Tonight, Everybody Hits hosts Weller celebrating their self-titled debut album, which is being re-issued today via Tiny Engines. Composed succinct melodies envelop in a relaxed revealing jangle. Holding a place of comfort by lyrically unlatching the inner-workings, there’s a continuous desire to find one’s footing and/or fit in the world at large. That ongoing existential search may never truly end, rather just morph, but the ongoing evaluation is one which can be viewed as a self-portrait that many others can see themselves in. Currently in the midst of a run of dates with Animal Flag and with a new album in the works, The Obsessives help fortify this lineup, which also includes the soothing, shoegazing darkness of So Totally and the intricately-woven, experimental folk of The Human Fly. – Michael Colavita
Other places where you can heat up or cool down this weekend…
Everybody Hits (529 W. Girard Ave.)FRI Weller (Record Release), The Obsessives, So Totally SAT Weekend Athlete
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT Lovelorn, Night Sins, Dreamswell
Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) SAT Dark Blue, The Guests, Deep Red
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Elison Jackson, Frogg/The Tough Shits, SAT Mcguires Mob, Wrong Planet, SUN Deathmonger/Slophouse, Dear Forbidden, Endless Taile
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St.) FRI Fairy Godmother
Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) FRI Black Urn
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) FRI Philly Soul Syndicate, SAT Filo’s Reunion
TLA (334 South St.) SAT Anthony Green, Good Old War
The Fillmore Philadelphia (1100 Canal St.) SAT Dirty South Joe, Magglezzz
The Foundry (1000 Frankford Ave.) FRI Steady Hands
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI (Upstairs) John Vettese/Philly Gumbo/(Downstairs) John Byrne, No Irish Need Apply, SAT (Upstairs) The Dukes of Destiny/(Downstairs) Animus (Philadelphia’s Belly Dance Spectacular)
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Moral Code, Duress
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Looseleaf, SUN American Dinosaur
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI Low Energy, Downtrodder, Readership, SAT Commonwealth Choir, SUN Don Babylon, C. M. Slenko, Tapes & Tubes
The Barbary (951 Frankford Ave.) FRI Boogieman Dela, Eli Capella/Matthew Law/Leo, SAT Familiar Things, Saver/Creem Circus, The Judex/Ian St. Laurent, John Redden
Bourbon & Branch (705 N. 2nd St.) FRI Andrew Montoya, Melissa Clampffer, Betty Iron Thumbs, SAT AGT, Darlingtyn, Mercury Retrograde
Century (1350 S. 29th St.) FRI Through Neighborhoods, Rally, Hen, SAT Baby Blitz, Flamingo Chicks, The OK OK’s
Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) FRI DJ Rich Medina, SUN The Jawn
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) SAT John Byrne, SUN Rusty Cadillac
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI Adventure Lost, Zymotic Flow, Rusty Blue, Poppy, SAT S.T.A.R.W.O.O.D. Mage Hand, Space Pizza
Voltage Lounge (421 N. 7th St.) SAT Stargazer, Left to Vanish, Varials, SUN Kaonashi, Last Minute Hero, Flowercrown, Hollow Visions
Frankie Bradley’s (1320 Chancellor St.) SUN Honeygasm
Morgan’s Pier (221 N. Columbus Blvd) FRI DJ Beatstreet
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Stone Electrics, Joshua C. Miller, Jackson Howard, Vessna Scheff, SAT Static Flow, Apple Juice Jones
Ardmore Music Hall (23 E. Lancaster Ave.) SAT Aaron Parnell Brown
Creep Records (1050 N. Hancock St.) SAT Savage Dads, Cassettes
The Pharmacy (1300 S. 18th St.) FRI Sudo Williams, Andrew Milicia, ialive, SAT Maggie Mae, Gracie Martin and The So Beautifuls, Ntive Flora
JJ’s Diner (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT (Farewell Show) My Name Is Tom, Shy, Narra
Green Haus (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Camp Candle, Elaine Rasnake, The Polychromatics, Whoopsydaisy
Goo Lagoon (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Yowler, Sitcom, Dan Wriggins
Magic Pictures (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Kate Ferencz (Tape Release)