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Every Monday, the Showdown tells you who to see and where to see ‘em.
Monday: It's been two years since Philly natives, screamo kids Balboa have rocked their hometown. Give 'em the warm Philadelphia welcome the Showdown knows you are capable of. With Rosetta and North, at the Khyber, doors at 8 p.m., tickets are $8.
Tuesday: Why go to a show and listen to one genre when there are so many good ones out there? Especially when they all come from the greatest city in the world — yours. Part punk (the Do Its, Goodbye Etc.), part soul (Mister King), part funk (Color Karma), part jangly-droney indie (Even Man Out). Enjoy the smorgasbord. At the North Star Bar, doors at 8 p.m., tickets are $5.
Wednesday: Liz Phair's deep monotone was the quintessential female voice of the early-'90s. Too bad she sucked after popping out a puppy and deciding she would rather make money than have "blow job queen" etched onto her tombstone. No worries, though, 'cause tonight, she'll only be rockin' cuts from the seminal Exile in Guyville (attention young, angsty girls: go pick up your copy asap). At the TLA, doors at 7 p.m., tickets are $25.
Thursday: Hey, hey, it's a Monkee! Although listings editor extraordinaire Monica Weymouth is a Davey girl at heart, she's still got love for Peter Tork — one of two who could actually play an instrument AND didn't come off as an asshole in the VH1 TV-movie (the Showdown is looking at you Mike Nesmiith. Wool cap and all). No shit, he ain't bad. With Adam Marsland + His Chaos Band, at the North Star Bar, doors at 8 p.m., tickets are $15.
Friday: It's ladies night and the feeling's right with Sugar Town. Lady DJ's take to the decks, including Boston's the Femme Show, who are known for their sexified visual performances of the queer female identity. Way more fun that its Gender Studies title. With DJ Kit, the Shondes and Liberty City Kings, at Tritone, doors at 9 p.m. tickets are $7.
Saturday: Celebrate the fact that you're off work on Monday by working those dance moves with the oh-so-shakeable Violens. More complicated (and we mean that in a good way) than your average neo-New Wave. With Relay, Ape School and Pink Skull, at Johnny Brenda's, doors at 8 p.m., tickets are $10.
Sunday: The only Jew to run for governor of Texas, tour with Dylan and consider Willie Nelson a BFF. Kinky Friedman is a badass in the classic sense of the word brings his narrative (and often-times hilarious) country to Philly for the first time in eons. At the World Cafe Live, doors at 8 p.m., tickets are $30.
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