Chris Harford and the revolving door of musicians known as the Band of Changes, featuring members of Dr. Dog and formerly of Ween, will be making a headlining appearance tonight at Johnny Brenda’s. The Bucks County local legend’s music has been a significant influence on the suburb’s music scene and beyond. With open, confessional lyrics that paint clear pictures zooming into focus on imperfections, he casts audio images that can lure audiences in. Harford and crew will also be supported by gentle giant Corey Duncan’s Oh! Pears and the energetic, born-in-the-wrong-time sounds of Toy Soldiers. Johnny Brenda’s 1201 Frankford Ave., 9pm, $10, 21+ – Michael Colavita

Update: Dean Ween will definitely be on guitar tonight as well as Eric Slick on drums as part of the Band of Changes.

Man Man’s Jamey Robinson is the mastermind behind Buffalo Stance, a synth/Moog lead scenario melding pop-driven songs that thrive on a conveyor belt of keys and rhythms with a twisted carnival edge and funky dance beats. The instrumental combinations can sometimes seem disjointed until you realize that exploring the connections is part of the music within itself. Buffalo Stance is the perfect cross between a haunted castle and an arcade. One never knows what to expect or were to expect it. However, sometimes playing the game is fun enough. Tadoma will also be screwing with your mind this evening, creating a continuously evolving setting that grows on the listener while morphing throughout the process. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 Frankford Ave., 8pm, $10, 21+ – Michael Colavita

Below is a message from our wacky pals at Norwegian Arms & Laser Background. The two outfits have joined forces for a Philly House Show Residency Tour in September & October. However, it is not your normal run of shows as you will see from the deets below.

Fresh off the release of his massively successful mixtape, Dreamchasers 2, Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill is coming back home on his “Dreams and Nightmares” tour to support his forthcoming LP of the same name. Unfortunately, Mill’s official major label debut’srelease date has been pushed back from August 28th to October 30th. In a recent interview on San Francisco radio station WiLD 94.9, the local emcee explained his reasons for delaying his much anticipated debut as such: “A lot of people have been shying away from the real rapping and hip-hop. When I come out with an album, I want to have a classic album.” Fans can hope to hear some tracks from this yet to be finished “classic album” along with other favorites tonight at the TLA on South Street. Theatre of Living Arts, 334 South St., 7pm/11pm, $57.50, All Ages – Dan Brightcliffe

Purling Hiss are headlining the last showcase that is part of R5’s Free Summer Concert series at Morgan’s Pier, ushering out the summer with creaky, crackly fuzz-rock whose colors bleed together like tie-dye. Led by lo-fi acolyte Mike Polizze (also from Birds of Maya), their recent single for Weathervane Music’s Shaking Through, "Lolita," is a departure from the band’s amorphous sound. Purling Hiss are still reminiscent of the early 90s, but the track sounds like it came from another band entirely. With a clear-cut swagger, and a plaintive, aggressive rant that rises above the grit of some truly raunchy guitar work, it’s strange to hear Purling Hiss sans static, fuzz pedals and muffled vocals, but they’ve made this rock-and-roll gem pretty much irresistible. They’re preceded tonight by Bandname, who definitely belong on somebody’s last-beach-trip-of-the-summer playlist. Morgan’s Pier, 221 N. Columbus Blvd. Doors, 6:30pm, 21+ (Photo by Tim Bugbee) – Alyssa Greenberg

I’m really excited to get a chance to chill out this Saturday, grab some brunch, visit the Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and swing by the 40th Street Summer Series with Adventuredrum, which seems quite appropriate since the first and last time the massive side project from Christopher Sean Powell (Need New Body/Man Man) performed was at PMA’s Art After 5. Pow Pow was surrounded by fellow Man Man bandmates Jamey Robinson and Matt Gibson, Chris Ward (Pattern Is Movement), Jason Kourkounis (Bardo Pond), Chris Wilson (Ted Leo & The Pharmacists), Ricardo Lagomasino (Many Arms), David Fishkin (Extreme Fishkin), Stephen Buono (Split Red), Koofreh Umoren (The Extraordinaires), Adam Hershberger (Bobby Zankel’s Warriors of the Wonderful Sound), Sam Belkowitz, Eugene Lew and Ellen Houle. I also saw that Arc in Round’s Matt Ricchini will be joining the group so it will be interesting to see who else Powell has recruited for this time around, but it’s guaranteed to be weird and funky and FREE so that’s all good in my book. Just hoping that the predicted isolated thunderstorms will hold off for their performance, but I’m guessing that they’ll be able to move it indoors at The Rotunda if things don’t go quite our way (though I’d obviously rather for it to be outside). Don’t miss out Adventuredrum tomorrow because who knows when you’ll get a chance to catch them again! 40th Street Summer Series, 40th & Walnut Sts., 6pm, Free All Ages (Photo by Joshua Camerote) – Q.D. Tran