{"id":32154,"date":"2019-07-18T10:15:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T14:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=32154"},"modified":"2019-07-19T08:23:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T12:23:11","slug":"on-stage-ladybug-festival-comes-to-wilmington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=32154","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Ladybug Festival comes to Wilmington"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s time once again for the Ladybug Festival (Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware, https:\/\/theladybugfestival.com<\/a>) \u2013 a free two-day festival held on Market Street in downtown Wilmington.<\/p>\n

The eighth annual all-female festival will feature more than 60 musical acts on approximately 20 stages on July 18 and 19.<\/p>\n

Main Stage performers for July 18 are Lefty The Greatest, Joy Ike SIRSY, Jessica Latshaw, and Ladybug Festival Band, and Ladybug Festival Band.<\/p>\n

Some of the other top-flight acts slated to perform on Thursday night are Angela Sheik, Victoria Watts, Katie Barbato, Lisa Jeannette, Stacy Gable, Aubrey Haddard, Gabby Z, Melanie Brul\u00e9e, and Hot Breakfast.<\/p>\n

The festival\u2019s main day is July 19 with the major headline acts set to play on the Crown Stage at The Queen. The line-up for the concert at The Queen features Nalani & Sarina, Big Fat Meanies, Hoochi Koochi, Thrillchaser and Braxton Hicks.<\/p>\n

Several nationally acclaimed acts will be headlining other venues on Friday such as Phoebe Legere at Christina Cultural Arts Center, Sweet Leda at Stitch House Brewery, Ginger Coyle at Loma Coffee, Danielia Cotton at DCAD Lobby and Katherine Rondeau at Starbucks on Market.<\/p>\n

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Nalani & Sarina<\/p><\/div>\n

Nalani & Sarina have been building a huge fan base in the Mid-Atlantic region for the last five years. The duo has performed at a variety of venues around the area \u2014 including Kennett Flash, the Eagleview Concert Series in Exton, World Caf\u00e9 Live at the Queen, and the Ladybug Festival. The highly talented twins, who are in their early 20s, have already established themselves as top-flight vocalists, songwriters, and multi-instrumentalists.<\/p>\n

They have self-released several well-crafted albums and singles prior to taking it to another level with their latest album called \u201cThe Circle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started our own label \u2013 Telepathy Records\/Kobalt \u2014 and signed a distribution deal with AWAL,\u201d said Nalani. \u201cThey\u2019re a good company for independents because they let you keep your rights and you keep control. AWAL is part of Kobalt, which is a label servicing company that handles publishing, licensing and a ton of services.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sisters graduated from high school with honors but never looked to continuing their education on in college.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe graduated early from Hunterdon Central High a few years ago and we\u2019ve been doing music ever since,\u201d said Nalani.<\/p>\n

With roots based in rhythm-and-blues, soul, rock and especially funk, the sisters create vocal harmonies that only twins can make.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re identical twins,\u201d said Sarina. \u201cWe both started playing classical piano when were six and then studied operatic vocals when we were in sixth grade.<\/p>\n

\u201cClassical music and opera provided good basics for us. Our mom was a folkie, so we listened to a lot of folk music when we were young \u2014 great songwriters like Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan. And, we\u2019ve listened to a lot of classic rock.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always have the funk. It\u2019s impossible for us to keep the funk out. We\u2019ve always had funk in our blood. We play shows with just the two of us, it always sounds more singer-songwriter. When we do shows with our band, it gets funkier.<\/p>\n

Video link for Nalani & Sarina \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/77tnYL-htDc<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Phoebe Legere<\/p><\/div>\n

Phoebe Legere is a talented singer, songwriter, instrumentalist \u2014 a multi-talented artist who is like no other.<\/p>\n

The descriptive word \u201cunique\u201d is often misused \u2013 frequently as an unsubstantiated hyperbole. When used to describe Legere, it is \u201cspot on\u201d \u2013 and still a little inadequate.<\/p>\n

Legere, who has released close to 20 albums, plays seven instruments including one she invented to help physically challenged children play music \u2014 the Sneakers of Samothrace.<\/p>\n

Phoebe Legere is a Juilliard-trained composer in addition to being an internationally recognized visual artist. She offers small collectible paintings after each performance. Each original artwork has a CD embedded within it.<\/p>\n

Her most recent album \u201cHeart of Love\u201d is a hymn to life on the American Highway \u2013 and a Top 20 Americana album.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe musical genre is folk\/Americana,\u201d said Legere, during a phone interview from upstate Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

