If you’re a city dweller like myself, summertime in Philly is actually more enjoyable on the weekends as the city empties out while the rest of the local natives head towards the shore. Who needs the beach anyways? Especially when you have the surf rock tunes of Philly’s own Dry Feet to help bring in the waves of good times. The hard-rockin’ trio will be laying down plenty of sweet guitar licks this Saturday at Underground Arts when they open for sci-fi lovin’ Man or Astro-Man? and Miami’s Jacuzzi Boys. Trust me. With a show like this, you’ll never miss all the fist-pumping at the Jerzey Shore. Underground Arts, 1200 Callowhill St., 7:30pm, $15, 21+ – Alexis V.
Other things to enjoy summer in the city this weekend…
Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) FRI TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI Tygerstrype, Dockument, SAT Psalmships, SUN Big Horn Jazz Band
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Heavy Medical, Timbers, SAT Cough Cool Record Release, (Upstairs) Stereo Coma SUN Violent Society, Dopestroke, Paranoias, The Droogettes
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Song Dogs, Grip of The Gods, Parachuting Apostles, SAT Support Local Music w/Halfro, Hayley and The Fragile Hearts, The Redshift Experiment, Mad Men & More
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Khari Mateen, RoseMary Fiki, SAT Johnny Action Figure, Black Dirty, SUN Sour Mash, North Lawrence Midnight Singers, Painted Blue
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Val de Val, Blayer Pointdujour, Harbor, SAT Matt Santry
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI Make Music Philly w/Arc in Round, Ang & The Damn Band, Commonwealth Choir, Heyward Howkins, Chris Cardillo, SAT Creem Circus, Riff Mountain, SUN R.G.’s 3 for 3
M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) SAT Ganto Barn, KMX Band, Make You Suffer, The Aristokoks, Above Connecticut
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) FRI Aiden James
The Blockley (3801 Chestnut St.) SAT BlendMode, Catullus
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI Blinktooth, Arms Reach, SAT Sylvia Platypus, SUN John Byrne, Rusty Cadillac
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI (Early) Make Music Philly w/Cult Choir, This Way to The Egress, David Falcone, September Call-Up, Keepin’ The Family, (Late) Killer Whale
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI Steve Oakley Band, Sunshine Superman, SUN Supreem & The New Experience, Supreem Da Rezarekta
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St. Philadelphia) FRI Worshyper, Sun Cinema
JR’s Bar (2327 S. Croskey St.) FRI Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy, Forest Kingdom
Teri’s (1126 S. 9th St.) FRI Ex Friends, Retreevers, Corporate Hearts
First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St.) FRI Tigers Jaw, NONA
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) SAT Spotted Atrocious
Voltage Lounge (421 N. 7th St.) SAT Fate 88, Release, Cyanide Saints, SUN Reeko Kane
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI The Skeleton Frames, The Sixties, Kat Madamba, SAT Hardwork Movement, Chris Shutz
Golden Tea House (Please contact one of the acts or the venue for more info.) SAT Ted Nguyent, Cannon, Relatives
Hausu (Please contact one of the acts or the venue for more info.) FRI Psychic Teens, Gunk
Safety Meeting (Please contact one of the acts or the venue for more info.) FRI Castellan, School Dance, The Glow in the Darks
Don’t Tread on Me House (Please contact one of the acts or the venue for more info.) SAT Levee Drivers, Heat Thunder, Morning River Band, The Rivals
Fleisher Art Memorial (Please contact one of the acts or the venue for more info.) FRI The Naked Sun