THE SHOWDOWN: Don’t worry about keeping your ear to the ground

POSTED: Monday, October 31, 2011, 1:00 PM

Filed Under: Music The Showdown

CP music critic Brian Wilensky rounds up this week's sure-bet live acts.

Monday: The World/Inferno Friendship Society are a bunch of sharply dressed, loud, horn-blowing Brooklyn “gypsies” that once had Geoff Blythe from Dexy’s Midnight Runners in the band. He won’t be at this show, but that doesn’t mean it’s okay to be that guy yelling for “Come on Eileen.” 8 p.m., $15, w/ Melt Banana & Mischief Brew, Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St., 215-232-2100.

Tuesday: He looks like Jeff Bridges’ cowboy brother and sounds like he has actually lived through the stories he sings about. The White Buffalo may be one the rise, but don’t worry about keeping your ear to the ground. 8 p.m., $12, w/ Emily Greene, Tin Angel, 20 S. 2nd St., 215-928-0770.

Wednesday: Le Butcherettes’ recent album, Sin Sin Sin, was produced by Omar Rodriguez Lopez. According to their Twitter account, he’ll be filling in on bass for their East Coast tour. You won’t get to see him back up an indie/punk band like this too often. 8 p.m., $12, w/ The Black Belles & Break It Up, Milkboy Philly, 1100 Chestnut St., 215-925-6455.

Thursday: Still listening to Meat Puppets II because Kurt Cobain told you to? Cowpunk is still around on the Meat Puppets’ 2011 album, Lollipop, and maybe this time you can be the one to tell your friends about what they’ve been missing out on. 9:15 p.m., $14, w/ Dex Romweber Duo, Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684.

Friday: City Paper’s A&E section will have a feature this Thursday about Mister Heavenly’s Ryan Kattner. “These songs are insidiously catchy,” he says about their first release, Out of Love. And he couldn’t be more right. 8 p.m., $13, w/ Mr. Dream & Buffalo Stance, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 215-821-7575.

Saturday: Revolution, I Love You plays a brand of indie/electro-pop led by drum machine dance beats and vocals packed with, “Uh ohs.” It sounds pretty optimistic and they aren’t afraid to dance on stage. 9 p.m., $8, w/ The Gut Strings & Kickin’ Bear, Connie’s Ric Rac, 1132 S. 9th St., 215-279-7587.

Sunday: The echoey, minimal psych-solo rock of Amen Dunes feels like an experiment in sonic layers, loops and unidentifiable sounds. You might run into some of your friends that went to art school at this show, just like you did when you saw him open for Kurt Vile last November. 7:30 p.m., $6, w/ Noveller & Dan Matz, Highwire Gallery, 2040 Frankford Ave., 215-426-2685.

(brian.wilensky@citypaper.net)

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:27 AM, 11/02/2011

Just a note regarding Sunay's posting. Noveller had to drop out of this tour, playing instead is recently relocated from Va. musician Daniel Bachman (who used to perform under the name Sacred Harp).

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