Band Name

Fri., Feb. 5, 6 p.m., $5, with Everyone Everywhere, This Black Box and Hold Tight, Terrordome, 624 N. 48th St., myspace.com/terrordomepa.

by John Vettese

rock/pop

See, if you write it out like Band Name — as it's written on the North Philly trio's self-released cassette Insert Hear, and how it was listed by R5 when they opened for Vivian Girls not long ago — well, it's frickin' un-Googleable. Seriously, give it a try. But people in the know, i.e. the DIY kids at Terrordome and AVA House, they make it one word, Bandname, which turns up a much more fruitful search string. Whether their band name is some sort of scene-preservational obfuscation or just a silly, impractical choice, Band Name/Bandname is great, and needs to be heard. Imagine Voidoids-style rock cranked up to Germs-esque minute-and-a-half blasts ("Landwar"), lo-fi shout-alongs a la Slanted and Enchanted ("Smile") or even early Get Up Kids ("Wonder Why"). It's rich, it's fucking fun, and hell, I'll save you the trouble: myspace.com/bandnameb4tv. You're welcome.