Here’s BITBY’s April episode featuring Blayer Pointdujour and The Rockers Galore. The video captures the band performing the songs “Natty Onez” and “One Hit.” BITBY is also planning to team up with Little Berlin to start a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to open a community garden performance space in Kensington to be known as “The Fairground.” Deets for their Cinco De Mayo launch party can be found HERE. (Photo by Kyle Costill)

Below is the radio edit version of The Walkmen’s title track “Heaven.” The album will be available in the U.S. on June 5 via Fat Possum.

Tonight the Emoda Gallery will be hosting the garage punk and sweet harmonies of Cousin Brian, along with local hardcore act No Lessons Learned and DYING. Cousin Brian’s impressive debut full-length, appropriately titled First, originally surfaced in November 2011 and has since been reissued last month on vinyl via Mallrat Records, the brand new label launched by Slutever’s Nicole Snyder. The album features 11 tracks filled with irresistibly catchy guitar riffs, high-energy performances and surprisingly beautiful, feel good vocal harmonies. Their infectious up-tempo brand of garage rock and clean guitar sounds makes for a perfect soundtrack to this week’s summer-esque weather. On the darker side of the bill is No Lessons Learned. The West Philly-based 5-piece’s sound is reminiscent of the classic east coast hardcore of the 80s, with pummeling bass, aural-assaulting drumming, and loud distorted guitars all being played at break-neck speeds. Start your week right. Emoda Gallery, 302 Moore St., 8pm, $6, All Ages (Photo by Alexa Johnson) – Dan Brightcliffe

Exploding World will be performing tonight at The Level Room one of their few shows scheduled while they are recording a new full-length album. You can also expect a new track coming soon from the local area four-piece that they recorded at Cedar St. Studios with the free studio time that the band received from winning our Featured Artist(s) Poll. They’ll be sharing the bill this evening with Orlando garage-rock duo Hot Hands and Ithaca indie-punk outfit Why the Wire. The Level Room, 2102 Market St., 9pm, $6, 21+ – Alexis V.

Tonight 8static will be hosting their second show at PhilaMOCA, with another impressive bill of 8-bit and electronic artists. For those of you who don’t know, 8static is a chip music event that takes place on the second Saturday of each month and features performances by artists from around the world. This month’s lineup features the bass heavy dance grooves and Nanoloops of Disassembler (Honduras), the metal-influenced chip music of Shawnphase (Baltimore) and the ambient soundscapes of Trash80. Visual artist, Visualicious, will be providing the backdrop for this evening’s soundtrack with her unique take on digital art. In addition to the killer lineup, Dino Lionetti of Philly’s own Cheap Dinosaurs is holding a workshop class before the show teaching concert-goers how to compose their own 8-bit tunes in odd time signatures. You can showoff what you’ve learned throughout the evening at the open mic session immediately following tonight’s show. PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th St., 7pm, $7-10, All Ages – Dan Brightcliffe

Rock to the Future has an exciting fundraising event lined up today as it hosts its 1st Annual Race and Rock Scavenger Hunt today. The event kicks off at their home base in the afternoon, and gives teams the opportunity to race across Fishtown for the chance to win concert and sports tickets, bike gear, gift cards to several local businesses and other prizes. There will also be a raffle. Murph’s Bar will be donating 10% of the sales that they make after 6pm to the organization, and Cloud Entertainment will be hosting a music-filled after-party at Kung Fu Necktie. Cheers Elephant will be on hand to showcase tunes from their latest LP Like Wind Blows Fire, which features the song "Doin’ It Right" that the band recently cut a new music video for. Conversations with Enemies will be there to showcase ditties from their upcoming pirate and devil concept album that you still have a chance to help name. Vintage Kicks also might just preview some surf-dance-punk-fueled tunes from their new EP that they’ve been recording, and Plumes will offer up a refreshing blast of their spacegaze melodies. And it’s all for a good cause. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 3pm, $10 (Free with Race and Rock Scavenger Hunt Admittance), All Ages – Bill McThrill

Come check out the Data Garden: Quartet installation that will be going on all weekend in the Megawords exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art – tropical plants and you making electronic music (you bring your own drugs ;o)! If you missed our interview with the Data Garden crew yesterday, you can read it HERE. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th St. Benjamin Franklin Parkway, (FRI – SUN) 10am – 5pm, Free, All Ages – Q.D. Tran