Philly Music Fest x Ardmore Music Hall Presents Slaughter Beach, Dog with Hurry + Santa Chiara Monday, October 21, 2024 Ardmore Music Hall ** Click Here for Tickets to  Waxahatchee + @ at AMH on Tuesday 10/22 ** Seated Doors: 6:30 PM | GA Doors: 7:00 PM | Show: 7:45 PM All Ages About The Venue - Venue Map (GA & Seated Sections) - Food, Concessions + Drink Menus - Venue FAQ | Contact Info About Slaughter Beach, Dog Website | Facebook | Instagram | X (Twitter) | YouTube | Spotify | TikTok Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling is the latest addition to the Slaughter Beach, Dog canon, following four full-length releases and a handful of singles, EPs and live albums. Since his days as one of the frontmen of the much loved and critically adored band Modern Baseball, Ewald has been a prolific songwriter and road dog, with an ever-expanding fanbase across the globe. At the beginning of the pandemic, Ewald moved from Philadelphia, his home of a decade, to a house in the Poconos. With less distractions and a calmer mind, he filled his time taking long walks and listening to the likes of Neil Young, Randy Newman and Tom Waits. These classic songwriters inspired Ewald to take a quintessential approach to writing Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling and in July 2022, he gathered his bandmates at The Metal Shop, their longtime studio in Philadelphia. Ewald showed them songs he had written over the past two years on an acoustic guitar and the band played what they were hearing for each - emphasizing the instinctual, listening to each other, and above all adding parts to serve the song. Nashville indie folk songwriter Erin Rae lends her vocals to the songs as well, imbuing them with her rich harmonies. About Hurry Website | Facebook | Instagram When Matt Scottoline formed his band Hurry in 2012, he wasn’t even sure what power pop meant. “I only found out what it was because of Hurry’s drummer [Rob DeCarolis],” Scottoline says. “When we first started the band, he was like, ‘Oh, this is cool power pop music.’ I had no idea what he was even saying.” But these days, Scottoline knows exactly what power pop means, which is the inevitable byproduct of making it and engaging with its fervid fandom. It is loud, generally mid-tempo,hyper-melodic electric guitar music–and he is exceptionally good at it. Over the pandemic a scene of relatively young power pop bands coalesced on the social media platforms relatively young people use (i.e., Twitter and Instagram, not Facebook and the Steve Hoffman message boards). At the center of this Neo International Pop Overthrow is Hurry—and at the center of Hurry is Scottoline, whose latest album with the band, Don’t Look Back, proves you can make effortless, earnest, irresistible double-P without getting hung up on semantics. About Santa Chiara Website | Instagram | YouTube | Spotify santa chiara is imported, and her album is, too. Raised in the classical conservatories of Italy, where she was considered a child prodigy on the cello and toured with orchestras throughout Europe, moving to the United States was not a part of Chiara D’Anzieri’s life plan. At 3, she began playing musical instruments; at 13, she joined her first orchestra; at 16, she founded her first string quartet; and at 20, she left the conservatory to pursue her own interests outside the classical world. She taught herself guitar, bass, and drums, and studied the music of Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart, Velvet Underground, The Doors, and The Beatles. She nicknamed herself “Santa Chiara,” after her favorite monastery in Naples, to give her music a divine connection. As a female singer/songwriter, she faced backlash and misogyny, so she learned how to record and produce her own music. And at 24, just as she was on the verge of giving up her dreams, she met someone who would forever change her life’s trajectory: Her now-husband, American singer/songwriter Ron Gallo. About Philly Music Fest Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Philly Music Fest was founded in 2017 by Jenn and Greg Seltzer and is curated and produced by Greg Seltzer. Jenn and Greg are devoted Philadelphians, both raised in the Philadelphia region. Our mission is to host a music festival celebrating and featuring Philadelphia musicians – with a slight twist. By structuring Philly Music Fest as a non-profit, and eliminating compensation typically paid to a producer or promoter, we are able to pay musicians well to play the festival, then donate money to local music education for children. The beauty of Philly Music Fest is that in an effort to reinvest in the Philly music community, we all come together and enjoy a massive dose of live music, celebrating the music of Philadelphia. Philly Music Fest is committed to supporting music education for children, local musicians and independent music venues. Donate Here Join Ardmore Music Club | Private Events | AMH Merch