Striving for a bigger sound, the brothers McGowan (The Tea Club) enlisted the help of whimsical divas like Vinchelle Woods and Kate Foust as well as a cavalcade of talented musical misfits to form a new project in Virtual Virgin. They also recruited the help of other multimedia experts to create a barrage for the senses! Of course, the fact that their music often sounds like the end result of David Bowie brainstorming in a room with LCD Soundsystem and Massive Attack doesn’t hurt either. And when they play much beloved DIY space The Ox tonight, it’s guaranteed to feel like your walking into a whole other world altogether. To help them set the mood for the evening will be the folk-y new side project from Da Comrade! maestro Fletcher T. VanVliet, On the Water, which we have particular fondness for, and artsy indie pop Brooklyn outfit The Lisps. The Ox, (you should know by now or ask a friend), 8pm, $5, 21+
More shows to tantalize the senses…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT Girls Rock Philly 2nd Annual Album Release Show
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) SUN East Hundred and Turning Violet Violet
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Levee Drivers and Andrew Jude, SUN Cheap Seats
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Goodnight Lights, SAT Parachuting Apostles and Hamburger Hunt
Tritone (1508 South St.) FRI G. Calvin Weston, SAT Attia Taylor and Bells Bells Bells
Danger Danger Gallery (5013 Baltimore Ave.) FRI Dry Feet, SAT Creeping Weeds
Millcreek Tavern (4200 Chester Ave.) FRI Kickin Bear
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) FRI Rasputin’s Secret Police and Karma Bat
JR’s Bar (2327 S. Croskey St.) FRI Kelly & The Ruths, Charlotte Littlehales
The Blockley Pourhouse (3801 Chestnut St.) SAT Tommy Conwell & The Young Rumblers
Murph’s Bar (202 E. Girard Ave.) SAT The Tea Club and The Nonstop Mints
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI Hired Guns Blues Band, SAT 722 Presents
Raven Lounge (1718 Sansom St.) FRI Clotworthy
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI Lightninging
The Barbary (951 N. Frankford St.) FRI Brown Recluse
The Rotunda (4014 Walnut St.) FRI Landing Pad