Indie

Me and my guitar. Songs are products of: Pennsylvania, being a middle brother, Catholic school, other countries, text messaging, Lydia Davis, basketball, heart break, youth, this New Yorker essay: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/05/28/120528fa_fact_grann etc.

Cat Sounds fuse danceable Motown beats with infectious powerpop hooks. Their debut EP is a short and sweet endnote to the 60s songbook.
Formed in early 2012, Cat Sounds features members of Boston bands Mount Peru and Seaplanes.

Los Burros Peligrosos are naturalized Somervillians and recent alums of the master's programs in ethnomusicology and composition at Tufts.  They bring a wide range of interests, instruments, and talents to their music, reflecting influences ranging from Boston to Brazil, Mauritania to Montana, Portland to Portugal.  Spacey vintage Fender Rhodes sounds anchor soaring cello melodies and beguiling polyglottic vocals while heavy metal basslines ravage the sonic landscape.

Jeremiah Birnbaum is a "rootsy, soulful troubadour" (Time Out, London) with his own brand of "raucous alt-country...a rabbi's son with a touch of whiskey burning his soul" (New York Magazine, Critic's Pick). His most recent release is "Lucky," recorded stripped-down and mostly live in the studio. By January 2013, the record reached #31 on the Roots Music Report charts for New York artists, receiving spins coast-to-coast on many independent folk radio stations, including WFUV in New York.

An n-piece band consisting of bass, bassoon, cello, piano, guitar, jaw harp, ukulele, and drums; the Novemberists are a powerhouse of musical ambition. Watch them as they amaze you with their eclectic repertoire of notes and chords, impress you with their ability to dress themselves, and blow you away with their high volume and energy.

Faith-inspired music

Everything And Everyone is a band for the rest of us. Not-so-equal parts folk, surf, and indie rock, they want to rock YOUR socks off this year at Porchfest. Inhabitants of Waltham, Allston, Billerica, and of course Somerville, this band has its collective ear to the ground, churning out fun-timey rock and roll for people or all shapes, sizes, colors, and pizza topping preference. If you've ever watched The Adventures Of Pete And Pete then you already are in-tune to the concept behind Everything And Everyone. Terrible at writing band descriptions, but great at telling dad jokes, they hope that YOU will come check them out on Lowell Street on May 18th!

The Somerville Ukulele Club (SUC for short) is the winsome threesome of Elizabeth Hoey, Abby Taylor, and Ashley Holtgraver. On concert and tenor ukes, glockenspiel and synthesizer, we play music for the people, by the people. Swoon and shake to our covers of the Smiths, Velvet Underground, R. Kelly, the Las, Carly Rae Jepsen, etc...

You'll also be witness to such original athletic lyricism as:
Hot dogs, hot dogs, hot off the grill in a toasty bun.
Hot dogs, hot dogs, once you see a hot dog you're having fun.

Come one, Come all, Come SUC with us!

Andrew Scandal is a singer and songwriter from Cambridge MA. Scandal combines indie-rock influences with electronic and soundscape sensibilities. Scandal has lived and performed in Cambridge, LA, NYC, Guatemala, and Puerto Rico. Andrew is joined by The Lightyears, a three-piece backing band providing edgy rythms and catchy guitar hooks to Andrew's songs.