Another fundraiser for us! Help us to continue bringing eclectic & diverse sounds to Philadelphia! This evening will feature a performance by Settled Arrows outside (weather permitting) and a DJ set by DJ Robo Rob inside, For the evening Martha will create a special food item and a special drink, the proceeds of which will go to us. Hats will be passed!
We will start the evening with a video premiere on the Martha big screen of The Mirror by Claudia Hart, with music by Danielle DeGruttola. Danielle performed at the first ever Fire Museum Presents event on January 20th, 2001!
Settled Arrows is the music project of queer icon Empress Mars. For over a decade, Empress and team have made forward-thinking, emotionally relevant, conceptual chamber pop. Their 4th full-length of original material, NECTAR, will be released on September 20th. The album was engineered and co-produced by composer and musician, Roger A. Martinez. Mars and Martinez will be performing selections from the catalogue as well as improvising new material.
Over the past decade we’ve seen Andy Molholt join the ranks of Speedy Ortiz, play among Eric Slick’s band, and form Coughy, the Joyful Noise signed duo together with Julian Fader, but the one constant has always been Laser Background. His long running solo project started releasing albums back in 2013, evolving its psych pop path along the way, releasing four full length albums in the span of seven years. At some point after 2020’s Evergreen Legend album, Molholt felt it was time to call it a day on Laser Background. While it was sad to see the project come to an end during the pandemic (and without any grand send-off or fanfare), in reality, it was more the retiring of a name, and a chance for Molholt to start anew. Special World is that fresh beginning, a new solo project that explores similar psych territory as his last, but pushes further into alien terrain, opting for an experimental approach, bending melodic psych pop to the point of breaking. - Dan Goldin (Post Trash)
venue is wheelchair accessible
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