Tonight’s show at Johnny Brenda’s is a triptych of scuzzy psych-punk, presented by three local luminaries in the field. Heavy Medical‘s high-strung, buzzing guitar attacks come at you through a wall of agitated, hammering drums, corralling their aggression into short, brutal songs. Bleeding Rainbow are easier on the sensibilities with their luscious harmonies, yet they bring the noise with their biting guitars. Far-Out Fangtooth round out the night, blending dour vocals with tribal drum crashes for an almost monastic sound, if only monks had access to effects pedals. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 9pm, $10, 21+ (Photo by Connie Ward) – Alyssa Greenberg
More fall entertainment this weekend…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT Prowler EP Release Show w/Sunny Ali & The Kid, Busses
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI (Downstairs) The Bailey Hounds, (Upstairs) Bandname, Univox, SAT (Early) Frank Cervantes, Yakibato Get Down Party, The Donuts (Late) Mohican, Window Liquor, Moral Crayfish
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Mean Streets, SAT Cousin Brian, SUN Ex Friends
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Mat Burke, Behind The Grandstand, When Ships Collide, SAT Gatherings, SUN One Win Choice, The Greek Favourites, Good Graces
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St. Philadelphia) FRI Cheap Dinosaurs, Tom Guycot, Joint Chief of Math, SAT 8static 4-Year Anniversary w/An0va
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Mohican, SAT Adrien Reju, Zach Djanikian
The Blockley (3801 Chestnut St.) SAT American Babies, SUN Rone, Voss
Ortlieb’s (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI Blayer Pointdujour & the Rockers Galore, Shawn Kilroy, SUN Julie Charnet & Her Quartet
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) SAT Starchild and the Dust
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) FRI Loose Lipz, SAT Pulling Punches
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI (Early) John Train, (Late) Dave Steel Blues Band, SUN Rusty Cadillac
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) SAT The Plants
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI Blackroot, Lost In Company, SAT Sierra Hurtt, SAT Alustrium, The Great Party, The Mighty O.V., Man Like Machine, Once They Were, Transitshop, Prosper or Perish, SUN Anessa Larae,
Milkboy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Bedroom Problems, Catnaps, SAT Modern Colour, The Jackson Rider, SUN The Grand Nationals
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI Jackie Paper
Starlight Ballroom (460 N. 9th St.) FRI MyParasites
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Old Soul, Joe Duffy’s Underwater Window Garden, Railroad Fever, Griz, Soldier On, SAT Montoj, Chronicles of Sound, The Real Feel
Bloktoberfest (South St. between 18th & Broad Sts.) SAT Grandchildren, West Philadelphia Orchestra, Toy Soldiers, Modern Inventors, Ali Wadsworth, and More
Bartram’s Garden (54th St. & Lindbergh Ave.) Data Garden’s The Switched-On Garden 002 w/King Britt, Spaceship Aloha, Laura Baird, Allen Crawford, Dino Lionetti, Gretchen Lohse
Bailey House (4929 Walton Ave.) FRI Dong Johnson, Spent Flesh, The Charley Few
Double Deuce (Please contact one of the acts or the venue.) FRI Lana Avacada
Golden Tea House (Please contact one of the acts or the venue.) SAT Nona, Crybaby