Tonight local music rag Origivation hosts the live edition of its annual Readers’ Choice Awards at The Legendary Dobbs, featuring Mark Rogers of WSTW FM’s Hometown Heroes as emcee. Local bands and venues will compete in ten categories including Best Pop Act, Best Indie Rock Act, Best Folk Act, Best Singer/Songwriter and Best Music Venue. In addition to the roll call of winners – and appearances by Best Touring Act nominees Dr. Dog and Free Energy – there will live performances by 10 of Philly’s finest. The bill includes folk innovatorsHezekiah Jones (Best Singer/Songwriter – Male), who will release his newest album Have You Seen Our New Fort, March 29 on Yer Bird Records; rowdy rock quintet the Quelle Source (Best Indie Rock Act), who’s hard at work on some new material; female-fronted freak-folk five-piece Bells Bells Bells (Best Folk Act); plucky folk-pop-funk songstress Christie Lenée (Best Singer/Songwriter – Female), beach bum jam act Up The Chain, and local rock institution the Absolute Zeros. Plus, Y-Not Radio DJ’s are spinning upstairs, so you’re in for one great night of supporting local music. The Legendary Dobbs, 304 South St, 7 pm, $8, 21+ (Photo by Lisa Schaffer) – Bill McThrill
Update from Dr. Dog:
“Contrary to some promotion by Origivation we will not be able to attend the Origivation Reader’s Choice Awards this week. We’re honored to have won a reader’s choice award but are bummed that the magazine is promoting an appearance by anyone in the band. We’ve never been able to attend (we’ll all be in Denton, Texas) and the magazine has never had reason to believe we would be able to attend. They did ask us and we promptly explained we would be out of town. Just making sure you all know what was up.”