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The Showdown: Skewed across an electronic landscape

POSTED: Monday, June 15, 2009, 8:00 PM

Filed Under: Music The Showdown

Monday: Norway's Ida Maria is a clever Scandinavian rocker with a spirit much higher than her country's position on the world map. She's stumbled upon a sound more inspired than her angry chick contemporaries. Apparently, Pat Rapa can't wait.

At the North Star Bar, 8pm, tickets are $12-14.

Tuesday: Telekinesis are indie power pop from the Northwest. They sound and look like Death Cab ' OK maybe slightly more attractive. Read K. Ross Hoffman's write-up.

At KungFu Necktie with An Horse, 8pm, tickets are $10.

Wednesday: Erratic vocals and bright arrangements set the tone for The Dirty Projectors. Their new album Bitte Orca is being praised all around as one of the year's best, and their live shows never disappoint.

At the First Unitarian Church with Vieux Farka Toure and Skeletons, 8:30pm, tickets are $13.

Thursday: Entrancing indie rock from Philadelphia, the Capitol Years possess a sonic element that elevates them above many of their peers. Like the Fleet Foxes without the Americana influence.

At Kungfu Necktie with The War On Drugs, 8pm, tickets are $10.

Friday: Harlem Shakes make New York hipster jams skewed across an electronic landscape.
At Kungfu Necktie with Free Energy, 7pm, tickets are $10.

Saturday: Rye Rye is 18 years old, but her rhymes make her sound like a 14 year old girl I would have avoided in the school hallways for fear of being bitch-slapped. She's be the first artist to drop an album on M.I.A.'s new label N.E.E.T.

At the Barbary with Thunderheist and Mad Decent Djs, 9pm, tickets are $8

Sunday: YES! Harry and the Potters, the pioneers of Wizard Rock return to Philadelphia once again performing every tale this side of Hogwarts. Note the early start date, we gotta get these young wizard children in bed by 9.

At the First Unitarian Church with The Remus Lupins and The Whomping Willows, 5pm, tickets are $10.

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