\u201cI play guitar, Native American flute, piano and accordion. It was released on February 14, 2017 and immediately went Top 20 on the roots charts. It\u2019s all originals \u2013 except for my cover of \u2018Jambalaya.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Legere\u2019s music is a blend of Americana, Cajun, New Orleans jazz, country, folk and blues. She is an award-winning accordion player, virtuoso piano player, a rural folk blues guitar stylist, and an award-winning songwriter.<\/p>\n

A standard-bearer of the Acadian-Cajun renaissance, Legere is descended from one of the original Acadian families in North America.<\/p>\n

Her album \u201cAcadian Moon,\u201d which was released in 2015, received strong radio play in Canada. \u201cHeart of Love\u201d is faring even better \u2013 on both sides of the Canadian-American border.<\/p>\n

\u201cA DJ friend of mine gave me a list of every Americana station in America \u2013 and a list of college stations,\u201d said Legere, who has performed at prestigious venues around the world including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and at the Congr\u00e9s Mondial Acadien.<\/p>\n

Legere, whose debut album \u201cTrust Me\u201d was released by Epic Records in 1986, has a long and diverse artistic resume. She has appeared on National Public Radio, CBS Sunday Morning, ABC, NBC, PBS and Charlie Rose. She also received the prestigious Acker Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2014. In 2015, she appeared in HBO\u2019s documentary \u201cIt\u2019s Me Hilary.\u201d<\/p>\n

While still in her teens, Legere was signed Epic Records as a songwriter. She opened for David Bowie on his National Tour in 1991 and led a number of influential New York bands, including Monad, 4 Nurses of the Apocalypse and her nine-piece swing-punk outfit Swingalicious.<\/p>\n

After the radio success of her 1989 album \u201cMarilyn Monroe\u201d (Island Records), and her appearance in numerous underground films, Legere shifted her focus to avant-garde classical music and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for her work with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony.<\/p>\n

Legere, who has had six of her original plays with music produced in New York City, did not enter the world of entertainment unprepared.<\/p>\n

She graduated from Vassar College, studied composition at the Juilliard School. She also studied piano at the New England Conservatory, and film scoring, orchestration and jazz arranging at the NYU Graduate School of Music Composition.<\/p>\n

Legere studied composition with John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet, Morton Subotnick, Wayne Oquin and Dinu Gezzo. She also studied jazz arranging with Ira Newborn and Rick Shemaria.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got involved in very avant-garde music more than 15 years ago,\u201d said Legere, a versatile artist who created a 15-person, rideable giant Eagle sculpture that runs on alternative energy (learn more about The Shamancycle at Shamancyle.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cI did an epic poem with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra \u2013 singing the poem and improvising the music.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another of her many projects, Legere is the executive director of her own nonprofit organization \u2014\u00a0The Foundation for New American Art.<\/p>\n

The Foundation for New American Art is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation that fosters art and music education programs geared to underserved communities.<\/p>\n

The goal is to educate, nurture and strengthen the artistic and musical spirit of the children of low-income communities, as well as provide support for after-school programs.<\/p>\n

She visits schools, military bases, libraries with encouraging workshops \u2014 most notably her \u201cSongwriting from The Heart.\u201d Proceeds from Legere\u2019s lectures and public performances will go to The Foundation for New American Art.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am dedicated to nurturing the visionary artists of the future,\u201d said Legere. \u201cArt and Music are not extra-curricular. Art and Music are integral to the harmonious development of the human heart and soul.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Phoebe Legere \u2013\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/phoebelegeremusic\/videos\/10156201180756466\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Most of the time, the Candlelight Theatre (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware,\u00a0302- 475-2313,\u00a0www.candlelighttheatredelaware.org<\/a>) is just what its name implies. It is a theater that specializes in high-quality plays with talented casts \u2013 a dinner theater with a sumptuous buffet.<\/p>\n

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Brad Trackman<\/p><\/div>\n

But, one night each month, it becomes something entirely different. It becomes the Candlelight Comedy Club.<\/p>\n

This month\u2019s Comedy Club night is scheduled for July 18 with veteran comedian Brad Trackman as the headline act.<\/p>\n

