April 30th, 2009
Tonight In Shows
The Whore Moans
9pm, $8. Khyber.
Do you remember that one night when you puked yourself before even leaving the house? And then you stumbled blind drunk over to that dive bar three blocks away, smoking an entire pack of Camel nonfilters along the way? And you had that conversation with the bartender about how the Stooges were the coolest motherfucking band in the universe while you waited for your PBR? And then you danced and thrashed around the bar in your stinky black jeans, punched some dude in the back of the head, stuck your tongue down some skanky chick’s throat, then puked again and passed out in the bathroom? You don’t remember that night at all, do you? Better go listen to Seattle garage-punks the Whore Moans, then—it’ll all come back to you. (Michael Alan Goldberg)
Kevin Valentine
8pm, $3. Ortlieb’s Jazzhaus.
Jazz vocalist Kevin Valentine, a native New Yorker, came to Philadelphia to attend law school and wound up becoming the city’s quintessential working-stiff musician. He grew up with the old-school sounds of Johnny Hartman but developed a love for classic R&B, and these influences inform his guileless, buttery crooning. Like many jazzers, he believes in modern pop as an element of the American Songbook and insists on the validity of not just old standards but also new. Valentine can often be found in the company of seasoned Philly instrumentalists like bassist Mike Boone, who maintain Ortlieb’s as a bastion of straightahead jazz and inspire cats to be at their best. (David R. Adler)
Lots of other stuff to choose from tonight as well: Marah drops by World Cafe Live with Justin Townes Earle (son of Steve Earle) in tow [8pm/$19-27]; tongue-in-cheek hard-rockers Electric Six will force you to obey the dance commander at Johnny Brenda’s [9pm/$15]; eyeliner-punks Alkaline Trio will whip up a gloomy racket for the fervent faithful at the Troc [7:30pm/$22]; and still-at-it ancient arena-rock group Foreigner — which no longer includes Lou Gramm but does include the ex-bassist of Dokken — plays the hits in the decidedly non-arena confines of the Keswick Theatre [7:30pm/$49.50-129].
One Response to “Tonight In Shows”
By man on earth on Apr 30, 2009
New York City band man on earth plays tonight at the North Star Bar with Fosterchild! 9pm