Congrats to Strand of Oaks, a.k.a. Tim Showalter, who just announce that he signed to one of his favorite labels (and ours too), Dead Oceans! Look out for a new record coming out in 2014. Cheers!

Check out this rad and rather violent animated video project called Exordium that was co-directed by Univox's Josh Jones! In the vein of "Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings and Fire & Ice (though certainly a bit of Heavy Metal and He-Man made its way in, too)," it was also written, co-directed, drawn by hand and animated by Morgan Galen King, and features some powerful music from Philly's own Strand of Oaks, Ice Dragon, and The Family Band's Jonn Ollsin. The video was submitted to the Machinima Interactive Film Festival.

Below is a strangely eerie, cinematic new music video from Strand of Oaks for the track "Satellite Moon," off his latest LP Dark Shores. It was directed by CJ Foeckler. (Photo by Zach Blum)

Last Thursday, Night Market and ART/GAGE joined forces to create one massive party on South Street. Though the food event had its usual really long lines for the more buzzed-about food trucks, there were still plenty of fine local acts (Strand of Oaks, Norwegian Arms, Night Panther & Circadian Rhythms), people watching and Sixpoint beers to keep us all entertained. You can check out a bunch of our sweet photos from the evening HERE.