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Memory Tapes

Fri., Feb. 19, 9 p.m., $10-$12, with Neon Indian and Making Time DJs, Voyeur, 1221 St. James St., 215-735-5772, igetrvng.com.

by K. Ross Hoffman

Published: February 16, 2010

electronic/pop

Something is happening in South Jersey. Without a car, without a phone, reportedly just hanging around the house with his 4-year-old, Davye Hawk (frontman of erstwhile Philly rockers Hail Social) has somehow cracked open music's gooey, gushing heart. The weird tapes that have been spilling out — across the Web, and all over last year's endlessly replayable Seek Magic — cast a spell that mere descriptions of their electro-indie-synth-gaze-disco-pop hybrid mangle can't hope to contain.

Fri., Feb. 19, 9 p.m., $10-$12, with Neon Indian and Making Time DJs, Voyeur, 1221 St. James St., 215-735-5772, igetrvng.com.

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