"Blow Up New Jersey and Get Philly a Beach" has been a meme in our otherwise perfectly civil and sophisticated city for some time now. If this act of aggression against our non-gas-pumping neighbors ever comes to pass and the gleeful hordes rush to bask on the charred shore, Dry Feet will be savagely soundtracking the whole thing. This is a given, not just conjecture: After all, they do have an album entitled Philadelphia Beach. The trio plays classic garage-surf-punk propelled by a liberal helping of attitude and some of the cleanest lyrics ever found in the genre. Their brash, sneering jams roar by in under two minutes, packing a dense, huge-sounding arrangement of texture into every second. "So Freakin’ What?" the first song off their April release Highway to Heck, features an fifties-style harmonizing intro, wailing guitars, and sentiments such as "You think I need a job? You think I give a DAMN?" They’re playing Kung Fu Necktie this Sunday night, opening for the notoriously theatrical NOBUNNY and his much sleazier brand of pop-punk weirdness. Prepare to feel slightly violated. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 8pm, $10, 21+ – Alyssa Greenberg
More weekend activities…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) SUN Mikele Edwards
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI (Downstairs) The Lawsuits, Philaphonix, (Upstairs) The Residuels, SAT Little Big League, The Downtown Club, Ryan Belski, SUN Dry Feet
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI A Victim of Good Times, Run to Sandy, SAT Modzilla, New West, SUN The Justin DePaola Band, Mesa Jane, Hippo Love
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Foxhound (Feat. Chris Kasper), Kevin Killen Band, Johnny Miles, Marc Silver Band, Eye To Eye (Feat. Krista Parrish), SAT Andrew Lipke, Griz, Foxhound, Rev. TJ McGlinchey, SUN Catnaps, Heartwell, Cayetano
M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) FRI The Matt Lyons Band, Vilebred, Rob Perna Band
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) SAT Jackie Paper, Lauryn Peacock
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI (Early) John Train, (Late) Sunshine Superman, SUN Rusty Cadillac
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI Medea with Matt Sevier Band, SAT Femme Fatale Philly Feat. Teddi Tarnoff, Fig Leaf, Julia Rainer, Starving The Tsunami
The Blockley (3801 Chestnut St.) FRI Mic Stewart, SUN Dosage Birthday Party
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI Montoj, SAT Stonebaby
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St. Philadelphia) SAT The First Annual 12th Street Art & Music Festival Block Party w/S.T.A.R.W.O.O.D., Thom McCarthy, Post Sun Times, The Love Club, SKGB, (((TACO)))
Milkboy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI SËLA, SAT Michael Morrow Band
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Easy Three, The Fractals, Richie Allen, Dylan Jane
Eris Temple Arts (602 S. 52nd St.) SAT Avataria, Radio Eris, Tic-Tac-Oh, Stephanie Noor
The Double Deuce (Please contact one of the acts or the venue for more deets.) FRI Norwegian Arms, Laser Background, Ghost Light, Roof Doctor