Take a sonic exploration into the often unpredictable world of local psych-pop outfit Laser Background. Check out the band’s first full-length album Super Future Montage (La Société Expéditionnaire) below! Laser Background will be celebrating its release tomorrow night at Johnny Brenda’s when they open for Darwin Deez. Enjoy!

Chris Forsyth shared a taste of his highly-anticipated forthcoming LP Solar Motel with The Fader yesterday. Unfortunately, it’s only five minutes of the expansive fifteen-minute title track off the album, which was named after a "run-down old lodge in New Jersey." The record will be available on October 29 via Paradise of Bachelors.

Fledgling Doylestown indie-rock five-piece and former Featured Artist(s) Poll Winner Commonwealth Choir continues to impress (and we’re not talking physique-wise) with their debut EP Shirtless. You can take a listen to the entire album below. They’ll also be performing this Thursday, September 26 at the North Star Bar opening for Twin Fork, the new project from Dashboard Confessional singer-songwriter and guitarist Chris Carraba.

Check out Dr. Dog‘s new full-length album B-Room streaming in its entirety over at Rolling Stone! The LP officially comes out October 1 via Anti-. Dr. Dog will be playing next in Philly on January 31 and February 1 at the E Factory. Enjoy!

The residents at Beaumont Warehouse carry on the longtime West Philly traditional of good folks opening up their homes for concerts and good causes. This afternoon the lovely, supportive multipurpose space will be hosting the Punx for Pussies! Project M.E.O.W. Fund-rager. The event is a benefit for Project M.E.O.W., a non-profit, strictly volunteer, no-kill, animal welfare organization that provides services to people feeding stray and feral cats in West Philly. And the lineup of kind-hearted, feline-loving punx will consist of +HIRS+, Alement, Vegan Legions, and Go Nowhere with tasty vegan eats provided by Black Orchid Foods. It’s an early matinee show so “be punk-tual!!” Beaumont Warehouse, (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.), 2pm – 6pm, Donations, All Ages – Alexis V.

“Tiny Acts of Rebellion” is the theme for Permanent Wave Philly’s latest zine, which will be celebrated tonight at South Philly’s Cha-Cha’Razzi with readings and live music. Adventurous electronic duo Gemini Wolf engulfs listeners through layers of sound. The fluid lineup is as ever evolving as the atmospheric moods that they create. Sometimes, it’s a cold menacing island of darkness, but it can rapidly transform into quite the opposite, developing warm inviting danceable grooves. This sonic canvas is wide-open to personal interpretation. Enchanting folk songstress Megan Biscieglia, a.k.a. Bad Braids, will be playing with a full band, stirring a bewitching brew that is bound to put you under her spell with songs sending surprisingly pleasant chills up one’s spine. The female-fronted, heavy-hitting, politically active, thrash-funk melting pot of The Mighty Paradocs are also on the bill as are fledgling Hallowed Bells and Brooklyn odd-folk instrumentalists Cave Cricket. Cha-Cha’Razzi, (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.), 8pm, $5 – $7, All Ages – Michael Colavita

An over 40-year-old West Philly tradition returns as the annual Clark Park Music and Arts Festival happens today. And after helping with it for the past couple of years, Cloud Entertainment officially steps in as the curator of this event, which features plenty of kids activities, art vendors, and local bands. Southwork return from a mini Ohio tour to step into the headlining position, and The Fleeting Ends tantalize the masses with their smooth pop-rock tunes. Time Hitler and the Assholes From Space step out of the studio to perform their lo-fi psych shoegaze explosion. And Thee, Idea Man should be previewing new tracks like their upcoming single “Help Me Mama.” Add in sets from The Districts, Black Stars, Seismic Thrust, and more, and you have a great way to give summer one final hurrah. Clark Park, 43rd St. & Chester Ave., 12pm, Free, All Ages – Bill McThrill

OK, so I’m not much for blind faith, but I guess that our Weekend Warrior pick isn’t exactly completely blind. I received an email from Eric Bresler, PhilaMOCA’s Executive Director, “HIGHLY” recommending me to come out tonight and bring a photographer because the Mausoleum Party: Mystery Event! is “gonna be wild!” He wouldn’t answer any more questions. My interest is piqued. I’ll be there. You can either join us, or stop back here and check out our photos from the evening. PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th St., 8:30pm, Free, All Ages – Q.D. Tran

Grimace Federation creates interwoven instrumentals that could stand well on their own, but together create a symbiotic chaos. Each note is pushed to the aural foreground, bombarding the ears so that the same song sounds different upon its second rotation. When space exploration finally results in alien contact, I would imagine our intergalactic brethren playing music similar to Grimace Federation’s: vast and echoing, much like the expanse of space, music that, with all its complexity, does not require words to stir emotion. And plenty of it will be poured out this evening at Kung Fu Necktie. (We are sad to hear about the sudden passing of Grimace frontman Wes Schwartz’s father, which just happened two days ago. Our thoughts and best wishes go out to him and his family.) Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 9pm, $10, 21+ -Shaylin O’Connell