We have a killer show that we want to send you to this Saturday, May 16 at Underground Arts with Dead Meadow, Creepoid, Gondola, and Kohoutek. To enter for a chance to win a pair of tix, just send an email to thedelimagazinephiladelphia@gmail.com with the subject line "Bring Out Your Dead!" Please also include your cell number in the body of the message (in case of an emergency). Good luck! 

For the last handful of years, Radiator Hospital, a.k.a. Sam Cook-Parrott, has been consistently rockin’ the Philly DIY scene’s socks. Cook-Parrott has struck a good musical balance between widely accessible power pop and raw DIY twee punk. His tone is breezy but serenely emotive, falling on the twee scale much closer to Teenage Fanclub’s broad, sweeping sound than the forceful, closed-chord tunes of Talulah Gosh. This evening at PhilaMOCA will be Radiator Hospital’s first performance in Philly since November so don’t miss out on his uniquely charming pop songs. He’ll also finally have in tow copies of his split LP with Great Thunder, titled The Great Thunder Radiator Hospital Wedding Album. You can catch him sharing the bill tonight with Scotland’s The Spook School, a band with the effervescent energy to match Go Sailor, Bent Shapes, the even janglier version of The Feelies, and Littler, the little twee band with big guitars and bigger feelings. PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th St., 7pm, $5-$7, All Ages – Bryce Woodcock 

In the final episode of Nothing‘s six-part documentary for the making of Tired of Tomorrow, we find the band hungover but in good spirits as the guys make their way to sign a new contract with Relapse Records. The feelings of joy and relief are short-lived as we learn about tragedy hitting home for frontman Domenic Palermo. In the world of Nothing and all our lives, light and darkness go hand in hand.

"Without sounding so terribly cliche, that’s what life is, especially to me… a whole lot of pain and punishment mixed with like times that you can – you know – inspire from that punishment and create something that matters to some people that might – you know – help somebody out that’s feeling that way down the line or have it mean absolutely nothing like most things do."

The LP Tired of Tomorrow will be officially out worldwide tomorrow via Relapse Records. Nothing will also be in the UK performing at Rough Trade East, but you can join them for their hometown record release show on Friday, July 8 at Union Transfer with Mary Lattimore & Jeff Zeigler, Citizen, and Culture Abuse.

Creative compatriots Michael Cammarata (Residuels) and Chris Radwanski (having worked together in Night Panther, White Birds and Suburban Living) continue their collaborative endeavors, forming a new record label Born Losers Records. Later this week, Residuels set out on a stretch of West Coast tour dates supporting The Buzzcocks. Meanwhile, the label’s inaugural release, a 7” of the band’s new single “Ordinary,” can be purchased HERE, and will be officially released on Friday, May 13. Listen to the single below, and catch Residuels as they cap off their tour with a dual release show with Louie Louie on Friday, June 3 at Boot & Saddle (which will also be opened by Weekender). 

Was there any feeling that brought us more joy during our childhoods than speeding down a playground slide? Philly six-piece Joy Again, brings us back to those youthful, and carefree times with their dreamy-pop vibes. They plunge back into a time of innocence with a substantial, buoyant sound that signifies the start of summer contention. The dog days ahead will easily be faced with such soothing, beach-worthy tunes. The group will be hitting Boot & Saddle tonight, where they’ll be setting the tone for headliner Day Wave, a.k.a. Jackson Phillips, who recently released his new EP Hard To Read back in March. Boot & Saddle, 1131 Broad St., 8:30pm, $12, 21+ – Gina Rullo

Featuring Badland Breez, Miles Chancellor has swiftly released a new track “Did It Before”. Emerging from a shadowy simple beat, Chancellor quickly asserts authority. He incorporates a slick sense of confidence into his relentless lyrical lines, before handing of to Breez providing a strong one-two punch. 

Gray skies continue to blanket the area, however, this evening’s show at Goldy’s offers a sonic refuge. With a four-pronged experimental psych-rocking arsenal, Palm drifts into the unknown, off the traditional path. The purposefully abrupt deviations develop a sense of anticipatory tension, pushing each song forward to an undisclosed location. Guitars twist in a murky dissonance as the juxtaposing vocals, a ghostly calm, penetrates the periphery. The smattering of backend, meanwhile, provides a steadying hand. Tonight, Palm will joined by the disenchanted daydream of Old Maybe and the introspective experimentation of Microsoft Saint. The innovative exploits of Atlanta’s Hellier Ulysses cap this imaginative evening.  – Goldy’s, 723 Chestnut St. – 3FL, $7, 8pm, All Ages – Michael Colavita

The highly anticipated release of Collective Sigh, the debut album from the duo of Ashley Arnwine and Joey Doubek aka Pinkwash officially ends this Friday May 13 when it’s released via Don Giovanni Records. Unloading the frustration and anger associated with grieving, the tandem hits the ground running dealing out heavy driving rhythms, which propel the hair-raising primal tear of the vocals. Catch the band’s record release Friday at Lava Space, which also includes SWARM, Andromeda Sky, and King Azaz. 

Krust Toons: "Some Other Band’s Drums" by Teddy 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.

Since the turn of 2016, Lux Perpetua aka Justin Wolf has been on a monthly EP releasing run. His latest Music for Solipsistic Tendencies meshes frenetic experimental folk with mellower moments of internal contemplation. It’s as if the search party expanded the perimeter, only to realize what they were looking for was too close to originally see.