Tonight begins another series of Philly Sings Philly as it takes over The Fire every Tuesday night in November. The showcase brings together local artists to celebrate the Philly music community as they perform material of some of their hometown favorites. It’s fittingly at The Fire where many of these performers have taken the stage to work on refining their craft. This evening kicks off the series led by Sean Hoots, Hellmouth (a.k.a. Andrew Gray), The Spinning Leaves (who are recently back from a national tour), Grammy Award winner Scot Sax, Toy Soldiers’ Ron Gallo, and many more. You can also check out the rest of the lineups in the coming weeks below. The Fire, 412 W. Girard Ave., 8pm, $8, 21+ – H.M. Kauffman

Wow – we had an amazing fuckin’ time this year at our Halloween Partay!!! People really went all out to make this one a rager. Extra special thanks to the PhilaMOCA crew – Gavin, Lauren, Hamza, Chadwick, and Andy – for all their hard work to help make this such a memorable event! (BTW: Such a sweeeeet DIY space – Philly needs to recognize!) Of course, thanks to The Extraordinaires, Circadian Rhythms, Netherfriends, and Thom McCarthy for sharing their talents and throwin’ down with us! And to all who came out in the shitty weather to get weird with us, we hope that you got as fucked up and had as much fun as we did! Check out our photos from the evening HERE. Now, you still have a little more time this Halloween to cause some more trouble, and we absolutely encourage you to do so. Halloween RULES!!! (Sorry about all the exclamation points, but they were well-deserved.) Cheers!

Below is an eerie new music video from Gracie for the track “Sisters,” which is off his upcoming EP Treehouse. It will definitely help you get into the Halloween spirit for tonight’s festivities. The album will be available in January via Small Plates Records, and the video premiered today via One Thirty BPM.

Gracie- Sisters from andrew balasia

Fledgling local rockers Wigwams have more to celebrate than just Halloween tonight (even though it is the best holiday). The four-piece made up of Daniel Morse (guitar & vocals), Jason Strohl (bass), Brian Sullivan (guitar & vocals), and Phil Sutton (drums) just dropped their debut EP International today (which you can download for free HERE). Wigwams will be stepping up to the big stage this evening when they open for Battles at the TLA so it might be a good time to smear on that war paint and throw on that Native American costume to help them celebrate their new release in style. Theatre of Living Arts, 334 South St., 7pm, $19, All Ages – H.M. Kauffman

Pattern Is Movement will be coming out of hibernation for the first time since September 2010 tonight to set Mischief Night off for fellow local acts Hermit Thrushes and Banned Books at Kung Fu Necktie. Chris Ward and Andrew Thiboldeaux have been hard at work creating the follow-up to 2008’s All Together. The duo finished mixing the new album in mid-June, but was unsatisfied with the mixes so they are currently working on re-tracking the bass parts so hopefully the album will see the light of day really soon. Be sure to head down to KFN to hear some new Pattern Is Movement tracks and maybe some of their sweet neo-soul covers like D’Angelo’s “Untitled” or Beyonce’s “Crazy In Love”. Kung Fu Necktie,1250 N. Front St., $10, 8pm, 21+ (Photo by Tim Griffin) – Dan Brightcliffe

Local hip hop legend and O.G., Schoolly D, will be at ground zero of Occupy Philly this afternoon for “a special message-driven musical performance.” He’ll be joined by “raptivist” Michael “O.G.-Law” Tabon, his wife Gwen “Phila-Diva” Tabon (who is best known for her vocals on Dr. Dre’s “Keep Their Heads Ringing”), and their 4-year-old son known as “lower case g.law.” The event is being presented by N.A. Poe’s “The Panic Hour” radio show and Occupy Philadelphia Media. Their objective is to showcase “the voice hip hop provides to a community often underrepresented or also now known as…‘the 99%’” by “featuring representation of the past, present, and future of the hip hop counter culture.” So fans of hip hop – grab your rain gear and head down to City Hall to show your support! City Hall, Broad & Market Streets (On the West Side of Market St.), 4pm – 6pm, Free, All Ages – H.M. Kauffman

When it comes to Halloween, it’s a time of year where The National Rifle are right in their element. The band has thrown some pretty serious ragers for it in the past while dressing up as the cast of The Wizard of Oz, the Scooby Doo Gang, and characters from Aladdin. And when they host their extravaganza at Danger Danger Gallery tonight, they’re guaranteed to pull out all the stops. Aside from stating that it will bring sexy back, The National rifle have been keeping mum about what costumes they’ll be wearing. But they’ll be supplying plenty of candy during this show, and they’ll definitely be playing some tunes from their upcoming full length. For the event, they also put together a rockin’ lineup, which features Vintage Kicks who recently put out their debut effort King Geek. Crills Wilson will be dishing out their booze-influenced southern slams, while Coup Couroux will be making you shake what yo mama gave ya with some brand new tunes. And Val de Val will be kicking the evening off. Danger! Danger! Gallery, 5013 Baltimore Ave., 9pm, $5 (Free hospitality w/costume), All Ages – Bill McThrill