Every Thursday at 7 p.m., John Vettese takes XPN2 listeners for a musical tour of the Delaware Valley on the XPN2 Philly Local show. Here’s a recap of what we heard on this week’s installment. Like what you see? Listen again for an encore presentation this Sunday 2/05 from 7 to 10 p.m.!

7 p.m.

THE KEY STUDIO SESSIONS HOUR

Nicos Gun “New Explosion” (July 2011 session)

Lantern “America Is My Zoo” (September 2011 session)
The Shackeltons “Mum” (February 2011 session)
The National Rifle “It’s Just Whiskey Mama” (May 2011 session)
Restorations “Val D’or” (August 2011 session)

Featured session with Univox
“Better Off By Myself”
“Mary”
“Eat, Drink, Eat, Drink, Sleep, Sleep, Sleep”
“What’s More”
“Tonight”

Slutever “So Prone” (April 2010 session)
Grimace Federation “With All Deliberate Speed” (January 2011 session)
Moon Women “An Apostrophe” (January 2011 session)

The Atomic Square “Rising Tides” (September 2010 session)
Arches “Headlights” (July 2011 session)

8 p.m.

Hop Along “Tibetian Pop Stars” (Get Disowned, 2012)

Bandname “Ocean Song” (split 7″ with Shat Shorts, 2012)
DRGN King “Grey Stars (ft. Asaad)” (digital single, 2010)
Eat Your Birthday Cake “You With That Short Hair” (Enemies, 2011)
Cuddle Magic “Jason” (Info Nympho, 2011)
Brown Recluse “March to Your Tomb” (Evening Tapestry, 2011)

The Roots “Rhymes and Ammo” (Phrenology , 2003)
Burberry Possums “Wonderful” (Fix It, 2011)
Gracie “Southern Place” (Treehouse , 2012)
Tours “IJS” (See the Signal EP, 2012)

Greg PORN “Salud” (Porn and Dame Vol 1., 2012)
Resistor “Video Games” (digital single, 2012)

Dumhi “Squeeze (feat. Reef the Lost Cauze)” (Yoga at Home, 2008)
Patty Crash “Renegade” (digital single, 2012)

9 p.m.

Plastic Little “Get Close (King Honey remix)” (She’s Mature, 2006)

Roomtone “Your Golden Crown” (digital single, 2012)
Pet Milk “Phantom Lovers” (Philadelphia Punklife, 2011)
Speed Skating “I Know” (demos, 2011)
Writtenhouse “But It’s Cool Still” (digital single, 2012)
The Chimeras “Simone” (her, 2010)

White Birds “When Women Played Drums” (When Women Played Drums, 2012)
Penrose “Love Is All” (Live From Bleecker Street, 2012)
Heyward Hawkins “Praline County” (demo, 2012)
Naughty Naughty Nurses “Cuteasauras” (Naughty Naughty Nurses, 2006)
Ladies Auxiliary “Mysterious House” (On The Shadow, 2011)

The Trademark Experience “South Philly (You Gotta Love It)” (digital single, 2010 )
Moon Bounce “Telephone” (digital single, 2012)
Little Big League “Tokyo Drift” (digital single, 2011)

Sunny Ali and the Kid “Two Girls” (digital single, 2012)
Psychic Teens “Red” (Teen, 2011)

Tune in next Thursday, February 9, for more of today’s sounds of Philadelphia – including a featured Key Studio Session with country-tinged four-piece Arrah and the Ferns!

A few days after his father, Loudon Wainwright III releases his next album (“Older Than My Old Man Now” on April 17th) Rufus Wainright will put out his 7th studio album on April 23rd. It’s entitled “Out Of The Game” & it was produced by Mark Ronson.

-BB

Father & son perform together at the “House Of Rufus” Royal Opera House 7/21/11.

* It’s official: After being sidelined for the past five months due to vocal cord surgery, Adele will make her return to the stage at the annual Grammy Awards telelcast on February 12th. Adele says having the Grammys as her first performance since her surgery is “very exciting and of course nerve-racking, but what a way to get back into it all.” She has six nominations, including album of the year for “21″ and record of the year for “Rolling in the Deep.”

-BB

Bonnie Raitt and Sinead O’Connor both have new albums on the way.

Sinead’s new album, called How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? is being released on One Little Indian on February 20th. Here’s a new song, “Wolf Is Getting Married.”

Bonnie’s new album, Slipstream, is being released in April and is her first album in seven years and was produced by Joe Henry. Below, listen to her cover of the Gerry Rafferty song, “Right Down The Line”

It was a true act of synchronicity on the XPN Morning show today. Just as singer-songwriter Suzzy Roche was preparing to perform live on the XPN Morning Show with Michaela Majoun, I coincidentally found & reported on a story from the Paste Magazine website that Suzzy’s ex- Loudon Wainwright III is releasing his 22nd album entitled, “Older Than My Old Man Now” on April 17th.

This effort is a real family affair for Loudon because Suzzy, along with Loudon’s children (Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Lucy Wainwright Roche and Lexie Kelly Wainwright) and his other ex-wife Ritamarie Kelly also contributed to the new album.

By the way Suzzy Roche has written her first novel entitled “Wayward Saints”

-BB