Cherry’s debut full-length album, Dumbness, is out now via Lame-O Records, and this Saturday, the Russell Edling-led outfit finds its way into South Philly’s Boot & Saddle. Dumbness melodically awakens memories, meditatively tapping into past. An eerie familiarity looms throughout the album; it stirs in a fuzzy friction of reflective folk, as one comes home after a long absence realizing that time alters people, places, and perspectives. It’s a temporary time warp, linking a cross-section of genres, without running off course. Tonight, they’ll supported by the at ease, slow-burning sounds of Yankee Bluff, and things will be kicked off by Clasp, featuring Kat Bean (Amanda X). – Michael Colavita
Other places to be this weekend…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT Bryant Eugene Vazquez, Man Like Machine, Thom McCarthy
Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) FRI Baby & Shylow, Korine, SAT Cherry (Record Release), Yankee Bluff, Clasp, SUN Jon Loudon
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Emmett Drueding, Curtis Cooper/Kodiak Park/DJ Deejay, SAT The Company Corvette/Sean Hearn, Wassup Gina, SUN Fling , Baby Blitz, Future Dinosaurs
Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) SAT Good Behavior Records Presents Hurricane Relief: Cold Fronts, OOLALA, Love Club, Starterjacket, The 1910 Chainsaw Company, SUN Aphra
TLA (334 South St.) FRI The Wonder Years, The Obsessives
The Fillmore Philadelphia (1100 Canal St.) SUN Purling Hiss (Solo), The Whips, DJ Justin Pittney
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI (Upstairs) Conjunto, SUN (Upstairs) Wendell Woods Jr., The Shines, Caligula, Mr. Lisp, Surreal Nation, Hammer Space
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Off And On Again, Twin Beds, Pray to Keep/The Stone Eye, Moons, SAT Dark Waters End (CD Release), Disinhume, SUN Pool Radio, Darling Run
The Barbary (951 Frankford Ave.) FRI Cape Wrath, Geology/Laura Cheadle, Full Bush, George Engel Brooks/Emynd & Bo Bliz
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Stella Ruze (EP Release)
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI Dwight Remington, The Spirit World, SAT Prowler, Robotrippers, Jeff Zeigler, The Fantastic Imagination, SUN The Ellipses, Spenser Michaels
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) SAT Vilebred/Johnny Moskal, SUN Rusty Cadillac
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI Vilebred, Daniel Collins, Ivy Rand, Karmalatta, SUN Endless Taile, Sonny Knockout, Fenris
Voltage Lounge (421 N. 7th St.) SUN Hellrad
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Christian O’Connor Trio, Naps Past Noon, Canyon, SAT Lucida, Gene Wildest, Problem Solving
Bourbon & Branch (705 N. 2nd St.) FRI Tektonic, The Space Cats, The Royal Noise
Ardmore Music Hall (23 E. Lancaster Ave.) SUN Countdown to Ecstasy
Morgan’s Pier (221 N. Columbus Blvd.) FRI DJ Pierson, SUN Richie Baker
Everybody Hits (529 W. Girard Ave.) SAT Pinkwash
The Pharmacy (1300 S. 18th St.) FRI Breaklite, The Separators
The Sound Hole (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Neolibz