The quartet of Callowhill will be celebrating the release of its debut LP The Way Out (Exotic Fever), which officially drops tomorrow, with a show this evening at Boot & Saddle, supported by Rogue Conjurer and Great Weights. The album intersects a plethora of styles/genres. Calm, ruminative emotives conjure a mystic quality; however, that serenely somber setting serves as a precursor to impending heaviness. It can systematically encircle, exploring a depth or washing over in loose, melodic precision.

Doom metal outfit Bardus have released a new single, “Tired of Everything,” which represents their half of a soon to be available split with Baltimore’s Multicult, courtesy of Corpse Flower Records. The band shears guitar threads through the ominous backend underbelly in its latest offering, as the fading but fervent vocals roar. Those dire swells of sound shake with a primal power. Bardus will be kicking off a late summer run this evening with Connecticut noise-rock power trio Grizzlor.

Hotel Carlyle, the new album from the trio of Doggo, charges at you with an emotive punk energy. Utilizing instrumental exclamation points, the band relates daily trials and tribulations in melodic aggressive shots. Those quick hitting songs with universal refrains, naturally stick in your head. Grab a cassette via Good Sadie, and catch the band on Wednesday, September 13 at Ortlieb’s, as part of a bill that also includes Larry Nodder and Tiger Castle.

S-21 is one of the most exciting hardcore acts to emerge from the Philly DIY scene, as of late. That is why we are truly bummed to learn that the band’s show this Friday, September 1 at the First Unitarian Church, with Blazing Eye, Exit Order, and Macho Boys, will be the group’s last. However, before they burn it all down, you can stream and download the brutal lead single, off S-21’s forthcoming EP Operation Menu (World Gone Mad/Slugsalt), called "Thirst for Violence".

Krust Toons: "Cliff Clavin?" by Tedd Hazard – please feel free to drop him a line at teddandthehazards@gmail.com if you dig or have any funny ideas. You can also check out more of his illustrations and animation shorts HERE.

This Saturday evening, R5 Productions, along with WPRB, will be presenting former Deli Philly Best Emerging Artist Sheer Mag’s record release show at Union Transfer. The band’s long-awaited full-length debut, Need to Feel Your Love, (Wilsuns Recording Company) doesn’t disappoint, meshing powerfully impassioned vocals, tight late night grooves and adrenalin-laced, white-hot, rifftastic invasions. Those assertive aggressions are craftily threaded, revealing tender, candle-lit flourishes. While exhibiting a take-it-as-it-is, raw and roaring exterior, a calculated precision lies within. They’ll be supported by the fuzz-forward, sticky psych rock of Purling Hiss, the heart-pounding, quick-bursting punk of Dark Thoughts, and the instantaneous hardcore of NYC’s Haram.

Meanwhile, Home Outgrown is presenting a weekend-long fest, dubbed A Fest We Didn’t Know What to Name, which will spread across three Philly DIY spaces. Three Man Cannon and Coping Skills are among those ushering tonight’s show at Broke Down Palace, while the bombarding, catchy Superweaks are lined up to headline Hole Foods this Saturday, and the diverse, personal narratives of Curtis Cooper will be setting up shop on Sunday at Little Italy. – Michael Colavita

Other places to hang this weekend…

Union Transfer (1026 Spring Garden St.) SAT Sheer Mag (Record Release), Purling Hiss, Dark Thoughts

Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI DJ Sylo, Josh Hey, SAT Beyond The Bars Benefit Show: Reef The Lost Cauze, Hezekiah, The Bul Bey

Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) FRI Man About a Horse, Huey & The Banjo, SAT Aaron Parnell Brown

Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Drums Like Machine Guns, Plastic Ivy, DJ Speaking Parts/Le Yikes Surf Club/DJ AMH/Sean Hearn, Jesse Tyler, SAT Honey Radar/City Fitness, Ben Kopp/Fame lust, SUN Loafass

PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12^th St.) FRI Stephon Amir (Listening/Release Party)

The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SAT (Balcony) Senvenire, Beneath Polaris, CJ Dunleavy/AfroBear, On Wa, The Sermon, The Sly Foxes, SUN Mason X FortuneWest

TLA (334 South St.) SAT Pound$ide Pop, Phatgeez, Lil Doe, Mally Savage, MambaCinco, JidMack

The Foundry (1000 Frankford Ave.) SUN Kur, DJ Drama

Electric Factory (421 N. 7^th St.)

