Friday, April 5, 2013

This weekend, April 5th-7th:

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FRIDAY 4/5:

General Events:
Concerts:
  • Tric Town 11th anniversary show at Mojo Main.  Low Cut Connie (band from NYC and Philly that's been making waves lately, Jon Spencer vibe - see video below), Villains Like You, The Keefs, and Butterscotch Grim.  18+, music at 9pm, $10.
  • Carolina Chocolate Drops and Bombadil at the Grand Opera House. 8pm, $28, but it's looking to me like it might be sold out. Call 1-800-37-THEGRAND to find out for sure.
  • Bill Mallonee at the Kennett Flash.  "Bringing Americana, alt-country, and rock from Athens, Georgia, Bill Mallonee is most known as leader of the (nineties band) Vigilantes of Love." Music at 8pm, $15-$18.
~In Philly and beyond~
  • They Might Be Giants at the TLA. $35.
  • Purling Hiss at Johnny Brenda's. $12.
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SATURDAY 4/6:

General Events:
  • Film: Showings at Theatre N: Welcome to the Punch and A Place at the Table. http://www.theatern.org/Films
  • History: Civil War one-person reenactment at the Kirkwood Library. "Learn about the life of a Civil War soldier".  2:30pm, free. Kirkwood Library is on Kirkwood Highway, halfway between Prices Corner and Newark.
  • History / Fashion: Symposium on the history of fashion, presented by UD faculty from the fashion, art, and history departments.  Trabant Center, UD campus, 9am-5:30pm, free. Registration is from 9-9:45, different talks go all day. Complete info.
  • Jazz: Jam session at The Nomad Bar at 9th & Orange. Every Saturday, 4-7:30pm, free.
Concerts:
  • At WCL at the Queen: Rod Kim & Vince Cirino, The Splashing Pearls, DJ EA, Jacopa De Nicolo & the Younger Hebbels, and Katie Dill of Mean Lady. 7pm, $10. Ticket link.
  • Spokey Speaky at Logan House, 10pm, $5-$10 range.
  • Classic Albums Live presents The Who's Who's Next, at the Grand Opera House. $28-$37.  Classic Albums Live is not a band in the usual sense, but a company that puts on these note-for-note productions in different cities, sometimes at once, using a rotating arsenal of good hired-hand musicians.  My gut reaction is that this is a gimmicky, Disney-ish version of music performance tailored to people who just want the experience and don't particularly care who's playing what, but I can see why folks enjoy this, at the same time. To each their own.
  • Afternoon 10-band hardcore show at Mojo Main. Noon to 7:30, $10-$12.
~In Philly and beyond~
  • Show at the long-lost Khyber, now going back to its old name of the Khyber Pass Pub.  Walter Shreifels, Illinois, and Goodnight Lights. $12. I had one of those I-feel-old moments last year when I was talking to a younger, mid-twenties Philly musician -- he had never heard of the Khyber, because it stopped hosting music before he was of-age.  Egads.  But the Khyber Pass is back, and this is exciting.
  • Fleetwood Mac at Wells Fargo Center. $50-$150.
  • The Frightened Rabbit show at Union Transfer is sold-out.
  • The Morrissey show at the Tower has been canceled.
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SUNDAY 4/7:
  • Film: Showings at Theatre N: Welcome to the Punch and A Place at the Table. http://www.theatern.org/Films
  • Classical: Brandywine Baroque at the Barn at Flintwoods, Montchannin/Kennett Pike area. Performing works by Thomas Arne, with special guest counter-tenor.  3pm, $13-$26. http://www.brandywinebaroque.org/
  • Music festival at World Cafe Live Philly: WXPN's Big Day Out. featuring Dar Williams, John Wesley Harding, Lianne La Havas, Ben Arnold, Birdie Busch, Sonny Landreth, & more. $100-$175. http://xpn.org/events/events-calendar/big-day-out
  • The Black Angels at Union Transfer. $17
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Low Cut Connie, video for Scoliosis in Secaucus. 
Performing Friday night at Mojo Main, set time 11:30pm.
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