For those of you who were smart enough not to head up to NYC this weekend for CMJ, I look forward to seeing you tonight at Johnny Brenda’s for The Lawsuits’ release celebration. The local four-piece has been garnering much praise from major music media outlets for their most recent album Cool Cool Cool, and this evening is a good opportunity to congratulate the lady and gents and hear how the new LP transfers to a live setting. Please take a look at our recent interview with The Lawsuits’ Brian Dale Allen Strouse below, and make sure to swing by JB’s where they’ll be joined by pop-rock trio The Fleeting Ends and buzzing high schoolers The Districts, who should probably have a sleepover party in the venue’s green room after the show since they’ll be back on stage tomorrow evening opening for the sold-out White Denim show. Expect tonight to be a love fest full of Philly folkies. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 9pm, $10, 21+ – H.M. Kauffman
Other things to keep you entertained this fall weekend…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT The Districts, SUN Nothing
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI (Downstairs) Break It Up, Dreambook/ Something Like a Monument Album Release Show, SUN Vintage Kicks, Platinum Mustache, Me Versus I
Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) SAT The Blue Grass Barbecue "Fall Harvest Festival" w/Citywide Specials, The Keystone Mountain Boys
The Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) FRI Needle Points, The High Five, Bonzai, Beezle, SAT Oldermost, Jesse Sparhawk
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Liz & The Lost Boys, SAT Clancy’s Pistol
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI +HIRS+, Cayetana, SAT (All Ages) Ronald Raygun, Cemetary Friends, (Late) The Donuts, Emmett Drueding, North Lawrence Midnight Singers, SUN (All Ages) Christopher Walking, Canada, Young Pilgrims, (Late) The Sixties, Brian Medlin & The Elk Band, Creature Kit
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI The Bailey Hounds, The Miners
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI (Early) Organs, Coathanger, (Late) Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band, SAT Thee, Idea Men, Katie Frank & The Pheromones, SUN September Call-Up
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) FRI Sonoma Sound, SAT Laura Shay
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI Mutlu, SUN (Upstairs) Soldier On, Railroad Fever, (Downstairs) Suzie Brown
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI Alternator Undead, Black Rue Metal, SAT Black Ocean, Meatplow, Faith or Fear, Anvil Bitch, Citadel, Bone Devil
JR’s Bar (2327 S. Croskey St.) SAT Drums Like Machine Guns, Kohoutek
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI Panic Years, SAT The Gracious, Beth Goldwater, The Everthere
The Barbary (951 N. Frankford St.) SUN 1994, +HIRS+, Cassilis, Joint Chiefs of Math
Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) SUN Jackie Paper
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Crobot, The Fractals, Jeff Thomas, Cliff Hillis, SAT Study Electricity, Song Dogs, Whack Bat
Bloktoberfest (South St. between Broad & 18th St.) SAT Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Swift Technique, Alo Brasil, Andrew Lipke & the Azrael Quartet, New Pony
Golden Tea House (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Batworm, Skin Graft
Wolf Cycle (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Backslider, Cauldron
Penn Haven Housing Co-op (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI The Dolts
Bad Lands (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI The Skull Fucs, The Kankers, GG Lohan, Glory Dole, Wayward Ones