Our friends over at Bands in the Backyard have had a great year of capturing candid moments such as the Blood Feathers serenading a couple before their marriage proposal, Shorty Boy-boy crooning a passerby outside of Milkboy, and Dangerous Ponies sharing some laughs over their setlist during our anniversary show at Kung Fu Necktie. And they have filmed intimate backyard sessions that have featured the likes of Oh! Pears, Streetwalkers, Arc in Round, and Faux Slang. To celebrate their fifth episode featuring indie rock trio Break It Up, the BITBY crew will be joining forces with Phonographic Arts and us to throw a holiday party at Little Bar this Saturday night. The event will feature DJ sessions from music enthusiasts Attia Taylor and John Vettese, drink specials from Six Point Brewery, free pictures with Santa Claus, and plenty of good music. Along with Break It Up, Psychic Teens will be performing some post-punk chaos-filled tunes from their latest album Teen. Spirit Animal will be pitching in some gnarly punk-meets-metal-meets-psych rock sounds. And Streetwalkers will be playing their second Philly show with BITBY’s Kyle Costill behind keys. Add Brooklyn’s PC Worship into the mix and you have more than enough reasons why this XMAS Party should be part of your weekend destination. Little Bar, 728 8th St., 8pm, $7, 21+ – Bill McThrill
Plenty of other things to keep you entertained this weekend…
Little Bar (728 S. 8th St.) FRI Birds of Maya, Tin Horses, True Gold
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI Summer Fiction, Pink Skull, Attia Taylor, SAT Frog Holler, The Wallace Brothers Band, Manatawny Creek Ramblers
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Dressed Like Stolen Cars, Josh Olmstead, Robai, SAT Limecell, Jukebox Zeros, The Slotcars
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Modern Colour, Music Box Dynamo, Slow Dance Chubby, The Graveyard Shift, SAT Andrew Lipke, The Heat Run, The Codes, SUN Alright Junior
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Beako, SAT (All Ages) Griz, Jesus Older Brother, Dream Job, SAT (Late) The Papashangos and Only On Weekends
M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Hamburger Hunt, SAT Minor Arcana, Joshua Park, David Cope, Ross Bellenoit
Tritone (1508 South St.) SAT Buddhafest 48 w/Baffle The Cat, Soundwavves, The Poet-Lariats, and More, SUN Free Range Folk
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) SAT (Early) Don McCloskey, (Late) Rausch, SUN Shannon Pelcher
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SAT Eyes Wide Shut, St. James & The Apostles, Blood Rhythm, Flying Sutra
The Blockley (3801 Chestnut St.) FRI Long Miles and Sonni Shine
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI The Original Rays, SAT Rhodes Trio, SUN Rusty Cadillac
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) SAT (Downstairs) Peek-A-Boo Revue, (Upstairs) American Babies
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI Fat City Reprise, Chalk & The Beige Americans, Juliet’s Vice, SAT Wizard Eye, Last Hour Battle, Mach 22, John & Brittany, SUN 1 Year Anniversary Show w/ Suregeon, Last Flight Out, Dive, Bong Hits For Jesus, Soraia, The Persnip Revolt, and More
Triumph Brewery (117 Chestnut St.) FRI The Absolute Zeros, The Way Home, Sabrosa
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St. Philadelphia) SAT Algernon Cadwallader, Dangerous Ponies, Banned Books, Hop Along, Ecce Shnak
JR’s Bar (2327 S. Croskey St.) FRI Thinking Machines and Cannons, SAT Inquisition, SUN Night Fall and Mauser
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI Underwater Window Garden, Griz, The Yuzh
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Atomic Square, Panic Years, Ages, SAT TivaTiva CD Release Show w/Lost In Company and Josh Schurr
Union Transfer (1026 Spring Garden St.) SAT The War On Drugs, Sun Airway, Ape School
Theater Of Living Arts (334 South St.) SAT Firm Taqtics, Willpowerless, Pale Autumn, The Jackson Rider, The Mighty OV
2424 Studios (2424 E. York St.) SAT Philadelphia Independent Craft Market Holiday Show w/Hezekiah Leaves & Spinning Jones, Levee Drivers, Sisters 3, and The Great Unknown
Digital Ferret (732 S. 4th St.) FRI My Parasites and The Psychological Masquerade
Highwire Gallery (2040 Frankford Ave.) FRI Cuddle Magic
Voyeur (1221 St. James St.) SAT Making Time $2 Holiday Freakout w/Spank Rock