Philly hip-hop heads, the hip-hop gods have blessed you with a must-see show this Sunday at The Blockley. The University City venue and Mecca for local hip-hop shows lately is hosting The Gold Rush Tour featuring (wait for it) STS (a.k.a. Sugar Tongue Slim) with special guests Reef The Lost Cauze, Truck North, Grande Marshall, Saudi Money (a.k.a. Asaad), The Wurxs & Mz. Lynx, and DJ sets by AfroDJiak and Chaisley Lussier. Ah…yeah, you know where you need to be this weekend! The Blockley, 3801 Chestnut St., 9pm, $12, 21+ – Q.D. Tran
Other things to keep you entertained this (cough, cough) spring weekend…
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) SAT Popular Science w/ Grimace Federation, A Life Once Lost,
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St. Philadelphia) SAT The Interest Group
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Song Dogs, The Bailey Hounds, Kiel Everett
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI The Best Westerns, SAT (All Ages) Deuteronomy, (Late) Wooden HZ, Ominous Ominous Ominous, Marc Lancaster, SUN The Left Lingo, RAW, Captain Scurvy and the S.S. Pancake
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Les Professionnels, Telequanta
Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) SUN Dani Mari, James Hearne, Andrew Jude
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 3rd St.) FRI Bohemian Sunrise, Flux Capacitor, SUN Bohemian Sunrise, Flux Capacitor
M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Seamus Browning, Delco Pacers, SAT The Aristokoks, Punk Rick Before It Sucked, Make You Suffer, Tine Tine, Midnight Bottle Club
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) FRI Josh Olmstead, The Looks of It
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SAT Weese, Paddy, The Noid
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI (Early) John Train, (Late) Mercurito, SUN Rusty Cadillac
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI Joe D’Amico, Levee Drivers, Foxhound, SUN Black Stars, Early Ape, Satellite Hearts
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI In the Presence of Wolves, Carfax Abbey, One Ton Shovel, Sweet Eureka, James Way, SAT Blue Food, The Funky T, Jason Ager, Zu Ninjaz
Rebel Rock Bar (100 Spring Garden St.) FRI Starving the Tsunami, SAT Zymotic Flow, Little Miss Love Jones, Baby Diaz, Of The Sea, North Lawrence Midnight Singers, The Last Barbarians
Hard Rock Cafe (1113-31 Market St.) FRI Chill Moody, Beano,
Triumph Brewery (117 Chestnut St.) FRI The Edge, SAT The Dave Steel Blues Band, SUN Elliot Levin Jazz Trio
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI The Rivals
Ruba Club (414 Green St.) FRI Phreaks N’ Queers Fest Benefit w/ The Homophones, Fauxelectrelane, 2nd Opinion, Potpourri of Pearls
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Sterling Duns, SAT Ritual, White Limo, Phantasm, Kenny Ferrier
Vox Populi (319 N. 11th St., 3rd FL) SAT Heavy Medical, Braille, Drums Like Machine Guns
Highwire Gallery (2040 Frankford Ave.) FRI Fursaxa, Mary Lattimore/Jeff Zeigler duo
Pageant Soloveev (607 Bainbridge St.) SAT Cleric, Burden
Sprinkle Kingdom (Please contact one of the acts or the venue for more info.) FRI Cousin Brian, OhBree
Sam’s Vegan Steak House (Please contact one of the acts or the venue for more info.) FRI Bubonic Bear
Hausu (Please contact one of the acts or the venue for more info.) FRI Batty, Crybaby, Wet Food, SAT The Danger O’s, Crybaby, Ex Friends
Clown Clan Country Club (Please contact one of the acts or the venue for more info.) FRI Ghost Light, Slutever, Ted Nguyent
Safety Meeting (Please contact one of the acts or the venue for more info.) FRI Lockets, Turning Violet Violet
A House Named Virtue (Please contact one of the acts or the venue for more info.) SAT Winners, Retreevers
House Party (Please contact one of the acts for more info.) SAT The Joint Chiefs of Math, Skin Cells, Pill Friends, Jawn Travolta, Olive Drab