The beginning of a new year is a great time to start fresh, to branch out and embrace different elements and explore the possibilities one may have shied away from in the past. This Saturday, Golden Tea House will be hosting an exhibition of sonic exploration. Hermit Thrushes reach past the typical expectations of folk, injecting psychedelic ambiance and noise resulting in free-flowing pop-feeling songs that are intriguing in their approach enlisting uncharted, captivating musical territory. Without a clear path or destination, one is forced to quit thinking ahead and simply enjoy the scenery. The idea is to continuously push the envelope and with a new album Interrupt due out on Kanine Records next month, Bleeding Rainbow may do just that. The duo, which has evolved into a quartet, etches an astro-haze-littered distorted guitar atmosphere with steady snapping streamlined percussion and Sarah Everton’s vocals creating a clear expanse for the spaceship of sound to drive through. Northampton, Massachusetts post-punk, grunge-rockin’ foursome Speedy Ortiz headline the bill bringing an edge of lingering intensity that seems ready to spill over at any moment. Golden Tea House, (Please email goldenteahouse42069@gmail.com for more info), 8pm, $5 – $7, All Ages (Illustration by Sarah Everton) – Michael Colavita
Other places to hang for the brave this weekend…
The Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) FRI Psychic Teens, Ladder Devils, Faking, SAT Goodnight Lights, Shorty Boy Boy, Roof Doctor
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI The Writhing Squares, Left & Right
Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) SAT No Other, Thee Glitterbomb, Kevin Karaoke Obscura
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SAT Voletta, Tenderkill, Attic Dancers, SUN Alustrium
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) SAT Sic Bacchus
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Big Tusk, SAT Nobody Yet, Rushmore, Seeing Snakes, Philabuster
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Big Terrible, Demonstrative Girls, Static Mountain, SAT Catullus
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) SUN Red Skiles’ Country Ramblers
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) FRI Benefit for David Wannop, SAT Amy Faden
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI Baffle the Cat
Voltage Lounge (421 N. 7th St.) FRI Bosom Band, Squalor Folk, Milhaus, Hangmans Cry
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI The Lesinskis, Lito & The Shepards, Los Festingos, SAT Mike Roi, I Am Buffalo, Borrowed Equipment
Eris Temple (602 S. 52nd St.) FRI Ron Gallo, Fletcher VanFliet
Motel Hell (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SUN Bubonic Bear
Michael Jordan (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT NONA, Three Man Cannon
Wolf Cycles (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Plague Dogs, Mindless Attack, Wimp Talk
Freedom 25 (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT blankbook, Children’s Books, Goddamnit