Union Transfer welcomes a pair of local heavyweights Saturday night. Hoots & Hellmouth have a rustic Americana sound that’s part cabin-in-the-woods-campfire country and party revival-backyard blues. Sean Hoots’ vocals have a soulful reassuring preacher’s authority that combines with instrumentation which thrives in its simplistic tradition, but further succeeds in its tightly woven combination of clean strings, guitar, mandolin, etc., and persistent stomp rhythms that continually stoke the fire. While Hoots & Hellmouth’s sound tips their cap to tradition and history, on the opposite side of the bill, Creepoid takes classic elements of acoustic guitar music and twists it in a dark grungy psychedelic way. The hollow buzzing guitar etches haunting siren-like tones, which are only magnified by heart-thumping percussion that serves as an adrenaline shot amid the eerily chilling vocals of Sean Miller and Anna Troxell. While their fans may not hang in the same circles, these two bands represent the soulful depth of Philly – one in the familiar warmth of tradition and the other in the chilly darkness that lies in its wake. Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St., 8pm, $13 – $15, All Ages – Michael Colavita
Other things to entertain you while the chill sets in this weekend…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT Stinking Lizaveta
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI (Early) The Slotcars, Toy Cannons, St. James & The Apostles, (Late) Mighty Paradocs, Upholstery, (Upstairs) Vintage Kicks, SAT (Upstairs) The Company Corvette, L.U.N.A.R. Revolt, SUN (Early) Ladies Auxiliary, (Upstairs) The Shakes, Pussy Dogs
Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) FRI John Wesley Harding’s Cabinet of Wonders, Alec Ounsworth, The Spinto Band, SAT Lushlife, Light Heat, Dave Quicks Trio
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St. Philadelphia) SUN Cruiser, Idle Idols
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Flightschool, The Yuzh
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Juston Stens & the Get Real Gang, Cow Pals, The Heat Run, Anjuli Josephine, SAT (All Ages) Taking a Chance, The 74s, The Engine Atlantic, (Late) Rone, Verso, Uptown Tone, SUN Hop Along, Kite Party
M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Russian Arm Candy, LightPoint, SAT Avenue Kings, Commonwealth Choir, Siamese Sundown
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SAT Swizzymack
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI Hired Guns Blues Band, SAT Low Rise w/Suzi Brown, SUN Rusty Cadillac
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) SAT (Downstairs) Mutlu, (Upstairs) The Parsnip Revolt, The Lux
The Blockley (3801 Chestnut St.) FRI Tayyib Ali, Moosh & Twist: OCD, SAT Low Cut Connie
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) SAT CHOWDER Band, John The Conqueror, Cold Roses, White Hot Noise
Triumph Brewery (117 Chestnut St.) FRI Dave Steel Blues Band
Electric Factory (421 N. 7th St.) SAT Josh Wink, Rob Paine
Ortlieb’s (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI The Glotones, SAT Sweetheart, SUN Raimundo Santos
Rebel Rock Bar (100 Spring Garden St.) SAT Baby Diaz, Mackenzie Iames, Montoj
Milkboy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Post Sun Times, SUN Archives of Oblivion
The El Bar (1356 N. Front St.) SAT Hott Tubb, Taco Joint, New Hero
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Hot Spoon Gully, The Matt Lyons Band, SAT Big Worm
Broad Street Ministry (315 S. Broad St.) FRI All Else Failed, Rock Bottom, Sawed Off
The Han Enterprise (2124 N. 17th St.) FRI Victory Shoes, Somniac, Sauce
Crystal Palace (Please contact one the acts or the venue for more info.) SAT Nona
The Double Deuce (Please contact one the acts or the venue for more info.) FRI Idiot Kid, Eureka Driver
Cloud City (Please contact one the acts or the venue for more info.) FRI Dopestroke, Alement, Nothing Is Over