If you caught glimpses of Shorty Boy-Boy early on, you might have been mystified by the guitar toting wonder who mimicked Terminator and played checkers during shows until he ultimately jumped onto an air mattress for a pumped up guitar solo. But since then, Joshua Pannepacker and company have been winning people over with their humorous music video and song Smoking Tea. They have also been working on a new 7” that will be the first release from BITBY’s new record label (Pannepacker and Kyle Costill are bandmates in Streetwalkers). Shorty Boy-Boy will be returning from SXSW early, and taking a break from their “Candy Man” video shoot in order to celebrate the albums release at Johnny Brenda’s tonight. They’ll be joined by Mountjoy, who recently dropped their latest EP Squam Lake Tapes and are already gearing up to release a new one, and Brian Langan’s latest project Langor. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 9pm, $10, 21+ (Photo by Grace Dickinson) – Bill McThrill
