Weekend Warrior, April 22 - 24
Philly's own
Ranch Records is hosting a Ram 1500-sized event at First Unitarian this Saturday, and I can guarantee there will be a hemi under that hood, a.k.a. top tier performances by your favorite Ranch Jams bands. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Ranch’s output, they’re the ones behind Philadelphia’s finest gloom-punk and junk-rock bands like
The Spirit of The Beehive, whose grunge re-meets shoegaze sound ranges from mudflap grit to pure, synthetic motor oil, open road ramblers
Dogs on Acid with their whimsical and unfurling power pop,
GUNK, whose smudgy slacker-pop songs drawl and tweak like truck-stop thugs,
NAH, whose noisy, heavily percussive, electronic glitch music is the sonic equivalent of that rusty, rattling but reliable hemi engine passing the 200,000 mark, and
Congenital Death, the reckless, passing-on-the-right power drivers, whose sheer velocity and bellicosity will make you scared for your life. All of the bands mentioned above and more will be playing the Big Gig Truck festival so truck it on over to First Unitarian for a piece of the action.
First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 6pm, $12, All Ages - Bryce Woodcock
Other places where you can mourn the loss of Prince this weekend…
Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) SAT The Dead Anthem Choir, SUN Dreambook
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Teenage Bigfoot, The Mad Splatter, Assemble/Jesse Tyler, Sean Hearn, SAT Buzzherd, YottaWatt, Highburnator/Gun$ Garcia, Wassup Gina, SUN Moonstriker, Lord Bulldog/Pet
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI (Downstairs) Matt Wheeler, SAT (Downstairs) Marc Silver and The Stonethrowers
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) SAT Fell into Yesterday, Last Minute Hero, In The Pines, Shots Called, SUN Jam Traffic, The Jumping Juvies, The Cultour, Larry Nodder
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) XPN Fest: FRI Ill Doots, Kate Faust, Hardwork Movement, Joie Kathos, SAT Kississippi, Shelf Life, Cherry, Madalean Gauze, SUN Hezekiah Jones, Howlish, Lou, Friendship
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3
rd St) FRI MCA Day: DJ Brownske, SAT Blood Sound, Suburban Living (DJ Set)
Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) FRI Francisco Collazo, DJ Phsh, SAT DJ Deejay, SUN Mike Nyce, DJ Lil’ Dave
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) SAT New Pony, SUN Rusty Cadillac
Tin Angel (20 S. 2
nd St.) SAT Heart Harbor (EP Release), Julia Rainer, SUN Christine Havrilla
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9
th St.) FRI Molly Rhythym, APE!, George Engel Brooks, SAT Voltheque, The One2s, Stellarscope, Toy Cannons
Bourbon & Branch (705 N. 2
nd St.) FRI Residuels (EP Release), Throbbing Chakra, Remote Control, SAT Adam Travis & The Soul, The Color 25, Archawah, SUN Spent Flesh, Janelle, Heavy Medical
Morgan’s Pier (221 N. Columbus Boulevard) FRI DJ Beatstreet, SAT Mr. Sonny James, SUN DJ Skipmode
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Chalk & The Beige Americans, SAT Dorkosaurus
W/N W/N (931 Spring Garden St.) SUN DJ Stateschoolgirl
The Pharmacy (1300/02 S. 18
th St.) SAT Carl Kavorkian, E. Grizzly SUN Hound, The Cloth
Birdhouse (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Zach Darrup, Wrong Mantra
Slime Time Live (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Interminable, Trash Boy
LAVA Space (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) The Afterglows, Attendant, Teenage Bigfoot, King Azaz
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