Below is a new track from Prowler called “Leap Year.” It’s a rather chilled out offering compared to the usual spastic hyper-space funk jams that you are probably used to from the local five-piece. It’s available for free download below, and they also have freebies for their covers of INXS’ “Need You Tonight” and The Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog” HERE. (Photo by Chris Sembrot)

If you were looking forward to catching Wigwams at Johnny Brenda’s this past Friday with Busses and Orbit to Leslie and were a bit bummed out about them dropping off the bill kind of last minute, then you now have a reason to get psyched and grab some tasty cheese fries from Ishkabibble’s. The local alt indie rock four-piece will be opening tonight at the TLA for 90’s alt rockers Nada Surf and Australian indie rock duo An Horse. I can’t guarantee that Wigwams will be whipping out the Gumby costume like they did last time they were in the joint opening for Battles on Halloween, but we can sure send out the positive vibes for them to do so. Or simply just harass them via Twitter. TLA, 334 South St., 7pm, $20 + fees, All Ages (Video by BITBY) – Alexis V.

Check out the new music video from singer-songwriter Heyward Howkins for the track “Sugar Sand Stitched Lip” from his forthcoming debut LP The Hale & Hearty, which is scheduled for release on June 26. Howkins is a founding member of The Silver Ages and former lead guitarist for The Trouble with Sweeney. He’ll be performing next in Philly on April 18 at Fergie’s. The video was directed and edited by BITBY’s Tyler Costill and Alex Curro. Enjoy!

Maybe it’s because I am child of the ’90s that I heart Restorations so much. Unlike most of the crap put in the mainstream, this is one local outfit that wraps itself so tightly around the passionate, bleeding heart melodies of the yesteryear’s indie rock – the overwhelming seduction of shoegaze interrogations, the breathless melancholy of campus rock beer stains, the ballsy behavior of reckless post-punk, and the story-telling missives of modern Americana. It’s sonic nostalgia that never seems out-dated. In every daring chord, in every dusky intone, in every pleading rhythm, there is Restorations’ imprint. And tonight at The Barbary, it will pair perfectly with Kite Party’s beating heart alt-rock and End of a Year Self Defense Family’s rusty New York post-hardcore shrills. Yup, that’s the stuff. The Barbary, 951 Frankford Ave., 7:30pm, $10, All Ages – Annamarya Scaccia

The Lawsuits have been tantalizing us with their countrified folk rock with just a tinge of blues for a while now. So when I first learned that they were heading into Sigma Sound Studios to work on a new EP, I was ready for more of their music filled with good vibes. The end result is Hot Love, and songs like Baby, Don’t Go (which the band filmed their first official music video for, and you can view it below). Tonight they’ll be celebrating the release of their album at Milkboy Philly, and they’ll be joined by the Brothers Murphy of Penrose who just finished their first recording session with Bill Moriarty. The evening will also feature the pulse pounding rockabilly of Levee Drivers, and the psych rock swagger of Mountjoy. Milkboy Philly, 1100 Chestnut St., 8pm, $10, 21+ – Bill McThrill

John Vettese’s experimental/ambient music series “Still Life” returns this evening to the First Unitarian Church – Side Chapel. Tonight’s showcase features Fursaxa, Enumclaw and Helena Espvall (from Espers). So if the frenetic chaos of Liberty Fest and PiLam’s Human BBQ isn’t quite your cup of tea, then you know where to go for a calmer evening of contemplative music. First Unitarian Church – Side Chapel, 2125 Chestnut St., 9pm, $8, All Ages – H.M. Kauffman

Local post-hardcore outfit mewithoutYou just premiered a new song called “February, 1878” via Paste Magazine. You can check out the track below. The band will be releasing their fifth album entitled Ten Stories on May 15.

Aaron Freeman, a.k.a. Gene Ween, has a 13-song Rod McKuen tribute album entitled Marvelous Clouds scheduled for release April 10. He premiered a new track yesterday called “Love’s Been Good to Me.” You can stream it via Stereogum. (Photo by Dominick Mastrangelo)

If Busses new 2-track EP Metal/Shangri-La is an indicator of the trio’s desired sound, then they may be on to something. The first half “Metal” begins with a guitar that gradually increases in decibel as if first heard faintly approaching in the distance, creating the lure of anticipation. Moments later, it arrives with a bang as drums kick the track into gear. When the lead vocal finally enters the equation it seems to take control as a calming force. The opposing track works in reverse the vocal creating a peaceful comfortable setting that the other instruments play within rather than fitting through. In either case, the overall feel is well-produced by the band and Kyle “Slick” Johnson and refined with hints of being rough around the edges. They’ll be joined by Break It Up, whose sound combines the sweet vocals of modern pop with the grainy attitude of post punk, and Orbit to Leslie, whose interstellar journey finds them time-warping to the land of 50’s doo wop funneled through a hazy, psychedelic strainer. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 9pm, $10, 21+ – Michael Colavita