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The Showdown: A taste for freak folks

POSTED: Monday, August 17, 2009, 8:56 PM

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Monday: Angel Taylor performs soulful 'coffeehouse' adult-contemporary tunes. This is highly accessible pop in the vein of Alicia Keys or Vanessa Carlton. With Tim Blane at the World Cafe Live, 30th and Walnut Streets, 7:30pm, $15.

Tuesday: At the 'Heroes of Woodstock' concert you can experience the music that defined your parents' ' grandparents' ' great-grandparents' (I guess 40 years is a long time) generation. The performing acts include Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Ten Years After, and Country Joe McDonald. At the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, $33-$73, 52nd St. & Parkside.

Wednesday: Philadelphia's psychedelic folk group Espers will be performing a free live show in Penn Treaty Park this evening. If you have a taste for freak folks like Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart and/or Akron Family, Espers just may tickle your fancy. With The Oubliette Ensemble, 7-9pm, FREE , Penn Treaty Park, 1199 N. Delaware Ave.

Thursday: One of the creative forces behind Philadelphia pop group Jukebox the Ghost, Ben Thornewill will perform a solo set of carefully composed upbeat ballads on the piano. With Seth Kallen & Alec Gross, 8pm, $10, MilkBoy Coffee, 2 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore

Friday: '90s alternative rock group Collective Soul have consistently charted #1 singles since their 1993 hit 'Shine.' With riff heavy guitars and grungy vocals the group defines '90s rock. At the TLA, 9pm, 4th and South Streets

Saturday: New Jersey punk rockers The Bouncing Souls have been around for over 20 years playing their own brand of pop-punk. With 7 Seconds & NoneMoreBlack, at The Trocadero, 7pm, $21, 10th and Arch Streets

Sunday: Nebula play infectious stoner rock, if stoner rock can even be infectious. Meddling solos and spaced out rhythms combined with snotty vocals place the band among other garage rockers like Jay Reatard. With Entrance Band & Backwoods Payback, $12, 8pm, At Johnny Brendas, Frankford & Girard Aves, r5productions.com.

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