Yeah, it’s uncomfortably hot so if you’re looking for some AC and badass jams, then we highly recommend that you swing by PhilaMOCA tonight for Blues Control’s album release show. The avant-garde duo made up of Lea Cho and Russ Waterhouse have been hiding out in the Lehigh Valley working on their craft, and their latest offering Valley Tangents continues to take us on their unpredictable musical journey. (You can read our review of their album HERE.) They’ll also be joined by heavy blues-infused psych-rockers Birds of Maya and ambient experimental outfit Slow Tongued Beauty. PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th St., $7 – $10 donation, 8:30 pm, All Ages – Alexis V.
Other things to help take your mind off the heat…
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St.) SAT 2nd Annual Found Sounds Fundraiser w/ Mountjoy, Rebecca Way, Exit Hoods
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI Turning Violet Violet, SAT Arc in Round Album Release w/Tadoma, Pet Milk, SUN Ghost Light
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI (Early) Wigwams, FRI (Late) Heartwell, SAT Crozet, Lifestyle, SUN Alright Junior
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave) FRI Old Rival Hope, Morning River Band, The Miners, SAT (All Ages) Chet Williams, Eye on Attractions, Whackbat, SAT (LATE) The Dogs, Native Sky, Without Rick, SUN Salsa Shark, Conor and the Grits, Reachin’ Out,
Rebel Rock Bar (100 Spring Garden St.) FRI SideArm
Morgan’s Pier (221 N. Columbus Blvd.) SAT Free Energy, Grandchildren
M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) FRI QuilWill, Gnarly Head
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SAT Zombie Beach Party w/The Shark Skins, The Slot-Cars
The Blockley (3801 Chestnut St.) FRI Swift Technique, Close to Good, SAT West Philadelphia Orchestra, World Town
Theater of Living Arts (334 South St.) FRI Cheers Elephant, SAT Give me Gravity, Mach 22
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI Cris Valkyria, SAT Sunshine Superman
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Sun Cinema, Psychic Teens
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) SAT Frank Cervantes Band, Liat, Cayetano, SUN Kuf Knotz Presents the Boombox Collective w/The Rebel Yell, Liv & Chuck Treece, Darry Miller & The Veil
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI Zymotic Flow, Welter, Flat Mary Road, Elwood James Band, SAT Enstride, Great Neck, Half Past Seven
Triumph Brewery (117 Chestnut St.) SAT UB313
Highwire Gallery (2040 Frankford Ave.) SAT RL3
First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St.) SAT Plow United, The Orphans, Spraynard
Cha-Cha’Razzi FRI Post Sun Times, SAT Pussy Riot Benefit w/Dear Althea, The Suicide Magnets, City Feral, The Pretty Greens, Kate Ferencz
Milkboy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Psalmships, Divers, Lauryn Peacock, SAT Rone, Don McCloskey, Nikki Jean, Ang & The Damn Band
The Rotunda (4014 Walnut St.) FRI Travis Woodson Music for Three Guitars, SAT (Early) Ceasar Live Soul, CNE Music Group, Mek 46 ST, Jack Drummond, Udini Lavoz, South Philly Sheed, and L from Philly, SAT (Late) Shakey Lyman
Little Berlin (2430 Coral St.) SAT Daniel Bachman
The Station (1515 McKean St.) FRI Phantasm, The Parachuting Apostles
Torrent Collective (938 S. 8th St.) SAT Mighty Paradocs, Blayer Pointdujour, Revolution I Love You, Leiana, Smoker and the Rollers
The El Bar (1356 N. Front St.) SUN Mindless Attack, Window Liquor
North Shore Beach Club (1031 Germantown Ave.) SAT YIP Summer Jam w/Swift Technique, Conversations with Enemies, Mirk
Ellen Powell Tiberino Museum (3819 Hamilton St.) SAT Discordianalia Summer Solstice Celebration w/Radio Eris, DV Nikt, the Temple of Bon Matin
Magic Gardens (1020 South St.) SAT Laser Background, Buffalo Stance, Folklore
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Ripping X-Ray, Kill the Broadcast, Winston’s Dog, Hierosonic, Todd Bailey, SAT Modern Colour, Shadow Play, End of an Era, Joe Nicastro, High Olives