MEET JOEY SWEENEY

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Once again, Philebrity.com is proud to curate the music lineup for the Art Star Craft Bazaar, to be held on May 10 and 11 at Penn's Landing on the waterfront in Philadelphia. The event is free to attend, features over 100 local & national artists selling their wares, and live music on the big stage at the Great Plaza! Here's this year's lineup and set times:

SAT. MAY 10
LIZ & THE LOST BOYS 1PM
THE LEVEE DRIVERS 2PM
KHARI MATEEN 3PM
JOEY SWEENEY & THE LONG HAIR ARKESTRA 4PM
OLDERMOST 5PM

SUN. MAY 11
ACTON BELL 1PM
KWESI K 2PM
WILBUR 3PM
ROYAL SHOALS 4PM
JOHNNY SHOWCASE 5PM


For more info on all things Art Star Craft Bazaar, visit: http://www.artstarcraftbazaar.com/

Kate Moss Hologram

Sensual Pts 1 & 2

Today, we announce the release of Long Hair, Joey Sweeney's debut record for La Société Expéditionnaire, in collaboration with BITBY Records & Tapes. Long Hair is a Laurel Canyon-inflected singer/songwriter record for sure, but it's also a party of unlikely collaborators: Grammy award-winning salsa/tropical producer Aaron 'Luis' Levinson mans the controls, and mindbending rapper/producer Lushlife (aka Raj Haldar) penned string arrangements for the string trio that appears on the record. Long Hair drops on October 29, 2013.

About Joey Sweeney: 
Joey Sweeney has been writing songs and prose since he was a teenager in the 1980s. Over the years, he has fronted the groups The Barnabys and The Trouble With Sweeney, as well as recording and performing as a solo artist. Meanwhile, he's also written for a wide array of publications, including Salon.com, Philadelphia Weekly, the Philadelphia Inquirer and his daily perch, Philebrity.com, the cityblog he established in 2004 after a decade-long run as a rock critic.

His songs and records have received widespread critical acclaim over the years; of his last record with The Trouble With Sweeney, Fishtown Briefcase, Pitchfork said:

"[Sweeney] mixes autobiography and fiction against the group's 70s-inflected indie pop, resourceful- and unabashed- enough to digress into an E Street interlude or an AM-rock guitar coda." - Pitchfork.com

He's also garnered curse and praise as a writer of prose, having won the "AAN Award for Music Criticism" and appeared in Best Music Writing 2002.

From 2004 through 2010, Sweeney mostly shied from performing and recording, focusing instead on his role as Publisher & Editor of the website Philebrity.com. In 2011, however, Sweeney stepped back into his old role of singer/songwriter, this time fronting the rock band Arctic Splash. Joey Sweeney Your Life Is Calling compiles the best of everything before the Splash.

In early 2013, Sweeney went on to record Long Hair; he is also currently working on a novel and other prose projects.


Joey Sweeney online:
joeysweeney.tumblr.com/
www.facebook.com/veryrealjoeysweeney
@joeysweeney
la-soc.com/joeysweeney.html

When You Say My Name

Poor Boy's Shoes

Not Too Late

"Head On (Hold On To Your Heart)"
Written by Honus Honus
Original version appears on Man Man's On Oni Pond LP (Anti-)

Cover photo: Michael Bixler

For more Joey Sweeney tunes, follow on Soundcloud!
Or check out the new LP, Long Hair, on iTunes, Spotify, etc.
Vinyl LP available here: https://squareup.com/market/bitby/long-hair-joey-sweeney-full-length-album

Head On (Hold On To Your Heart)

Lovely

"Triumvirate" is the title track from the 2014 Double LP by Lewis & Clarke.
October 2014  La Société Expéditionnaire / The Manimal Group 
Order 'Triumvirate' 2xLP :: Companion Book :: CD :: Digital: 
 www.lewisandclarkemusic.com  
www.la-soc.com

Triumvirate

These are the final masters of the unreleased Laser Background LP "Correct."