Trackman is a national touring comedian who has been featured as a stand up on CBS\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThe Late Late Show\u00a0with Craig Ferguson,\u201d\u00a0\u201cComics Unleashed\u201d\u00a0with Byron Allen, \u201cStar Search\u201d\u00a0with Arsenio Hall, AXS TV\u2019s\u00a0\u201cGotham Comedy Live,\u201d NBC\u2019s\u00a0\u201cLater,\u201d and MTV\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThe Buried Life.<\/p>\n

He has also been featured \u201cNew Joke City\u201d\u00a0with Robert Klein, NBC\u2019s\u00a0\u201cFriday Night\u201d\u00a0and numerous appearances on\u00a0Comedy Central.<\/p>\n

Trackman also had his own commercial campaign on\u00a0Spike TV\u00a0where he played the fictitious Presidential Candidate Biff Wolanski.<\/p>\n

Trackman grew up in Medford, New Jersey and relocated to New York City. After graduating from New Jersey\u2019s Shawnee High School, he moved to Manhattan to study theatre.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to the American Academy of Performing Arts in Manhattan,\u201d said Trackman, during a phone interview Monday evening from his home in Mount Laurel, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a saying that you can take the boy out of New Jersey but you can\u2019t take New Jersey out of the boy. With Trackman, you couldn\u2019t even keep the boy out of New Jersey.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was living in New York City before I got married,\u201d said Trackman. \u201cI lived 15-16 years in the city doing stand-up. Then, with a wife, a kid and two dogs, I moved back to Burlington County. We have a house here and it\u2019s a nice location \u2013 close to New York, Atlantic City and Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

\u201cBack when I finished my studies at the American Academy of Performing Arts, I didn\u2019t know what I was going to do. I graduated with a degree in theater and it was worthless.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was selling shoes at Bergdorf-Goodman, I was dating a girl who was a cheerleader at the University of Delaware for four years. She insisted that I stop selling shoes and pursue something creative.\u201d<\/p>\n

Theater may not have been the right path for Trackman, but stand-up comedy was.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took a stand-up comedy class with Stephen Rosenfield,\u201d said Trackman. \u201cIt\u2019s strange. He never even went on a stage but he\u2019s a great writer and I learned a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stephen Rosenfield is the Director of the\u00a0American Comedy Institute. He coaches and directs performers ranging from beginners to Emmy and Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated star talent.<\/p>\n

The accomplishments of Stephen Rosenfield\u2019s students include starring roles in movies, network and premium cable television series, commercials, Broadway and off-Broadway productions, and hosting their own radio programs.<\/p>\n

Trackman started his career in New York City and was a regular at The Comedy Cellar, Gotham, The Comic Strip Live, Carolines on Broadway and Stand Up NY. He also has been a regular in Atlantic City at the Borgata Casino and Las Vegas at Brad Garrett\u2019s comedy club in the MGM casino.<\/p>\n

Trackman has also opened for such legendary comedians as\u00a0Joan Rivers,\u00a0Robin Williams,\u00a0Dana Carvey\u00a0and\u00a0Weird Al Yankovic.\u00a0\u00a0One of his most impressive appearances was headlining\u00a0\u201cThe Radio Shack Net Together Concert\u201d in Times Square.\u00a0He was on a Jumbotron which was also simulcast in San Francisco on a Jumbotron there.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy agent said that they picked me for the Net Together show because I was squeaky clean,\u201d said Trackman. \u201cI\u2019ve gotten a lot of work because I can work clean \u2013 squeaky clean. I\u2019ve performed at churches, christenings and synagogues.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of my comedy us autobiographical stuff. I have a relatable universal connect with my audience. I talk about my wife, having a kid\u2026real-life observational stuff. It\u2019s worked for me because I\u2019ve been working full-time as a comic for 23 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t try to be topical. I like to write stuff for my act that will last for a while rather than something that lasts for a few months or a few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trackman has two comedy albums of him headlining The D.C. Improv which were produced by XM Sirius comedy programmer Joel Haas. Both are\u00a0critically acclaimed\u00a0and available on iTunes.<\/p>\n

Most recently, he\u00a0became a published author with a major book deal with Post Hill Press\/Simon & Schuster. \u00a0He wrote the biography of shock jock\u00a0Anthony Cumia\u00a0who was part of the legendary radio show\u00a0Opie and Anthony. \u00a0The book, entitled\u00a0Permanently Suspended, is available online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just finished writing my first book,\u201d said Trackman. \u201cNow, I\u2019ve just started writing my first novel which maybe will eventually become a screenplay. That\u2019s how it happens a lot of times \u2013 novels become screenplays.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Brad Trackman — https:\/\/youtu.be\/hvxgGevA8Sk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the show at the Candlelight Comedy Club, which has Joe Pollizzotti as the opener and Shari Franklin as the emcee. Tickets are $30.<\/p>\n

