OK, I’m sure everyone has probably had enough of the jokes about the Mayan Apocalypse, but it does give us a reason to party like it’s 1999 (again – luv ya Prince!). And so does Norwegian Arms’ Album Release Party at Johnny Brenda’s tonight with Night Panther, Laser Background and Pattern is Movement, who has come out of hibernation for the momentous occasion to throwdown with all new tunes. Little Baby’s Ice Cream will also be there with a very special apocalyptic ice cream as DJ Eddie Austin on the wheels of steel. Check out our interview with Norwegian Arms’ Brendan Mulvihill HERE, and then go see them and the rest of their uber-talented musician pals tear up the stage this evening! Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 9pm, $10, 21+ – Q.D. Tran
Other things to do for the Mayan Apocalypse and the days after…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT Renegade, Sweatheart, SUN A Yuletide Holiday Extravaganza w/Emily and Micah McGraw
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Juston Sten & The Get Real Gang, Conversations With Enemies, Glow in the Dark, (Upstairs) Exploding World Record Release Show w/Circadian Rythms, Lux Perpetua, SAT Swearin’, SUN Doomed to Obscurity, Molting
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI The Pretty Greens, Low Cut Connie, SAT In Memory of Joe Strummer: A Benefit for Strummerville w/Split Red, The Successful Failures, The Future Unwritten, Cold Roses, Betty Iron Thumbs, Blayer Pointdujour & The Rockers Galore, I Yahn I Arkestra & More
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Orbit to Leslie, Anjuli Josephine, The Atomiqs, SAT (All Ages) Secrenaut, Cycle, Tuesday Night, Brothers and Sisters, (Late) Manataway Creek Ramblers, Brad Hinton Band, Jesse Lundy Band, Matt Helm Scream, Barren Wells
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI The Fallen Troubadors, GRiZ, Black Horse Motel, SAT Val de Val, Way Home, Seamus Brown, David Cope
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI Gin Canaries, SAT The Wittchen Initiative, SUN Good Graces
M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Vice Royal, G and T, Relatives, The Skeleton Frames
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) FRI Gillian Grassie, Andrew Lipke, SAT (Early) Laura Mann, (Late) Graham Alexander
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SAT Lost Season, Extractus, Legends Never Die, Beyond Balck Skies, Humanity Forsaken, Impact winter, Anomaly, SUN Bonner, Spies Like Them, The Giving Stones, Matt Cermanski, Bonner & Rising
Electric Factory (421 N. 7th St.) FRI Among Criminals, No Such Noise!
The Blockley (3801 Chestnut St.) SAT Beru Revue
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI Jasafar Blues Band, SUN Rusty Cadillac
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI (Downstairs) Find Vienna, Talain Rayne, LizBeth Rose, (Downstairs) The Once Was, Air is Human, Joe Trainor Trio, SAT The Kalob Griffin Band, Toy Soldiers, Sean Hoots, SUN Boy Wonder
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI The Indefatigables
Triumph Brewery (117 Chestnut St.) FRI The Nines, SAT The Happy Dog
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St. Philadelphia) FRI “It’s the End of the World (Again!)” w/S.T.A.R.W.O.O.D.
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI The Beta Phase, Crobot, Winston’s Dog, East of the West, SAT Faster, Jason Ager, One Sound Nation
Sprinkle Kingdom (Please contact one of the acts or the venue for more details.) FRI Idle Idols
Hong Kong Garden (Please contact one of the acts or the venue for more details.) FRI Joint Chiefs of Math, Lana Avacada