Ardmore Music Hall celebrates Julie Slick’s 30th birthday this evening. EchoTest masterfully orchestrates soundscapes with a sense of ambient ease and precision, locking into pensive patterns and digging into chiseled, funky foundations, etc. With a varied appreciation of musical texture, the results are tightly woven explorations that while open to the possibilities of discovery, remain well-grounded in a sense of direction. The melting pot of experimental rock known as Out of the Beardspace adds their unique blend of genre-bending sound, and Hmfo recreates and re-imagines the music of Philly soul legends Hall & Oates. Ardmore Music Hall, 23 E. Lancaster Ave., 8:30pm, $20, 21+ – Michael Colavita
