Indie

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.

John Bragg (vocals, guitar), Linnea Herzog (bass), Denny Kennedy (drums), Charlie Ray (keyboards), and Brendan O'Brien (banjo) blend their varied musical influences into one cohesive sound that ranges from driving rock and roll to country and folk to ambient soundscapes. Formed in Allston, MA in mid-2009, their first album "Chalk" was released on August 8th, 2011. They are currently recording a new album.

The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library is the world's only male-fronted, all-female, librarian-attired, downtempo, indie, ensemble-pop act featuring intricately constructed, tongue-in-cheek tortuous songs with an emphasis on narrative.

Genres: folk and indie rock, mostly acoustic; covers and originals.

Guitar & vocals: Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, Martin Hunter

*** Special Guest: The Porch Party Mamas ***

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPgtZbCNOxQ

When the Curtisian Late Show is picked up by a major TV network, we will be there to cheerily play the celebrity guest's theme song while they awkwardly cross the set, which is smaller in real life than it looks on TV.