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 Danny Clinch |
Jay Reatard's the biggest goon in pop-punk and the proof is all over YouTube. Kicked one dude at a show in Vegas. Punched another guy at a show in Toronto. These people are his fans, mind you. And I can see why; Reatard's catchy lo-fi garage sound is fucking exhilarating. But don't get near the stage unless you're prepared to throw down.
Mon., July 14, 8 p.m., $10-$12, with Dark Horse and the Carousels and the Tough Shits, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
 Danny Clinch |
Ever since he escaped from Peter Gabriel's clutches, mopey ex-art-rocker Joseph Arthur's made his bones with a self-released series of stunning albums and EPs (three so far in 2008: Could We Survive, Crazy Rain and Vagabond Skies) that answer the question, "What if Jeff Buckley had been more influenced by his dad than Robert Plant?" Brooding and bustling are the EPs, going from epic production to intimate lo-fi affair with each effort. A new one drops this week, Foreign Girls, featuring his gut-wrenching spoken word side. Yum.
Thu., July 10, 7:30 p.m., $25, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.
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The success of artists like Cesária Évora has cemented the association of Cape Verdean music with the colonizing influence of Portuguese fado. So the gentle, African-leaning sound of singer/guitarist Tcheka comes as surprising as a refreshing ocean breeze, drawing on batuku, a form associated with women working in the fields on his home island of Santiago. Tcheka adapts that sound to his choking-back-emotion voice and undulating rhythms, roiling with the fluid force of the tide.
Fri., July 11, 7:30 p.m., free with regular park admission of $16, Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, 610-388-1000, longwoodgardens.org.
High Places defy their moniker by sounding like they actually record their songs under water. The Brooklyn-based duo's kitchen-sink approach to musical aestheticsdealsup a gauzy mix of tropicália and psychedelia, topped off with trippy, hypnotic polyrhythms and reverb-laden female vocals. Imagine a laid-back, lo-fi Panda Bear playing water polo and you're halfway there.
Thu., July 10, 8 p.m., $10, withNo Age and Abe Vigoda, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 866-468-7619, r5productions.com.
We're excited as always to hear Dillinger Four (they don't do many shows) and the local Jade Tree label's finest, Paint It Black. But seeing the work of the Space 1026 crew hanging all around the Circle Jerks is something else altogether. Before most of this eve's attendees were born, Keith Morris and Greg Hetson were circling Hermosa Beach in Cali with their highly physicalized crunching sound. Was this the beginning of that whole X-treme surf/skate sound the kids seem to love? Maybe so, but don't hold that against the Jerks.
Fri., July 11, 6 p.m., $17, with Circle Jerks, Dillinger Four, Paint It Black, Matt & Kim, Monotonix and Team Robespierre, Starlight Ballroom, 460 N. Ninth St., 866-468-7619, r5productions.com.
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