Tonight the North Star Bar will be hosting a dance partay. Synth army Instamatic, which is made up of “4 guys, 9 synths, 3 drum machines, 1 computer, 3 PAs, [and] speakers, speakers, speakers,” will be teleporting its audiences back to those days when bands like New Order and Depeche Mode were blaring through your cassette Walkman. The Bad Doctors will also be time warping with you – only to an earlier, more aggressive period. However, both acts are rising stars proudly keeping the New Wave genre alive and well in the local music scene. They’ll be supporting Chicago indie-electronic dance trio Gemini Club. Come out this evening and show how Philly gets down! North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St., 9pm, $10, 21+ (Instamatic Photo by Shadowscene) – H.M. Kauffman
