Cheap Dinosaurs

Cheap Dinosaurs Record Release Show at Boot & Saddle Oct. 18

Today, the psych/prog crew of Cheap Dinosaurs unveiled their new album, High Strangeness, and tonight, the quartet creeps into South Philly's Boot & Saddle. The band latest release navigates through a fantastical deep-forest, video-game resonating labyrinth. The pulsating beats ascribed to the combination of heavy yet precise backend-led trails and mysterious synths drive the quest toward its ultimate destination. The optimistic comfort of familiar terrain is temporarily shaken as ominous quaking tones enclose, while one proceeds deeper into the dimly lit terrain. They’ll bridge the gap between the pronounced, punk stomping of Tiny Vices and the intricately explosive, primal, post-hardcore surges of Georgia’s Cinemechanica, whom released a new self-titled album late last month. Boot & Saddle, 1131 S. Broad St., 8:30pm, $10, 21+ - Michael Colavita

&amp;lt;a href="http://cheapdinosaurs.bandcamp.com/album/high-strangeness"&amp;gt;High Strangeness by Cheap Dinosaurs&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;

Published: October 18, 2016 |

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Weekend Warrior, October 30 - November 1

Without a doubt, Halloween is our favorite holiday. And we know that you can’t wait to get into a little mischief this weekend. Where would we suggest for you to do that at? It’s tough to say with so many options. You can kick it old school tonight with legendary Philly punks The Dead Milkmen at The Troc and psych rockers Bardo Pond at JB’s, or go way back to the 8-bit sounds of your childhood with Cheap Dinosaurs and Chipocrite at MilkBoy Philly. There is a plethora of cover band bills to choose from so take your pick. Do you want to rock out with your genitals out (so PC, right?) with Ween (featuring members of On The Water, Post Sun Times & Sandcastle) at South Philly DIY (garage) space Cha-Cha’Razzi? Or is watching Vita and the Woolf’s Jen Pague throwing down with her best Sasha Fierce impersonation at MilkBoy Philly your bag? And of course, our old pal TJ Kong will be playing host to his 6^th annual Halloween Murder Show at Underground Arts. There’s a lot to consume in costume this weekend; however, we conveniently list the local activities for you below. - The Deli Staff

More places for mischief this weekend…

Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI Bardo Pond, Kohoutek, SAT An Evening with Sun Ra Arkestra

The Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) SAT Sonnder, Awaking Mercury, Last Full Measure

Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Into the Void, SAT Line Leader/Fame Lust, Elijvh Vrms, Jesse Tyler

PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12^th St.) FRI M AX NOI MACH, Haldol, SAT Cover Show: Laser Background, Lithuania

Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) FRI PhillyBloco, SAT TJ Kong Halloween Murder Show VI: TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb, Satellite Hearts, Pine Barons, Mercury Radio Theater (Ali Wadsworth + friends doing Aerosmith covers)

Union Transfer (1026 Spring Garden St,) SAT Tunji Ige, Dayo

The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) FRI The Dead Milkmen

World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI (Upstairs) Osler Circle Benefit For Children’s Hospital, SUN (Upstairs) (12pm) PROJECT Trio & Jacob Winterstein/(Upstairs) (8pm) Casey Alvarez/(Downstairs) (12pm) Sharon Katz & The Peace Train

Bourbon and Branch (705 N. 2^nd St.) FRI The Jawn, The Royal Noise, Aquatic Ape Theory, SAT Pink Slip Daddy, The Greg Phoenix Experience

The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Truant Minds, Rosabelle Believes, Wild By Law, SAT Halloween Cover Show: Adam Rivera (They Might Be Giants), Conversations (Tom Petty & Sheryl Crow), Brian Fitzy (Hall & Oates), SUN Mahatma X, André Altrez, Zaya

MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Cheap Dinosaurs, Chipocrite, Chronicles of Sound, SAT Halloween: Vita and The Woolf (as Beyonce), The Captain The Pilot The Driver (as The Traveling Wilburys), Pilkington (as Joan Jett), The Orange Drop (as Pink Floyd)

Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St) FRI Air is Human, Rexedog

Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) FRI DJ Royale, Francisco Collazo, SAT DJ Deejay

Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI American Schoolyard, SAT Brown Sugar

Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St) SAT DJ Sean Smoove

Franky Bradley’s (1320 Chancellor St.) FRI Illvibe Collective, SAT Lowbudget, Ed Christof, Ben Aire, SUN Pot Luck Cabaret

The Grape Room (105 Grape St) FRI Song Dogs, SAT The Funky T, Groove Merchants, Rick & MC, Bohka

Ardmore Music Hall (23 E. Lancaster Ave.) FRI Splintered Sunlight, Catullus (Rocky Horror Picture Show), SAT Start Making Sense: Talking Heads Tribute, Swift Technique (PRINCE VS. MORRIS DAY")

W/N W/N Coffee Bar (931 Spring Garden St.) SUN Abi Reimold, Shakai Mondai

The Pharmacy (1300/02 S. 18^th St.) SAT Cheerbleeders, Molly Rhythm

The Rotunda (4014 Walnut St.) FRI Dead, Old Scratch, Bohemian Mule

@714 (714 W. Girard Ave.) SAT Making Time: Pure Halloween

Cha-Cha'Razzi (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Ween Tribute (Featuring members of On The Water, Post Sun Times & Sandcastle), The Who (Impressionist), Cake (OhBree), Country Classics (Point Breeze Country Club)

Tie Factory (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Blood Sound

Girard Hall (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SUN Legs Like Tree Trunks, Vanillalord, Laser Background, Arthur Shea

Mantua Yacht Club (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Plainview (Weezer), Mike Pays Heat (Counting Crows), Darla

Published: October 30, 2015 |

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Clark Park Summer Solstice Festival

The Clark Park Summer Solstice Festival returns again this afternoon. For over 40 years, the West Philly community has been putting on special events at the beloved neighborhood meeting place. Today, you'll find an eclectic mix of music, dance and theater performances, arts and craft vendors, and children's activities. Headlining the fest will be Cheap Dinosaurs, Philly's premier chiptune outfit, led by Dino Lionetti. You'll also find garage-pop crew Frontyards, folk-pop singer-songwriter Liz de Lise, powerpopsters Sidewalk Atlas, and many others. Hopefully the festival gods will keep the rain away, but it's not looking promising so don't forget to bring your gear. Clark Park Bowl, 43rd St. & Chester Ave, 12pm, Free, All Ages - H.M. Kauffman

Published: June 20, 2015 |

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Enter Into the Fantastical Digital World of Cheap Dinosaurs at KFN May 20

Enter into the fantastical digital world of Cheap Dinosaurs this evening at Kung Fu Necktie. The local 8-bit supergroup, led by Dino Lionetti, create expansive jams that bring you back to those wonderful days of childhood where all you cared about was making it to the next level of whatever video game all your friends were playing at the time. Damn, I miss those days - such a simpler time. Well, you can feel that way once again at the Fishtown watering hole where Cheap Dinosaurs will be joined by psych-garage outfit Shape Breakers, another new experimental project from Bleeding Rainbow/I IM EYE MY’s Al Creedon called Life Image, and Chicago Krautrockers Verma. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 8pm, $5, 21+ - H.M. Kauffman

&lt;a href="http://8static.bandcamp.com/album/triangle-trash"&gt;triangle trash by Cheap Dinosaurs&lt;/a&gt;

Published: May 20, 2014 |

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Where Is My Mind?: Cheap Dinosaurs' Dino Lionetti & Paul Weinstein

Since forming Cheap Dinosaurs following the demise of his previous band Chromelodeon, Dino Lionetti and his bandmates have been broadening the chiptune horizons with epic, spacey, transformative jams. They are able to create expansive soundscapes despite challenging themselves by using potentially restrictive tools like a Game Boy. We sat down with Dino Lionetti and Chipocrite, a.k.a. Paul Weinstein, who is performing at North Star Bar this Saturday at 8static and plays bass in Cheap Dinosaurs, to talk game soundtracking, backing tracks, why chiptune is the punk of the electronic genre, and much more HERE.

&amp;amp;lt;a href="http://8static.bandcamp.com/album/triangle-trash"&amp;amp;gt;triangle trash by Cheap Dinosaurs&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;

Published: January 30, 2014 |

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