Kurt Vile Comes Home to The Barbary Feb. 17

 
Philly’s “childish prodigy” Kurt Vile will be hitting up the Barbary tonight. He’ll be bringing along his steadfast companions The Violators and hopefully that great looking hair. Vile delivers noisy, deliberate pop-rock tunes compared to folks like Tom Petty and The Boss, but his sound is not at all stuck in the past. On his newest album, Childish Prodigy, out on Matador, his arrangements are intricate, entwined and washed in distortion. His deep, lazy drawl nicely compliments the psychedelic tunes. Kurt Vile and The Violators will be swinging home for the evening along with his Canuck tour mates Fucked Up before continuing their travels up North. The Barbary, 951 N. Frankford Ave., 7pm, $12, 21+ myspace.com/kurtvileofphillyAdam G.