Influenced by beehives (The B-52’s) and L.A.M.B. (Gwen Stefani), Gang’s in-your-face anthems command you to dance. A pleasant vocal throwback to riot grrrl’s like Kathleen Hanna (ex-Bikini Kill, Le Tigre) and electro blips a la Pretty Girls Make Graves, Gang’s hyperactive backbeats are energized assaults against the hum-drum. Tracks like “Earthquake It” and “Rat Poison” are unpredictably raw and fresh. Unpretentious in their delivery, Gang’s front women, Amanda Damron and Jaclyn McGraw, use diction like a weapon, delivering each line with zest and sass matched with killer hooks and synth. With the help of the Big Kids (bandmates Nicole McGraw and Tim Sonnefeld), Gang’s set is hot like August and cool like ice. They’ll be strangely opening for Phosphorescent at Philly Weekly’s Concerts in the Park Series. But if you’re interested in seeing the ladies on a more fitting bill, then you’ll get your chance this fall when their “biggest dream” comes true opening for The B-52’s. Rittenhouse Square Park, 7pm, Free, All Ages (Photo by Oliver Lopena) – Dianca Potts