Pepper, Iration and Common Kings are three of many California-based bands that share the common influences of rock, reggae, punk and reggae rock. However, a small number of these bands have another unique bond that links them \u2013 roots based in South Pacific Islands.<\/p>\n

All of the members of Common Kings have Polynesian roots \u2014\u00a0Samoa, Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga and Hawaii. Pepper and Iration have a closer bond with all band members being natives of the Hawaiian Islands.<\/p>\n

Iration and Pepper will share the bill on July 18, when Fillmore Philadelphia (1100 Canal Street, Philadelphia, 215-309-0150, www.thefillmorephilly.com<\/a>) hosts \u201cIration Live From Paradise! Summer Tour with Pepper.\u201d The 43-date outing, featuring special guests Pepper, Fortunate Youth and Katastro, marks the group\u2019s largest tour to date since its formation nearly 15 years ago.<\/p>\n

The shows feature a mix of hits and rarities off<\/p>\n

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Iration<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2019s six studio albums, including their most recent self-titled release from 2018 (Three Prong Records). The line-up of the Hawaiian-bred, California-based band includes Micah Pueschel (lead vocals\/guitar), Adam Taylor (bass), Joe Dickens (drums), Cayson Peterson (keyboards), Micah Brown (guitar\/vocals) plus touring member Drake Peterson (trumpet).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe released the self-titled album last year,\u201d said Pueschel, during a recent phone interview from a tour stop in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cut a new single in April or March \u2013 just before we left for the first leg of the tour. We wrote it last year right after we put out the album. We started writing right away after the album was done.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re approaching eight or nine songs for the next album \u2013 half are done, and half are still in progress. We have kind of a different sound on the new songs. We want to keep growing. \u2018Chill Out\u2019 has a jazzy and funky feel. It\u2019s a lot of fun for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cChill Out,\u201d the new single which Iration released on its own Three Prong Records, is a melodic rock track about self-love and acceptance.<\/p>\n

According to Pueschel, \u201cChill Out\u2019 is a song about feeling comfortable in your own skin. So many people today are out there trying to be something that they aren’t, and we wanted to make a song that tells people that it’s okay to be you. It’s okay to be different. As long as you accept yourself, you can always get through it.”<\/p>\n

Iration is a reggae-style band formed by six friends who grew up together in Hawaii, the home of traditional slack key guitar music and highly commercialized hula songs.<\/p>\n

Even though the members if Iration attended the same high school in Waimea, Hawaii, they did not come together to form a band until they were all attending college in California.<\/p>\n

What started out as a hobby grew into a band. Iration, whose sound draws direct inspiration from roots reggae bands like Culture and Black Uhuru, is out on tour with several like-minded, reggae-influenced alt-rock bands.<\/p>\n

Iration, which performed in Chester County six years ago at the now-defunct club The Note in West Chester, plays roots music even though the roots are not on their home island.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all are familiar with Hawaii\u2019s great music,\u201d said Pueschel. \u201cIf you grew up in Hawaii, you\u2019ve listened to Gabby Pahinui, Koala Beamer and Cyril Pahinui.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the sound you grew up with. You hear slack key (music) all the time. We go back to Hawaii a few times a year.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Pueschel composes songs for Iration, he taps into a variety of influernces.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do most of the song writing,\u201d said Pueschel. \u201cWhen I\u2019m writing, most of the time, I\u2019ll start with a guitar and strum around until I find something I like. I\u2019ll go from there and sing gibberish in places where lyrics should be. Other times, I\u2019ll get a phrase that I put on my iPhone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iration has branched out beyond the world of domestic reggae.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think our sound has definitely come around to a broader spectrum of sound \u2014 less reggae,\u201d said Pueschel. \u201cIt\u2019s a wider range of music but still has the elements of reggae. We\u2019ve always been a band that listens to everything. We like good songs. We\u2019re not genre purists.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur music and this type of tour is made for summer. We go back a long way with Pepper. They took us on our first national tour in 2008 so it\u2019s come full circle. We\u2019ve had a long relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pepper is a Southern California-based band from Kona and is comprised of Kaleo Wassman (Vocals, Guitar), Bret Bollinger (Bass, Vocals), and Yesod \u201cYee\u201d Williams (Drums, Vocals). For 20 years, the trio has travelled around the world performing to sold out crowds. Garnering critical acclaim and amassing a dedicated fan base along the way. And \u201cWarning\u201d is just the beginning with so much more to come.<\/p>\n

