Sugar Town will be hosting a special benefit for its 2nd Annual Phreak N Queer Festival tonight at Kung Fu Necktie, after the Turning Violet Violet Album Release Party. Tammy Famous of Bob and Barbara’s drag show and Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret fame joins Alaya Richman of Dumpsta Players, Liberty City Kings Drag & Burlesque, and some other ab fab queens for an impressive revue. And the shit is going to get real when zombie pop dance divas Rainbeaux Brite and Brian Reignbow of Rainbow Destroyer eat your brains with sassy beats and sadistic harmonies. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 11pm, $5, 21+ – Bill McThrill

Taking their name from a line in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Turning Violet Violet are celebrating their latest release Double Cure at Kung Fu Necktie tonight. The Fishtown five-piece recruited seasoned Philly producer and Weathervane Music mastermind Brian McTear to help lay down their latest EP, which is rich with pretty harmonies that are skillfully tucked into each song and accentuated by soft violins and treble-filled guitar licks. Turning Violet Violet will be joined this evening by Brooklyn-based and Deli NYC faves Field Mouse. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 8pm, $10, 21+ – Maura Filoromo

OK – it’s getting hot, and it’s Memorial Day Weekend so you know that summer has arrived. For all those who are smart enough to avoid the massive crowds at the shore and stay home this weekend, we applaud your intelligence, and hope that you procreate to strengthen our society’s gene pool. We’d also like to hang with you this Saturday in the daytime at The Fire for a FREE day of music that we’ll be co-presenting with Cloud Entertainment as part of the 2nd Annual Sundrop Music & Arts Fest. Providing tomorrow’s summer jams will be Tutlie, Night Panther (new sexified project from members of White Birds and formerly Drink Up Buttercup), Conversation with Enemies, The Plastic Traps, The Really Cooks, The Shakes, Fast Car, Venice Sunlight, and Sunset Recorder. But we shouldn’t have to remind you that it’s a long party weekend so the Sundrop Fest will be providing a slew of local acts like Illinois, DRGN King, Juston Stens & The Get Real Gang, On the Water, Kuf Knotz, Andrew Lipke and much, much more to keep you entertained through the weekend. You can check out the rest of the lineups HERE or in the flier (above). Philly is yours for the taking. Cheers! Sundrop Music and Arts Fest – The Fire, 412 W. Girard Ave.,Free, All Ages – H.M. Kauffman

The guitar resonates in a day after the apocalypse alien invasion kind of way. The vocals hauntingly echo as you try to figure out just were you are and where you want to be. And somehow despite the prevalent uncertainty the heavy backbeat keeps forging forward unafraid of the road ahead. Far-Out Fangtooth is the kind of band that  plays in a cement warehouse and steadily increases the distortion just because its seems like the right thing to do. They know that threshold moves when you push hard enough, and they’re not afraid to push. Far-Out Fangtooth will be the undercard for New York electronic maestros Black Dice whose space age beats thrust into the outer realm welcoming the future with open arms. Underground Arts, 1200 Callowhill St., 8pm, $10, 21+ – Michael Colavita

After releasing an impressive 15-track LP Long Lost/A History of Iniquity last year, The Chairman Dances wasted little time in setting out on their sophomore effort. The end result that these art rockers created is The Promise, a 10-song album centered around two fictional married couples: one at the start of their relationship and the other at the end. The band also cut a music video for its single A Voice in the Night (below), which was directed by Jonathon Brown. The Chairman Dances will be joined at their CD release celebration by The Mendles, who recently released a new music video for their track “Yes Sir,” which is available on their recent split album with Mean Cat. It should also be interesting when The Quelle Source take the stage since guest drummer Mark Rybaltowski will be filling in on drums for the first time since 2008. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 7:30pm, $8, 21+ – Bill McThrill

Our friends at PhilaMOCA are planning something quite fun and interesting for your Tuesday nights starting in June. They’ll be hosting a series called TUESDAY TUNE-OUT, a weekly night of music and movies. PhilaMOCA will be having local musicians perform, and then they’ll introduce a previously unannounced film of their choice. The screening will be preceded by an explanation of why they chose the film and how it inspires them. June will be guest curated by Rockaphilly.com with Lushlife, Jesse Leyh from In Grenada and Oh! Pears scheduled to perform. Herbie Shellenberger (Pet Milk, Brown Recluse) will be handling the selections in July, and Folkadelphia’s Fred Knittel will be taking on the duties in August. We look forward to seeing you there!

There’s a new soaring rocker from Restorations called “B” streaming via Punknews. It’s off their forthcoming Tiny Engines 7” A/B, which you can pre-order HERE, and it also comes with an instant digital download.

The Sundrop Music & Arts Fest is returning this weekend to The Fire. Bucks County’s Illinois will be headlining Saturday night, and they wanted to share a promo video for the event. Here’s Arch a.k.a. Chris Archibald trying to pull it together to give us some of the deets. We’ll also be helping out and presenting a free outdoor concert in the day on Saturday with Cloud Entertainment which will include Tutlie, Night Panther (new sexified project from members of White Birds and formerly Drink Up Buttercup), Conversation with Enemies, The Plastic Traps, The Really Cooks, The Shakes and more. You can also check out the lineups for the rest of the weekend HERE.