POPPED! Music Festival is one week away, and they’ll be celebrating tonight with a pre-party “Pop the Lid Off!” that is also part of Johnny Brenda’s 5 Year Anniversary festivities. This evening’s showcase will feature sedative-wave/smooth-fi local natives Work Drugs (who will be wrapping up their September mini-tour of Philly), multi-instrumentalist Blayer Pointdujour (formerly of Phil Moore Browne, Kid Kreyol, Miss Argentina, The Ghouls), and Brooklyn’s J. Viewz (the multi-genre electronic project of producer Jonathan Dagan). You’ll also be treated to tunes from DJ Bearbait (a.k.a. Pattern Is Movement’s Chris Ward) and DJ Shmitten Kitten (a.k.a. Anna Goldfarb) as well as free chips and salsa provided by Brooklyn Salsa Company. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 9pm, $10, 21+ – H.M. Kauffman