Recerntly, Pepper\u00a0released its eighth studio album \u2013 \u201cLocal Motion\u201d — via\u00a0the band\u2019s LAW Records. Bringing the vibe back to their reggae rock roots, the new album is stacked with hot collaborations.<\/p>\n

\u201cLocal Motion\u201d\u00a0pays tribute to the many days and weeks the three friends spend on the road touring, and the relationships forged both with their fans and the music community alike.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cut \u2018Local Motion\u2019 in the last half of 2018,\u201d said Williams, during a recent phone interview from his home in California\u2019s South Bay area.<\/p>\n

Recorded at Great Stone Studios, Sea Major Seven, and the band\u2019s own studio, Kona Town Recording, \u201cLocal Motion\u201d featured a more collaborative approach to production compared to previous releases.\u00a0\u00a0These collaborations included long-time friends Stick Figure, E.N. Young, and Micah Brown of Iration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a lot of back-and-forth with producers,\u201d said Williams. \u201cWe wanted to hear what different producers would do with the songs. We had four different producers pick songs they were emotionally gravitating toward. We wanted to keep them passionately involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded \u2018Neighborhood\u2019 and \u2018Truth\u2019 with Noah Krohn. We cut \u2018Warning\u2019 and \u2018Carnaval\u2019 at a studio in Oakland. Dave from Dirty Heads (David Foral) produced \u2018Brand New Day.\u2019 Wayne Lothian did \u2018Sugar\u2019 with us and Jeff Nisen worked on \u2018We The People.\u2019<\/p>\n

Kaleo and Bret usually start a song with an idea on acoustic guitar and then we build the song. This time, we sent them straight to the producer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been a band for a long time, and we\u2019ve gotten set in our ways. Making this album was a different process. It was all over the place \u2013 in a good way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams and his mates knew that it was a good idea to move out of their comfort zone.<\/p>\n

According to Williams, \u201cWorking with the community on this album it led us to places musically we never would have gone on our own. You get set in your ways inevitably, muscle memory etc, so right away we were at a different starting point than normal, out of our comfort zone ready to grow, so the process of \u201cLocal Motion\u201d was very different, and the end result sounds like us condensed down to our purest form, for lack of a better term. All the fluff stripped away so it really is an illuminated version of our essence which just feels and sounds right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams explained the album\u2019s vibe.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was weird,\u201d said Williams. \u201cIt\u2019s a throwback but also a progression. The reggae vibe has always been in our music, so we wanted to go in that direction. Our fans always stay with us. We call our fans \u2018Pepper Ohana.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Ohana is an idea in Hawaiian culture. The word \u201cOhana\u201d means family in the Hawaiian language, but in a much wider sense, to include not only one’s closer relatives, but also one’s cousins, in-laws, friends, race, and other neighbours.<\/p>\n

Video link for Iration — https:\/\/youtu.be\/6KlAXLAPiU0?list=PLksQvtgGE_PN3Par1XIm6lXCnnF2uz_KJ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Video link for Pepper \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/mev_z2Ipxes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at The Fillmore, which features Iration, Pepper, Fortunate Youth, and Katastro, will start at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $30.<\/p>\n

More music with California punk rock in its DNA will be featured upstairs in the same building on July 18.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s summer 2019 and together PANGEA<\/p>\n

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together PANGEA<\/p><\/div>\n

is out on the road again. The veteran garage rock band is touring in support of its two new EPs \u2013 \u201cNon Stop Paranoia\u201d and \u201cDispassionate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tour will bring the trio — William Keegan, guitar, vocals; Danny Bengston, bass;\u00a0Erik Jimenez, drums — to the area for a show on July 18 at The Foundry at Fillmore Philadelphia (1100 Canal Street, Philadelphia, 215-309-0150, www.thefillmorephilly.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded these two EPs and a live acoustic EP in February last year,\u201d said Bengston, during a phone interview last week as the tour van headed across Nebraska. from Houston to New Orleans. \u201cWe recorded at Balboa Recordings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe songs happened over the course of six months to a year. We just had a batch of nine or 10 songs. We didn\u2019t know what it would turn into \u2013 an LP or some EPs.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur recording company was asking us to do acoustic versions of older songs. We did them in about a day and then started working on the EP songs. We did the bass and drums live and then worked on the overdubs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNon Stop Paranoia\u201d features five tracks with lyrics that reflect anxiety and paranoia in the age of misinformation. \u201cDispassionate\u201d is meant to soothe those anxieties with self-reflection and reminders of what we love and cherish.<\/p>\n

