Fake Boyfriend

Weekend Warrior, Aug. 26-28

Yasss - the weekend is upon us! While many will be jetting off to get their last bit of summer beach time, we have you true city dwellers covered. Enjoy your space with Cayetana tonight at PhilaMOCA! They’ll be wrapping up their mini-run with Toronto indie-rock quartet Weaves, who recently put out an impressive self-titled debut album. The gals will also be taking off to Australia next month (way cool!) before setting out on a massive North American fall tour with their “brothers” Pup. This evening might be your last chance to experience Cayetana at such an intimate space for a while so take advantage of it. And swing by early to catch Fake Boyfriend! PhilaMOCA, 531 12^th St., 8pm, $10, All Ages (Photo by Sammy Katz) - H.M. Kauffman

More things to enjoy in the city…

Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI S.T.O.P., SAT Oldermost, American Trappist, Hemming

Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) FRI The Chairman Dances (Record Release), The Chip Breakers

Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Sinner Saints/The Mountain Chiefs, Dear Forbidden, SAT Sabbra Cadabra, Evening River Band/Rubber

PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12^th St.) FRI Cayetana, Fake Boyfriend

Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) FRI Aaron Thomas, SAT Crouse

The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SUN (Balcony) Back 2 School Bash

TLA (334 South St.) SAT PnB Rock, GoGo Morrow, Ar-Ab, Quilly, Lihtz Kamraz, DJ Ant Liva, Phat Geez, Nizzy Strawz

World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI (Downstairs) John Byrne Band, Paul Waltz Band, SAT (Upstairs) The Wonder Junkies

The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Acolyte, Plague Lust, The Drowned God, SAT Secret Nudist Friends, Mud Guppies, Scars Like These, Violent Island, SUN N.E.G., Interloper, Dunning Kruger

MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) SAT Panic Years, Night Windows, Post War Dream

Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI Grandchildren, Stereo League, SAT Tara Hendricks, Ashley Scott, SUN Honey Radar, Repelican, Mike Quinn

Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) FRI Francisco Collazo, SAT DJ Deejay, SUN Killiam Shakespeare

Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) SUN Rusty Cadillac

Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St) FRI Bike MS: City to Shore Fundraiser: Rev.TJ McGlinchey, Adventure Lost, Dead: Stop, Gene Wildest, Stealing Fame, David Darmon, SAT 2^nd Annual Country Music Festival (Indoors) John Train, No Good Sister, Hurricane Hoss, Twitching Witches, White Cheddar Boys, Mason Porter, Keystone Breakers, Hannah Taylor and the Rekardo Lee Trio, Wallace Brothers Band, Minka/ (Outdoors) Ladybird, Caroline Reese, Grady Hoss & The Sidewinders, Sparkle Pony, Davey Dickens Jr. and The Troubadoors, Black Horse Motel

Morgan’s Pier (221 N. Columbus Boulevard) FRI DJ Beat Street, SAT Mr. Sonny James

Frankie Bradley’s (1320 Chancellor St.) FRI Ben Aire, SAT Spectre's Speakeasy/Spank Rock, Brian Toll

The Foundry (1000 Frankford Ave.) FRI Flightschool, Lightning Jones

The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Raleaf, P-Rents, SAT Pravda, Black Sun Rising, Mesmeria, The Sixth Year

Bourbon & Branch (705 N. 2^nd St.) FRI The Soft Spots, Voltheque, Bleu Velvet,

SAT Jason Magin & Craig James, SUN Dear Friend, Courtlyn Carr

Ardmore Music Hall (23 E. Lancaster Ave.) SAT Ryan Tennis & The Clubhouse Band, De Tierra Caliente

W/N W/N (931 Spring Garden St.) FRI Telequanta, Austin Edward, DJ Baby, DJ Ness, DJ Lil Zubin

Double H Ranch (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Clique, Blue Smiley, Doubles, Gouge

Falafull House (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Girl Hands, Waynoway

BMA (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SUN Laser Background, Ursula

Grays Ferry (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Humanshapes, Bloated Subhumans, Rabies Shot

Published: August 26, 2016 |

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Mumblr Van Fundraiser Show at Lavender Town March 5

In preparation for a summer of touring, Mumblr is headlining a show this evening at Lavender Town to raise funds for a new van. The band reels you in tight with their fragile table-setting revelations serving as potential energy that is converted into an fuzzed-out, raucous-stomping outpouring. The earnestly melodic sound of Clique does just that, offering snippets of personal/relatable songs that move with a sense of ease while lingering. Fresh off releasing their debut EP Mercy and before heading out on tour, the unadulterated, cathartic, harmonious yet lyrically haunting vibes of Fake Boyfriend persist, while the soothing eclectic haze of The City & I completes the billing. Lavender Town (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.), 8pm, $7 Donation, All Ages - Michael Colavita

Published: March 05, 2016 |

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Fake Boyfriend EP Release Show at PhilaMOCA Feb. 26

Who needs boys anyway when Fake Boyfriend can fulfill your every need? They can satisfy your desire for livid, scuzz-soaked grunge burners, your need for valuable, self-consciously contradictory emotional catharsis, and even your guilty longing for delicate, twee-sensible vocal harmonies. The band’s sound fluctuation inflates the loud-quiet dynamic of Babes In Toyland to the most radical proportion, intermittently paring down to a La Sera level dream pop before blasting into an apoplectic tantrum. Three voices converge into harmony just as readily as they deliberately push at each other through shouting intervals, creating a profound polarity between unity and discord (which we all love). Leave your real boyfriends at home to their videogames and emo-math rock revival bands, and come see Fake Boyfriend tonight at PhilaMOCA for their EP release show. Sharing the stage will be Shannen Moser performing soft, wistful music box vignettes, Secret Mountain, with the most melodically deadpan “tweemo” approach of the bill, and Lady Parts, with sweetly candid punk-lite confessionals. PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th St., 7pm, $7-$10, All Ages - Bryce Woodcock

&amp;lt;a href="http://fakeboyfriend.bandcamp.com/album/mercy"&amp;gt;Mercy by fake boyfriend&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;

Published: February 26, 2016 |

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Debut Fake Boyfriend EP Available for Streaming & Purchase

Released via the trifecta of Milk Beard Records, Covered Bridge Cassettes, and Sad Cactus Records, Fake Boyfriend’s debut EP Mercy is currently available for streaming and purchase. This EP serves as an uncompromising/unrestrained exposure of true emotions as the trio skips the filter, producing powerful songs that hit/hurt in a memorable way. Catch their EP release show this Friday at PhilaMOCA with Lady Parts, Shannen Moser, and Secret Mountain! (Photo by Rachel Del Sordo)

&lt;a href="http://fakeboyfriend.bandcamp.com/album/mercy"&gt;Mercy by fake boyfriend&lt;/a&gt;

Published: February 24, 2016 |

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New Track: "Bumtown" - Fake Boyfriend

Ashley Tryba, Sarah Myers, and Abi Reimold make up the trio Fake Boyfriend. “Bumtown,” the first single from their debut EP Mercy, gradually gathers emotive energy as all three members contribute vocals, starting in a relatively subdued, reflective state, before erupting with unleashed intensity. Mercy is slated for release on February 26 - digitally and on cassette. Fake Boyfriend will be performing at Goldilocks Gallery tomorrow night with Kississippi, And The Kids, and Diet Cig. (Photo by Alex Udowenko)

&amp;amp;lt;a href="http://fakeboyfriend.bandcamp.com/album/mercy"&amp;amp;gt;Mercy by fake boyfriend&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;

Published: February 11, 2016 |

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