“Animal Show” is Pterodactyl’s fitting yearly art show where a menagerie of beasts become the muses that are used to depict the artists’ projection of myths, fantasies, and ideas. For opening night, the DIY art space has lined-up a 3 ring circus of musicians to heighten the evening’s party. Eat Your Birthday Cake have been working on an album that is set to be unveiled in the spring. They’ve even debuted a lo-fi shoegaze-y sound that can be heard on new material such as “Kathy + Ken”. The Pterodactyl event will be the bands 2nd performance of the day since they’ll also be part of a Jazz Benefit for Japan at Rittenhouse Square’s Church of the Holy Trinity. So today will be a great chance to catch them before they unleash some April Fools at Danger Danger Gallery next week. Also on the “Animal Show” bill will be indie popsters Cow Pals, who recently released a new EP at the beginning of this year called Look Who’s Comin’, and Jersey’s Peanut Butter Lovesicle. Pterodactyl, 3237 Amber St. Box 3 Fifth Floor North, 8pm, Donations, All Ages – Bill McThrill