It’s Northern Liberties Music Festival week at The Fire! So here’s your opportunity to catch a lot of interesting local acts in an intimate venue. Here’s a quick rundown of what you might not want to miss this week. Now, if you like a good cover tune, you can’t really go wrong this evening with the songs of Leonard Cohen and Lou Reed. Hezekiah Jones, Ron Gallo, Chris Kasper, and many more will be sharing their renditions of some of their favorites. On Wednesday evening, the sounds of hip hop are taking over The Fire. O.G. Schoolly D will be headlining the bill, but he will be having plenty of support from rhyme-slinging, lyrical warrior Reef the Lost Cauze, Verso, Dru Chris and Alien Architect. We’re a little confused why Thursday’s lineup isn’t booked for a weekend evening. With the bill of Toy Soldiers, Adam & Dave’s Bloodline, East Hundred, TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb, Dangerous Ponies, Arrah and The Ferns, and Attia Taylor, this is a certainly a highlight of the festival and should sell out (definitely, if it were a Friday or Saturday night)! But Friday is all about Cookie Rabinowitz featuring Schoolly D. Please do yourself a favor. Go check out the Cookie Rabinowitz animated series here, and you’ll also get some behind the scenes footage with Freeway. Saturday begins to wind down the festival, and is a good time for deadicated XPN fans to escape the confines of the Tin Angel and World Café Live, and see what’s been happening on Girard Ave. with Andrew Lipke, Sisters 3, Cowmuddy, Emily Zeitlyn (of The Weeds), and Charlotte Littlehales. And on Sunday, dirty Jerz will be representing at the fest and hosted by locals Bruce Lucy and The Rowdies. There you go. Now head out this week to whatever strikes your fancy! – The Deli Staff