So we’re not gonna lie: local indie-rock success story, mewithoutYou, is one hell of a band. Their heaving spirituality-meets-experimental blitz imprint is absorbing. But the Tooth & Nail-signed outfit is not the only act on the bill that has The Deli Staff is trippin’ for tonight at the TLA. Philly’s lesser-known funhouse Buried Beds, who, along with Indiana four-piece Murder by Death, are certainly reasons to make it there early. When we said that Buried Beds’ high-spirited ‘60s AM radio pop signals a “beacon of hopefulness” in a city “dusted with tension and grit,” we really meant it (listen to their latest and The Deli’s July CD of the Month Tremble the Sails – we know you’ll agree). They’re absolutely excellent and if you skip out, then we’ll just hate you. Seriously. ;o) Theater of the Living Arts, 334 South St., 9pm, $16, All Ages (Photo by Josh Bender)
What to do, what to do, what to do…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI The Armchairs CD Release Party w/The Extraordinaires, Hop Along, Agent Moosehead
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) SUN Ladies Auxiliary
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI The Great Unknown SUN Johnny Action Figure and The Revere
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI (Early) Northern Valentine, (Late) Mose Giganticus CD Release Party w/Monolith, SAT The Fallen Troubadours, Alien Architect and Sela
M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) SAT The Tulanes
Tritone (1508 South St.) SAT Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret, SUN Elliot Levin
Danger Danger Gallery (5013 Baltimore Ave.) FRI When I Was 12, SAT Sunsets North
Millcreek Tavern (4200 Chester Ave.) FRI Bitchslicer and Officer Slug
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SAT Girls Rock Philly Showcase
Highwire Gallery (2040 Frankford Ave.) SUN U.S. Girls
JR’s Bar (2327 S. Croskey St.) SAT Reading Rainbow and Creepoid
Pterodactyl (3237 Amber St.) FRI The Weeds and Sunny Ali & the Kid
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) SAT Phillybloco
The Ellen Powell Tiberino Museum (3819 Hamilton St.) FRI Carnivolution
Flying W Airplane Pool (60 Fostertown Rd. – Medford, NJ) SUN Making Time Pool Party