World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI (Upstairs) Steal Your Face, Scott Dinolfi, SUN (Upstairs) Egocentric Plastic Men, Above the Mendoza, Amora

The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) SAT Delfederate Army, Mr. Unloved, Dirty Soap Blues Band

The Barbary (951 Frankford Ave.) FRI Hueman Garbij, SUN Timur And The Squad/Faringwell, In The Pines, Sold

MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Travel Lanes, The Peace Creeps

Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3^rd St.) FRI Roxy Rollz, Medusa’s Disco, Bosom Band, SAT Suburban Living (DJ Set)

Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) FRI Francisco Collazo, SAT DJ Deejay

Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) SAT Shaheen J. Dibai, Blaine C. Martin, Khalid Quesada, SUN Rusty Cadillac

Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9^th St.) FRI Gross Ex Machina, Eyes of the Living, SAT Comfy, Tiny Moon

Voltage Lounge (421 N. 7^th St.) SAT Varials, Vicious Embrace, Mercy Blow

The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Jac Carson, Karmalatta, Jonathan Veit, SAT DJ Oneson, Argonautic, The Jawn

Bourbon & Branch (705 N. 2^nd St.) FRI Gorgeous Porch, The Morelings, SAT Bazmati Vice

Ardmore Music Hall (23 E. Lancaster Ave.) FRI Echoes, SAT Splintered Sunlight, The Hoppin’ Boxcars

Morgan’s Pier (221 N. Columbus Blvd.) FRI DJ Beatstreet, SAT DJ Kevin Kong, SUN Ear Me Now

Frankie Bradley’s (1320 Chancellor St.) FRI Dottie Riot’s Music Revue

The Pharmacy (1300 S. 18^th St.) SAT Santi Suede, Snake Boy Gang

LAVA Space (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more information.) SUN Maryn Jones, The Goodbye Party

Broke Down Palace (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Three Man Cannon, Coping Skills

Hole Foods (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT The Superweaks, Grayling, SUN Donor

Little Italy (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) Curtis Cooper, Major Pursuit, James Barrett

Maxwell Stern (of Signals Midwest) recently shared a new single release. “Light Later Lately” serves as a sun-baked ode to summer, with a relaxed, folk sing-along feel and warm organ tones. And the B-side, a cover of Cayetana’s “Mountain Kids,” which originally appeared on 2014’s Nervous Like Me, takes a reserved, meditative approach, as the percussive nature/tempo languidly steps back. You can catch Stern on Saturday, September 2 at Broke Down Palace, as part of a lineup that also includes Mother Evergreen, Blue Ranger, and Alenni.

Trip-hop triumvirate Etheric Felines’ latest single, “Buy My Ashes,” quickly establishes a bass-quaking beat. That foreboding sense of authority gives rise to Andrea Bullard’s relentless rhymes that slyly wax and wane between idealistic, personal goals and self-confidence. That desire to achieve, weighed against potential security of abandoning dreams, creates a crisis of conscience. This mindful tension is smoothed over by Katie Ross’ subconscious “You don’t know me” chorus, hovering overhead.

Beach Slang‘s James Alex began doing solo performances last year under the moniker Quiet Slang. Well, Alex just announced that he’ll be releasing a 7" EP of rearranged Beach Slang songs, entitled We Were Babies & We Were Dirtbags, which is due out October 20 via Polyvinyl Records. Below is its first single, a beautiful, piano-cello-vocal rendition of "Bad Art & Weirdo Ideas," off 2015’s The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us.

Shrouded in warping echo and acoustic guitar strums, Vulture, the new release from Sami Rahman, a.k.a. Mattress Food, strolls up to you in a comfortably close but vulnerable manner. Luminescent, lo-fi folk trends toward frayed, psych edges, delivering stripped-down, bedroom proximity with pop sensibilities. The follow-up to Cryola! is his second album release this summer.

After some technical difficulty, you can now stream The War On Drugs‘ new full-length album A Deeper Understanding in its entirety for the next 24 hours HERE. The LP officially comes out this Friday, August 25 via Atlantic Records. You can also catch The War On Drugs live in Philly on Thursday, September 21 at the Dell Music Center for Connor Barwin’s Make The World Better Foundation benefit concert. Enjoy!

Four years after forming, the post-punk quartet of Callowhill will release their full-length debut The Way Out (Exotic Fever Records), which was recorded and engineered by Jeff Zeigler (Uniform Recording). Today, we are happy to share with you the band’s latest single “Effaced”. Soft-soothing vocals lift one into a steamy summer haze, countered by the purposeful, shock-wave jolt of guitar. Meshing a sense of calm, with cool calculated lyricism, the song’s protagonist eventually fades into the ether. Callowhill will be celebrating the record’s release next Wednesday, August 30 at Boot & Saddle, where they’ll be supported by Great Weights and Rogue Conjurer. (Photo by Maura Kirk)