Shove.

"This is my biggest festival showcase, ever," says Mahoney, the Songsport.org creator who has booked (before and since-the-Spot) punks and funkateers into Philadelphia rooms small ( J.C Dobbs, Pontiac, Tritone, Bar Noir), mid-size ( Abilene), big (The North Star) and really big (Theater of the Living Arts) before this Brotherly Shove event. "This is the biggest festival I think I've ever seen where local bands - doing their thing, just playing - is concerned. And I couldn't think of a better time for it what with tourism at its hugest and our notoriety at its highest."

Local bands who've slipped through the cracks of the usual hype is Mahoney and Sonspot.org's milieu. And finding bands who create community beyond themselves just sweetens the deal.

Likening himself and his grassroots army to Robin Hood and the Merrie Men without the funny leotards (Ok, some of Songspot has leotards!), Mahoney's Songspot deliver great bands with great underground followings to whatever venue needs him. And then those bands tell other venues and those venues hire. And so on . And so on.

"We help those who help others," says Mahoney.

Need a punk band with an earnest storyteller? Blue Collar. A roots jam-hop act? Simple & Supreme. A rude wigga comic? Danny Ozark. "Need a rhyme for orange? We have one at Songspot."

And if those band filled the club they hit and they did and you loved the, you'll tell another venue. Or find another artist looking for a great opening act. Or another press person looking to write about the next big thing.

No matter what you collaborated and unified, rather than divide and conquer each other.

"I'm tired of battle of band things," says Mahoney. "I want bands to unite, to eliminate competition, to support and promote each other."

That gang mentality for the good and not the band gets ramped up for the Brotherly Shove Festival at The Trocadero, 10 th & Arch, between Thursday July 6 and Sunday July 9.

A free, intimate pre-festival Songspot.org meet-and-greet for Mahoney and the bands occurs Monday, July 3, at Bar Noir, 112 S.18th at 9 pm in the shadow of the Art Museum fireworks.

Each night as hosted by WMMR radio personality Jaxon, is separated by genre:

July 6 is Alternative rock. July 7 is Jam band/Hippie Hop night. July 8 is Powerpop and punk. July 9 is metal.

Those are the only divisions to be found at Brotherly Shove. Outside of those, it's one for all and all for one.

Look for the Brotherly Shove Festival to become a yearly gathering of groups local, national and international if this one succeeds as it should. This year alone, punks from Japan (Peelanderz), one-man Neil Diamond cover bands (Dirty Diamond) and fashion-forward thrash metal (Live Not on Evil) threaten to shake the ages-old Trocadero to its foundations. Also many over 21 after Partys including a Crash, Bang b, Boom event featuring ole school Punk Mikey Wild , The Phantom Drifters and Philly's favorite psychedelic jam bands Caveman, and Felix Sarco

It's that next-level of cooperation, co-habitation and scene unity that Songspot.org and the Brotherly Shove Festival is looking to achieve.

Take heed. Promote wisely and liberally.

And stay free.

Peace and Respect

Joey Mahoney

Songspot LLC

O-215.965.7882

AM- 215.922.3567

C-609.254.4483

http://www.songspot.org
http://www.headspot.org
http://www.brotherlyshovefest.com
http://www.Thetroc.com

July 6th

Mainstage

all-ages/21 to drink

7-730 days like these www.myspace.com/dayslikethese

8- 830 Jealousy Curve www.myspace.com/jealousycurve

9-940 Fat city reprise http://www.fatcityreprise.com/

10-10:45pm Peppers ghost http://www.peppersghost.net/

Balcony

all ages/ 21 to drink

630-7pm Wash www.myspace.com/washrocks

730-8pm under your bed www.myspace.com/underyourbed

830-9pm Liam and me www.myspace.com/liamandme

930- 10pm Starskream www.Starskream.com

Afterparty 21 and over

11-1130pm Black market radio www.myspace.com/blackmarketradio

11:45--12 15 felix sarco www.myspace.com/felixsarco

1230-1:00 The Suburban Sound www.myspace.com/thesuburbansound

115-145 Simple & supreem http://www.simpleandsupreem.com/

friday july 7th

mainstage( allages) still contemplating the allages deal

7-730pm funky butter www.myspace.com/funkybutter

8- 830 disciples of groove http://www.disciplesofgroove.net/

9-945 Spanish blue www.myspace.com/spanishblue

10-10 45 pm Blue Sinatra www.myspace.com/bluesinatra

The room will be cleared for under 21

over 21/ after party

1115-1215 Quagmire swim team http://www.quagmireswimteam.com/

1245-1:45 Caveman http://www.cavemanlove.com/

balcony (over 21)

630-7pm Smiles project www.myspace.com/thesmilesproject

730 -8pm Mike Pinto www.myspace.com/littledistrict

830-9pm Foolin april www.myspace.com/fa

945-10;00 Danny Ozark www.myspace.com/dannyozark

10:45-1115 Dirty Diamond www.myspace.com/dirtydiamondmusic.com

Over 21 after party

1215-1245 Poorboy www.myspace.com/poorboyphilly

10 bands + (acoustic acts)

Saturday July 8th

powerpop/punkrock

doors @ 3pm

mainstage

330-4pm strike fire fall www.myspace.com/strikefirefall

430- 5 The New aggression www.myspace.com/thenewaggression

530-6 blue collar www.myspace.com/bluecollar

630-7 cause to confess www.myspace.com/causetoconfess

730-8 Loafass www.myspace.com/loafass

830-9 Buy star bombs www.myspace.com/buystarbombs

930-10 Trash light vision www.myspace.com/trashlightvision

1030-11 peelander z www.myspace.com/peelanderz

balcony

4pm -430 The Frantic www.myspace.com/franticmusic

5pm Gutter junkies www.myspace.com/guttersluts

6-pm Blessed muthas www.myspace.com/blessedmuthas

7pm A-division www.myspace.com/adivision

8pm anger and addiction www.myspace.com/angerandaddiction

9pm Live not on evil http://www.livenotonevil.com/

10pm Kitty Kat Dirt nap www.myspace.com/kittykatdirtnap

over 21 after party

1115-11 45pm Son of a gun www.myspace.com/sonofagun

1200-1245 Scare Ho /Mikey Wild www.myspace.com/scarehosucks www.myspace.com/mikeywild

100-130 The Phantom Drifters www.myspace.com/phantomdrifters

Sunday July 9th

Metal
BROTHERLY SHOVE FEST - NIGHT FOUR Sun. 7/09
MAINSTAGE:

NOOSPHERE
CARFAX ABBEY
HEAD
DARK DISCO CLUB
Last Day Dying
Oh The Horror
Notch 45

BALCONY:
From The Ashes
Se7en Heads
Sneak Across the Border
Mortal Decay
Godzero
Red Hill

Tix: $12.00 adv $14.00 dos Doors @ 3:00pm - All Ages