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The Showdown: Delivered with a charming British accent

POSTED: Monday, September 14, 2009, 9:50 PM

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Monday: If you like your lyrics with lots of 'la la la's' and sing-a-long choruses, then you'll love Jack Penate. Upbeat indie-pop delivered with a charming British accent. With Miike Snow and aderbat, 8 p.m., $10, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684. Tuesday: One of those weirdly vaudevillian girl/guy duos I love so much. First The Kills, The Dresden Dolls, The White Stripes and now Experimental Dental School. They produce so much sound for two people that you've just got to see it. Study up: The whole album is downloadable for free off their website. With Grandchildren, Alexis Gideon, Shelley Short, 8 p.m., Danger Danger Gallery, 5013 Baltimore Ave. Wednesday: Two girls from L.A. crank out some seriously badass electro-pop. Go see Chop Chop so they'll get big enough to afford better recording equipment. Free downloads to be had through their Last.fm page. With Goldcure, 8 p.m., $8, The Khyber, 56 S. 2nd St., 215-238-5888. Thursday: The Ecstatic Tour brings together two titans of 'socially conscious hip-hop' (Sorry, I know they both hate the term). Check out former Blackstar bandmates Mos Def and Talib Kweli. With Jay Electronic and Medina Green. 8:30 p.m., $37, Electric Factory, 421 N. 7th St., 215-569-9400. Friday: Weird, experimental, orchestral, and local! Make a Rising will confuse your ears this Friday, complete with accordion, deliberately out-of-tune violin and Philadelphia spirit. With Golden Ages, Whales and Cops, and Buffalo Stance. 8 p.m., $5, Pilam, 3914 Spruce St. Saturday: If you go see The Dave Matthews Band, I will be very disappointed in you. With Robert Randolph and the Family Band. 7 p.m., $77, Susquehanna Bank Center, 1 Harbour Blvd. Camden, NJ, 856-365-1300. Sunday: The most popular drone-metal band ever ' although, that's not saying much. See Sunn O))) in all of their black-robed glory create their walls of tonal music and pure unadulterated feedback. Fun fact: Q Magazine called their album White1 the 18th heaviest album of all time. The 17th was Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced? and the 19th was AC/DC's Back in Black. Not bad. With Eagle Twin. 7:30 p.m., $18, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St. 215-563-3980.

Hillary

Posted 2009-09-30 22:34:31

A few of these are terrible

but I like the majority of them

you have a regular sir

lisa-s

Posted 2009-09-16 14:52:11

Experimental Dental School has to be the best band name ever.

Hara

Posted 2009-09-16 15:17:36

i can't get over how much i laughed out loud while reading this blog.  i like the witty comments and the links to the free downloads.



and don't worry, i wont see the dave matthew's band :)

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