Weathervane Music is hosting a showcase this evening at World Café Live. Brian McTear has brought together some fine acts that have graced his Miner Street studio. It will feature local folk hero Hezekiah Jones (a.k.a. Raph Cutrufello), who will be joined by his merry musical family of Joneses, and Brooklyn songbird via Jersey via Tennessee via Jersey Sharon Van Etten, a Deli NYC favorite who recently signed to Jagjaguwar and has been captivating the music world with her effortlessly mellifluous vocals and beautifully polished songwriting. Both are Shaking Through alumni. Folk pop princess Marissa Nadler (McTear produced her latest eponymous fifth full-length album) will also be joining them. The showcase is part of the Philly F/M Fest, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit Weathervane Music. World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 8pm, $19 – $24, All Ages – H.M. Kauffman

Spank Rock’s sophomore full-length album Everything is Boring and Everyone is a Fucking Liar is coming out this Tuesday, September 27 via his own label Bad Blood Records. But you can preview the dancetastic LP and all its raunchiness in its entirety HERE via Rolling Stone. Enjoy!

Below is a message from POPPED! and the new schedule of performers (please note that the set times and artist line-up are subject to change).

Strand of Oaks recently recorded two covers for the third installment of Aquarium Drunkard’s The Lagniappe Sessions which invites some of the blog’s “favorite artists to cut exclusive covers paying tribute to some of their favorite artists.” You can download Oaks performing beautiful renditions of “Tea Song” by Michael Hurley and “When It’s Cold I’d Like to Die” by Moby HERE.

Below is a new music video for Psychic Teens’ “Dose” that landed in our mailbox yesterday. The track will appear on their debut LP TEEN which is being released by Golden Voyage Records in late October. The aesthetically retro-looking no wave video will be part of a forthcoming VHS release for Video/Horror/Show. Psychic Teens will be performing on Tuesday, September 27 at Kung Fu Necktie with Drag City’s Cave and L.U.N.A.R. Revolt. Enjoy (or be afraid)!

Psychic Teens – Dose from Video Horror Show

The sophomore run of the Philly F/M Festival kicks off this year with a hip hop showcase at 2424 Studios’ Skybox tonight. For six years running, Philadelphia Slick has been thrilling crowds with their impressive live performances. Last year’s opus Everything’s Game featured supercharged tracks like “Daily Dose”and “Everything Must Go”. They plan on unveiling a massive Kickstarter campaign once their Spit Pro Quo Tour comes to an end so it looks like the band is showing no signs of slowing down. In a short amount of time MH the Verb has managed to gain an ample amount of praise from the likes of The Roots and Kid Cudi. And now that the flourishing MC/Producer is backed by an all-star live band and a new album on the horizon, he’s shaping up to be another artist on the rise in the Philly music scene. The Skybox at 2424 Studios, 2424 E. York St., 7pm, $10 (includes a free beer for 21+), All Ages – Bill McThrill

Yesss! We are very excited to learn that Mister Heavenly will be making their debut live performance in Philly on Friday, November 4 at the First Unitarian Church. We’ve been pushing in our recent interviews with Honus Honus to get a local date for a while now. Tix will go on sale at noon this Friday, September 23 HERE, as well as the other usual R5 outlets.

With the more northern parts of Philly already establishing themselves as the “epicenter” of the local music scene over the last few years and West Philly’s music scene always being an interesting and unique breed of animal unto itself (but often being so goddamn far from everywhere else), where are inhabitants of South Philly to go to consistently get their music fix near their hood? Well, the guys behind Phonographic Arts now have your answer. Thanks to the Little Bar. We had a chance to chat and share a hand-rolled cigarette with Phonographic Arts founder Cliff Shumaker, his partner Pat Troxell (who if you didn’t know already is also Creepoid’s drummer), and Little Bar owner Michael D’Addesi to find out more about their plans to bring music to South Philly (hell, Philly in general) and their close-knit little family happily working to make it happen HERE.