Lately, a general gloomy atmosphere has hovered overhead. However, amid these dreary conditions, an unexpected return has taken shape. Pet Milk is back (marking the group’s first time on stage since 2013) with a show this Saturday at Everybody Hits. Not only will the band be exploring the sweet sincerity, searing space, and downhill assertions interconnecting twee, shoegazing, and punk into one, but they’ll also be doing so with a pairing of lead vocalists in Adriane Dalton and Sarah Schimeneck for the first time. Before heading into the studio with Jeff Zeigler next month to work on a full-length album, Callowhill will be bringing their rhythmically heavy thrust, which is complemented by jagged riffs and lush melodies. The quartet bridges the gap between the return of one band and the maiden voyage of another in Green Wolf, which is made up of Josh Agran (Paint It Black, Cassavetes), Deven Craige (Little Big League), and Joe Godino (The Menzingers). – Michael Colavita
Other places to escape this first Twilight Zone week under a Trump administration…
Everybody Hits (529 W. Girard Ave.) SAT Pet Milk, Callowhill, Green Wolf
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI Mindboys, SAT DJ Emynd, Bo Bliz
Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) FRI The Peace Creeps
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI John Dominy/Drones for Queens, Supine/Cruzko, Evan Riley, Gordon Bombay, Cliph, SAT Clamfight, Brain Candle, Decap Attak, SUN The Royal Noise, This Way to the Egress
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St.) FRI Planning For Burial, A Virgin, Cemetery Flowers, SAT Bad Heaven
Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) SAT Kiska, Shark Tape
Union Transfer (1026 Spring Garden St.) FRI Moor Mother
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.)FRI Pig Iron Theatre’s Annual Benefit: This Town Ain’t Pig Enough For The Both Of Us
TLA (334 South St.) FRI Sinners Saints
The Fillmore Philly (1100 Canal St.) SAT Motionless In White
The Foundry (1000 Frankford Ave.) FRI Live At The Fillmore (Allman Brother Tribute)
Electric Factory (421 N. 7th St.) SAT G.Love & Special Sauce
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) SUN (Upstairs) Tiffany Jones Quintet, V Shayne Frederick/(Downstairs) Philly Rising Showcase: Justin Angelo, Kate Dressed Up, Heart Harbor, Laela, The Art of Walking, Keely Sibilia, Seth Aaron, Sam Steffen, The Separators
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Sure Juror, The Retinas, SAT AdotWAKE, E. Grizzly, Slaughter Rico, SUN Elk Embassy, Twin Sister, Moma, p.pyhill
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Tucker Hill (Release Show), Kingfisher, SAT Attic Tapes
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI Sparrow Steeple, Mark Feehan, Kiel Everett, SAT The Tisburys (EP Release), Darlingtyn, Mother Moses, Dweller/Suburban Living (DJ Set)
Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) FRI DJ Royale, Francisco Collazo, SAT DJ Deejay
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) SAT The John Venezia Project, Hambone Relay, The Phonies, SUN Rusty Cadillac
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) SAT Kenn Kweder and the Men from WaWa
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI Fenris, Dear Forbidden, SAT The Stone Eye, Inner Temple, The Lizard People
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Montoj, The Strange Heat, Baffle The Cat, SAT Kenny Price & Friends, xPresidents, Boy Wonder, Keely Sibilia
Bourbon & Branch (705 N. 2nd St.) FRI Bryant Eugene Vazquez, Matt Kelly, Katie Jo Knaub, Todd Fausnacht, SAT The Chris Paterno Band, Momma Hankton
Ardmore Music Hall (23 E. Lancaster Ave.) FRI An All Star Tribute to the 30th Anniversary of Paul Simon’s Graceland: Ryan Tennis, Aaron Parnell Brown, Zach Djanikian, No Good Sister, Griz, A Fistful Of Sugar, The End of America, SAT Splintered Sunlight, SUN Whiskeyhickon Boys, Ladybird/Bill Jolly’s Hard Drive All-Stars
The Pharmacy (1300 S. 18th St.) SAT Cottontail, Maxwell Stern, Spot Collins/Cacciato Disappearances, Caffeine, SUN Janelle, Whaler
Tralfamadore (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Doggo, Kelsey Cork & the Swigs, Blushed
LAVA Space (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Anili Mars, Kahlil Ali, Ronnie Vega, Madam Data, Pinkwash