Recorded at Gravesend Recordings within the Silent Barn in Brooklyn, NY
Produced & Mixed by Carlos Hernandez, Julian Fader & Andy Molholt
Mastered by Ryan Schwabe in Philadelphia, PA

All songs written by Andy Molholt

All songs performed by Andy Molholt, except:
Drums on all tracks by Julian Fader
Floor Tom on Track 7, Bass on Track 8, & Piano on Track 10 by Carlos Hernandez



Midnight Domestic

From the Long Hair LP.
Available on vinyl here: http://bitby.tv/shop/joey-sweeney-long-hair/

Hold My Breath For Thee

Annie Higgins: piano/vocals
Jason Toth: drums
Joshua Dumas: electronics
James Falzone: clarinet

Engineered by Alex Inglizian at Experimental Sound Studios
Mastered by Peter Andreadis at All City Mastering

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Weatherman

Wild Geese

Arctic Splash feat. Joey Sweeney - Black Ice

Wave Analogy

The first song I ever learned: George Gershwin’s “Summertime”

“Summertime” is originally composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess.

<h4>Summertime (George Gershwin cover)
Self-Written & Produced</h4> 
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/khari-mateen/id169689500">Download</a>  |  <a href="http://open.spotify.com/artist/62KfmfXCMVP2kOsZi4j39u">Spotify</a>  |  <a href="http://www.rdio.com/artist/Khari_Mateen/">Rdio</a>  |  <a href="https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bmerun2cou7mhgsg54jkxiygvzm&tid=song-Tofesrldnfbvdpunbkuqib7jvgi/">Google Play</a>  |  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Qualia-Fall-EP-Khari-Mateen/dp/B00GSRXF38/ref=sr_1_5/190-0512622-4670531?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&sr=1-5&keywords=Khari+Mateen">Amazon</a>  |  <a href="http://thelunchroom.bandcamp.com">Bandcamp</a>

released 13 January 2013
instrumentals: Khari Mateen
vocals: Khari Mateen
Produced by Khari Mateen
Label: <a href="http://thelunchroom.com">The Lunchroom</a>

Do you like what you hear?  Sharing my music is the best way you can help me:  

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I greatly appreciate your time and support.

Lyrics:

Summertime,
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high

Oh, Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry

One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings
And you'll take to the sky

But until that morning
There's a'nothing can harm you
With your daddy and mammy standing by

Summertime,
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high

Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry

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Summertime - FREE (George Gershwin cover)

Joey Sweeney has been writing songs and prose since the 1980s. Over the years, he has fronted the groups The Barnabys and The Trouble With Sweeney, as well as recording and performing as a solo artist. Meanwhile, he’s also written for a wide array of publications, including Salon.com, Philadelphia Weekly, the Philadelphia Inquirer and his daily perch, Philebrity.com, the cityblog he established in 2004 after a decade-long run as a rock critic. 

His songs and records have received widespread critical acclaim over the years; of his last record with The Trouble With Sweeney, Fishtown Briefcase, Pitchfork said “[Sweeney] mixes autobiography and fiction against the group’s 70s-inflected indie pop, resourceful— and unabashed— enough to digress into an E Street interlude or an AM-rock guitar coda.” He’s also garnered curse and praise as a writer of prose, having won the AAN Award for Music Criticism and appeared in Best Music Writing 2002.

From 2004 through 2010, Sweeney mostly shied from performing and recording, focusing instead on his role as Publisher & Editor of the website Philebrity.com. In 2011, however, Sweeney stepped back into his old role of singer/songwriter, this time fronting the rock band Arctic Splash. Joey Sweeney Your Life Is Calling compiles the best of everything before the Splash. 

In early 2013, Sweeney went on to record Long Hair, with Grammy award-winning producer Aaron ‘Luis’ Levinson, Lushlife aka Raj Haldar, and others. His current outfit, Joey Sweeney & The Neon Grease are presently in the midst of a run of singles inspired by neon, and grease.