Just before SideOneDummy released Restorations‘ latest album LP3 the indie post-punk quintet embarked on a big tour of the US. The impressive nine-track album that was cut at Miner Street Studios and the bands homecoming is certainly worthy of a big celebration, which is happening at First Unitarian Church this Saturday, and they’ll be joined by a great supporting cast of locals. Pop-punk femme fatales Cayetana have had a huge year that culminated with the release of their debut full-length, Nervous Like Me, and a spot on the Brooklyn Vegan CMJ Showcase. And the girls are poised to move onto an even bigger 2015. What started out as a one-man project by Everyone Everywhere’s Matthew Scottoline has evolved into the lush power-pop trio that is Hurry. The show will also feature Three Man Cannon, who will be playing tunes from their latest, Pretty Many People. First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 8pm, $13, All Ages – Bill McThrill
Other places to escape the chill this weekend…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI JJL, Gondola, The Improbables, SAT Modern Inventors, Commonwealth Choir, SUN Banned Books
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Black Horse Motel, New Sweden Music/Truant Minds, Strawman, SAT The Bad Bees, SUN Cheap Dinosaurs, X-Hunters, Chronicles of Sound/Destroying Angel
Union Transfer (1026 Spring Garden St.) FRI Ground Up, Mazon, Rone, SAT Hemming
Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) FRI Bad Braids
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SAT (Balcony) Cycle, Pseudologic, Rocky VII, Public Noise
The Barbary (951 Frankford Ave.) SUN Reward, Able Moving Hearts
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) SAT (Upstairs) Tara Hendricks, SUN (Upstairs) Almshouse, Deep City Healers, Jefferson Berry & Urban Acoustic Coalition
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Maitland, In Place, Josh Miller, SAT (Early) Hanna Paige, Megan Knight, Kai Botak/(Late) Roof Doctor, Glitter, The Phosphenes, SUN Down With Homework (EP Release), Teenage Bigfoot, Lamplighters, Sinking Ocean Gods
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI The Chelsea Kills
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI The Silence Kit
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI August Lutz, TJ Kong
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St) FRI Joshua Thomas, Jennifer Pague (of Vita & The Woolf), Cape Wrath
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI Christopher Davis Shannon
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI 12horse, 13 to 1, Citadel/ Elspeth Tremblay, The Boiled Owls, Inconsiderate Bastards SAT Working Class Villains (CD Release), Hoochie Coochie Men, Chowder/Raleaf, Sacred Cube, Natural Black SUN (Afternoon) Elspeth Tremblay
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI Goddamnit!, Paths 2 Glory, Down With Homework, SUN Man Illuminated, Overfield
Voltage Lounge (421 N. 7th St.) SAT Blacklisted
The Grape Room (105 Grape St) FRI Montoj, Matt Gauss Band, The Barren Wells, Los Festingos, SAT Morse Coda, Spotted Atrocious, Saint Elouise, A Reckless Darling
Bourbon and Branch (705 N. 2nd St.) FRI You Do You (EP Release), The Racket Boys, The Extraordinaires, SAT Static Mountain
Ardmore Music Hall FRI Scott McClatchy
Eris Temple Arts (602 S. 52nd St.) FRI Mike Bell & The Movies, 1994!, Forever Lesbians, Blue Smiley, SAT Sylvia Platypus, Green Cathedral, Horsey, Dental Dames
Golden Tea House (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info) SAT Danger O’s, Scuzbot, Mike Bell & The Movies, SUN The Cloth, Space Drugs, Push Ups
Lavender Town (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info) SAT Mumblr, The Mellowells, Clique, Abi Reimold
Fort Tender (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info) SAT Bike Crash, Seethroughgirls, Marlo Reynolds
Great Indoors (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info) SAT The Goodbye Party, Marge