After winning a coveted Pew Fellowship, Mary Lattimore set out on an journey across the wide-open roads of America with a friend and her trusty but bulky 47-string Lyon & Healy harp. This adventure inspired the compositions that now make up her full-length album At the Dam, a name borrowed from Joan Didion’s essay about the Hoover Dam. The record is out today via Ghostly International, and you can help Lattimore celebrate its arrival tomorrow evening at PhilaMOCA. Kicking the night off will be garage-psych outfit Spacin’, who will be returning home from being on the road with Kurt Vile & The Violators. They’ll also be joined by the single gal synthpop project of New Zealander Annabel Alpers, otherwise known as Bachelorette. PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th St., 8pm, $12, All Ages – H.M. Kauffman
More places to hang this weekend…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI Weekender, Hello Shark, SAT West Philadelphia Orchestra, Swift Technique, SUN Valley Exit, QQQ
Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) FRI Joy Riding, Kiska, SAT Northern Arms
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Evil Sword, Hallowed Bells/Cacciato, Chatty Kathy/DJ Deejay, SAT Ghostbeds/Jesse Tyler, SUN Cold Fronts
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St.) SAT Mary Lattimore (Record Release), Spacin’, SUN Petal, The Superweaks
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SAT Modern Titan, Initial Kick, Violence In Ascension, Scars Like These, SUN Beanie Sigel, Jahlil Beats
TLA (334 South St.) FRI Gavin Becker
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) SAT (Upstairs) Welcome to Wonderland: A Soulidified Tribute to Stevie Wonder, SUN (12pm) (Upstairs Lizanne Knott (CD Release)
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI (6pm) Spill, Skyline The City / (10pm) Marv Mack, Anyee Wright, Hulitho, SAT HighKick, American Dinosaur, The Parameters, Paper Comets, SUN The Mad Splatter, Seeing Snakes
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Ryan Tennis & The Clubhouse Band (Record Release), Looseleaf, Chickabiddy, SAT Night Windows, James Dukenfield, SUN The Sixties, RFA, Ceramic Animal
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St) FRI The Stammer, Hidden Lights, Polar Ice Cap, SAT Glitter, Chris Brooks
Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) FRI DJ Dav, Reed Streets, SAT DJ Deejay, SUN Agent Zero
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) SUN Rusty Cadillac
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) FRI Elison Jackson, Andrew Jude
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St) FRI Audio Impulse (EP Release), Behind Deadlines, Dead: Stop, Palace Burn, SAT Magnetic North
Frankie Bradley’s (1320 Chancellor St.) FRI Franky’s Foxes w/ DJ Chris Urban, SAT Ed Christof
The Fillmore Philadelphia (1100 Canal St.) SUN Son Little
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Tree Rats, Bohka, SAT Dorkosaurus, Sweet Eureka, The Raknoss
Bourbon & Branch (705 N. 2nd St.) FRI David Fantasy & Adult Content, LeBon LeBon, Muscle Tough, SAT Dear Forbidden (Record Release), Illinois, Siamese Sundown (Farewell Show), Nicky P, SUN John Kelsey, Echo Sun Ensemble
Ardmore Music Hall (23 E. Lancaster Ave.) FRI Splintered Sunlight, SAT Hurricane Hoss, SUN David Stone: The Johnny Cash Experience
First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St.) SAT Pinkwash, The Spirit of The Beehive, Loose Tooth
Everybody Hits (529 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Static Mountain, Souldiers of Soul, R.R. Perkins
Millcreek Tavern (4200 Chester Ave.) SUN Moros
Goldy’s (732 Chestnut St, 3rd Floor) FRI Pretty Greens, King Azaz, SUN Joy Again, Shelf Life, Grubby Little Hands
Time Cube (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Cape of Bats (Album Release), Blank Spell, Castle Freak
Tralfamadore (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.)
The Waiting Room (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Pocket, Ben Bennett