According to the band, \u201c\u2018Dispassionate\u2019 is the moon and \u2018Non Stop Paranoia\u2019 is the sun. These new songs are kind of the opposite of the last batch. They are calmer and self-reflective, and the style is influenced by the 50\u2019s and 60\u2019s revival that happened<\/p>\n

in the 80\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bengston explained the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as the songs started coming together and we got the first mixes, we realized these were two different types of songs,\u201d said Bengston. \u201cThe first five were keyboard songs and were more aggressive. The second five were more mellow.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the \u2018Dispassionate\u2019 songs, I just wanted to play around with more electronic sounds for a while \u2013 sort of like Devo. That was an excuse to experiment with sounds. Lyrically, there is a lot of stuff about the age of misinformation and fake news.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe songs in the second batch were more stripped and straightforward. Once we decided on making two separate EPs, we worked hard on making each one sound distinct. Then, we started doing whatever we could to make them cohesive.
\nPangea has had two constant members ever since its formation in Southern California in 2005.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always been William and I,\u201d said Bengston. \u201cWe\u2019ve been playing together since we\u2019ve been teenagers and we\u2019ve had drummers drop in-and-out. We all grew up in Santa Clarita and the band incubated at an art studio at CalArts (California Institute of the Arts in Valencia).\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for together PANGEA \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/KOfcfmqsPTw<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show, which has Tijuana Panthers w\/ Ultra Q as openers, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $17.<\/p>\n

Another upcoming show at Fillmore Philadelphia is Carly Rae Jepsen on July 20. Other upcoming shows at The Foundry are Miss May I on July 19, The Marias on July 21, Summer Salt on July 23, and New Hope Club on July 24.<\/p>\n

Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) will present Nikki Hill with Elastic Blur on July 18, Browntown Funk Dance Party on July 19, JACKETS IN JULY with James Manjo on July 20, Open Mic with guest host Michael Hahn on July 21, and Vassal\/Jac Conner\/Madeleine Anderson on July 23.<\/p>\n

The Steel City Coffee House (203 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 610-933-4043, www.steelcitycoffeehouse.com<\/a>) will host Chris Rattie & the New Rebels with The Quixote Project on July 19 and \u201cETC Theater Company Presents: Phunny in Phoenixville, A Night of Stand-Up\u201d on July 20.<\/p>\n

Chaplin\u2019s (66 North Main Street, Spring City, 610-792-4110,\u00a0http:\/\/chaplinslive.com<\/a>) hosts Tuesday Night Project on July 19 and<\/p>\n

Florida Wayne Band, Wake Up John, and Olivia Swenson on July 20.<\/p>\n

The Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 610-649-8389,\u00a0www.ardmoremusic.com<\/a>) will present Steal Your Peach on July 19 and Marah on July 20.<\/p>\n

The Keswick Theatre (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650,\u00a0www.keswicktheatre.com<\/a>) presents<\/p>\n

Little Steven And The Disciples of Soul on July 20.<\/p>\n

The Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/a>) will host Terry McBride with Michael Braunfeld on July 19, Live At The Fillmore (Allman Brothers Band Tribute) on July 20, Scot Sax & Suzie Brown on July 21, \u201cAbstract Anatomy: Circus\u201d on July 22, and Ali Awan with Kirby Sybert & Petite Sketches on July 24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times It\u2019s time once again for the Ladybug Festival (Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware, https:\/\/theladybugfestival.com) \u2013 a free two-day festival held on Market Street in downtown Wilmington. The eighth annual all-female festival will feature more than 60 musical acts on approximately 20 stages on July 18 and 19. Main Stage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7529],"tags":[11350,6518,6719,11349,5324,6806],"class_list":["post-32154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-d-arts-entertainment","tag-brad-trackman","tag-featured","tag-iration","tag-ladybug-festival","tag-nalani-sarina","tag-pangea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32154"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32157,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32154\/revisions\/32157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}