There is a lot to do this weekend, but it’s that time of year again. Pilam’s Human BBQ XXXIII will be raging this Saturday and so will we! Hopefully it won’t get shutdown by the cops like last year and we won’t have to come down from the roof escaping via the back stairwell again before the police try to detain everybody. (That was a buzzkill!) Below is the packed band schedule of local favorites for tomorrow’s event (Thanks Alex!). We hope to see you there! Pilam, 3914 Spruce St., 4pm, $10, All Ages

Moon Women seemed to mysteriously pop up in Philly’s music scene with some quality shows and an eye-catching music video for a wickedly kick-ass track in “Listen Closely”. It was followed by a self-released cassingle (a word that we get a kick out of saying and hearing every time), but no digital format posted on the usual sites to be streamed or shared. While this may sound all gimmicky at first, we soon learned from our recent interview with lead man Justin Pittney that things simply just happen with Moon Women, and it’s probably best not to over-think anything that they do. Well, this “formula” of having no formula is working quite nicely for the shadowy post-punk trio who will be joining Black Lips and Vivian Girls tonight in DC at The Black Cat and tomorrow night in Philly for a hometown throwdown at The Troc. But before all this fun goes down, Pittney was nice enough to answer our interview questions and share some little known facts about Moon Women HERE.

Light Moves Slowly by Moon Women

Call me a school girl but Univox makes me giddy. Their contorted, spastic noise always excites me so, and whenever there’s a chance to catch the Philly act in action, like tonight at Kung Fu Necktie, I jump on it like a starving cheetah (OK, maybe more like a hungry rat). Outside of their live grinds, Whether I’m spinning their latest EP, Conan, which features the smashing "Conan" from their self-titled debut on ROIR, a sweet Golden Ages remix of the song, and the non-album, home-recorded track "Philadelphia Red Clay, 1945", playing their in-studio acoustic performance last Wednesday at YNot Radio, or checking out UNIVOX TV on their Tumblr page (they just posted Episode 6), it goes without saying you should follow my lead. And while you’re at it, snag the new album, Black Shark from the North Carolina indie three-piece Hammer No More the Fingers, and educate yourself on the DC/Brooklyn quintet Deleted Scenes, both billed for tonight’s show. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St, 7pm, $8, 21+ – Annamarya Scaccia

Unfortunately, Power Animal had to cancel their appearance at tomorrow night’s sold out show with David Liebe Harte (Tim & Eric Awesome Show) in the First Unitarian Chapel. Power Animal mastermind Keith Hampson was hospitalized last night with a rare form of strep throat. We’re sending him good vibes for a speedy recovery. We’d also like to share with you a new fan music video (below) for the track “Empty Parking Lot, Scary Dog, Snowing” from 2010’s People Songs that was made by Media Art Production from Australia. Andrew Keller’s Snow Caps will be taking Power Animal’s place on the bill. – The Deli Staff

This was a bummer when we heard about it, and we were hoping that it was a joke, but guitarist, singer and sometimes keyboardist Andy Molholt confirmed that it was true. Genial psych-pop outfit The Armchairs are breaking up citing “differing goals, differing musical and creative directions, increasing interpersonal tension, the law of increasing atrophy (the 2nd law of thermodynamics)”. You can read the rest of the message that they posted HERE. They’ll still be performing at Pilam’s Human BBQ this Saturday, and their final show will be May 13 at Johnny Brenda’s with pals Orbit to Leslie, Circadian Rhythms, and Dinosaur Feathers. Hopefully you can make it out and wish them your best. We are sure that we’ll find them involved in the local music community one way or another. Much love to The Armchairs! – The Deli Staff

It’s reassuring to know that a band like Bardo Pond, a beautiful Philly success story who formed way back around ’91, is still going strong. If their latest self-titled release is any different than the way things sounded back in the day, it’s only that they sound more muscular and refined. Not dreamy enough to be shoegaze and slightly too lazy for grunge, their guitars revel in a kind of supreme stoner-rock overdrive. Some may try and relate their music to trippy experiences (not that I can blame them), but it’s hard to determine how much of their sound is drug-induced and how much of it is just the results of searching high and low for a particularly gnarly fuzz-tone. They’ll be complimented well by New Zealand’s blissed-out Surf City and Toronto crooners Snowblink. Danger Danger Gallery, 5013 Baltimore Ave., 8pm,$5 – $10 donation, All Ages (Photo by Dan Cohoon) – Joe Poteracki