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May 13, 2013

52nd Annual Philadelphia Folk Fest

We are pleased to announce we will be playing on the main stage of the 52nd Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival on Friday August 16th. This is sure to be a great event. Thanks to Philadelphia Folksong Society and Point Entertainment for having us.

Full line-up: 

Richard Thompson Electric Trio - The Mavericks - Carolina Chocolate Drops - Jake Shimabukuro - David Uosikkinen’s In the Pocket:  The Essential Songs of Philadelphia - Black Prairie – Luella & The Sun – Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band - Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars – Spirit Family Reunion – Sleepy Man Banjo Boys - The Stray Birds – Star & Micey – Otis Taylor – Caravan of Thieves - Amy Helm – Jeffrey Gaines – Gabe Butterfield – Ellis Paul – Del Barber - The Como Mamas – Burning Bridget Cleary – Andy Statman Project – Ben Vaughn - Runa – David Francey – Frank Fairfield – Joe Crookston & the BlueBird Jubilee - The Toy Hearts – The Amigos Band – Mike ‘Slo-Mo’ Brenner - XPN Philly Local with Helen Leicht featuring Ali Wadsworth, Juston Stens and the Get Real Gang, Modern Inventors, Ginger Coyle - Aereo-Plain (w/Phil D'Agostino, Brad Hinton and more) - The Lawsuits - Toy Soldiers - Great Groove Band - Dennis Hangey – Give and Take Jugglers - and your legendary host Gene Shay!

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May 1, 2013

Friday May 3rd at Johnny Brenda's

We are really looking forward to joining fellow Philly natives, Grandchildren, for their album release show at Johnny Brenda's on Friday May 3rd.  The album, "Golden Age" was co-produced by Chris Powell of Man Man and Bill Moriarty (who produced our upcoming full-length, "Cool Cool Cool").  This looks to be quite a fun night for not only those in attendance, but the bands themselves.

Laser Background starts things off, followed by The Lawsuits, before closing the night with Grandchildren. Also, co-producer Chris Powell will embody DJ POW POW and will be spinning throughout the whole night.

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Apr 16, 2013

|NEW MUSIC|

The first taste of our new album "Cool Cool Cool" is available exclusively at WXPN. Click below to listen/download "Onion". Find us on Twitter & Facebook and tell us what you think.

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Mar 7, 2013

Download: WXPN Key Studio Session

Our Key Studio Session is being featured all week on xpn.org. Head on over to The Key to download the session, browse photos, and watch a video of one of the songs.  Our thanks to John Vetesse over at XPN for inviting us in and producing the session. 

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Mar 5, 2013

We're Live on WXPN Tonight

If you are in the greater Philadelphia area, tune in to 88.5 WXPN around 9:30pm tonight to hear us perform 4 songs live from our Key Studio Session recorded in the World Cafe Performance Studio.  For our out of market friends, stream it online at xpn.org.

Tomorrow on The Key at XPN, the songs will be available for download.  You will also get to see a video of one of the songs.

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Feb 20, 2013

TSI "Philly Indie Band of the Year"

We'd like to thank Tri State Indie for hosting such a fantastic day at World Cafe Live Philadelphia.  A major thanks also goes out to all of our friends, family, listeners, and beyond for voting us Philly Indie Band of the Year.

Photos from our set at the pre-party hydrated by vitaminwater® coming soon

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Jan 22, 2013

Concert Review by Root Down in the Shawdow

Writer Dan McGurk reviews a performance during The Lawsuits' most recent visit to MilkBoy in Philadelphia. He also shares some insight into the band's somewhat unique writing process.

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