Cat Power will cowl the music of Bob Dylan, as she did on her recent stay album, throughout a live performance Tuesday on the Keswick Theatre, Glenside. (Courtesy of Inez & Vinoodh)
Welcome to Seven in Seven, the place we take a look at reveals coming to the area over the subsequent week. As all the time, whether or not your musical tastes are rock ’n’ roll, jazz, heavy metallic, R&B, singer-songwriter or indie, there’ll all the time be one thing to take a look at.
Here are seven of the perfect on the docket for the week of Feb. 9:
Mr. Big — Friday at The Keswick Theatre
With the passing of Mr. Big’s authentic drummer and co-founder, Pat Torpey, who misplaced his battle with Parkinson’s illness in 2018, the band felt it was time to mark the top with one final sojourn that they’re calling “The Big Finish Tour.” Known for hits like “To Be With You” and “Just Take My Heart,” together with the stone-cold musicianship of bassist Billy Sheehan and guitarist Paul Gilbert and led by singer Eric Martin, the rockers are out on their “The Big Finish Tour,” performing their breakthrough 1991 LP “Lean into It” in its entirety. Having warmed up final summer time in Japan and Southeast Asia, the place the band carried out for a whole bunch of 1000’s of loyal followers at 11 sold-out reveals together with Budokan in Tokyo, Mr. Big stops in Glenside on Friday for what figures to be their final space look.
Damn Tall Buildings — Friday at The Loft at City Winery
Since approach again of their busking days and over the course of their decade of making music collectively, bluegrass outfit Damn Tall Buildings have grown to new heights. Based in Brooklyn, the trio have begun to journey the globe taking part in greater rooms, making a lot of pals wherever they go and charming audiences with a sound that wades into the deep waters of Americana. Carrying with them a connective and welcoming vibe, the three have developed a knack for making any stage really feel just a little extra like the middle piece of a comfy home.
Softcult — Saturday at Kung Fu Necktie
Driven by the civil upheaval that appeared to dominate the majority of 2020 in addition to the social and monetary inequality exacerbated by the pandemic, twin siblings Phoenix and Mercedes Arn-Horn discovered themselves channeling their frustration with the world at giant into the music they have been creating. Since then, Softcult has launched three EPs, the latest coming final spring with “See You in the Dark.” In some respects, the title displays the grunge angst and shoegaze introspection their music has grown into because the Canadian outfit openly rallies behind feminism, social activism, inventive freedom, self-empowerment and gender neutrality.
Cat Power — Tuesday on the Keswick Theatre
Renowned singer-songwriter Cat Power — aka Chan Marshall — involves city as a part of a headline tour that sees her celebrating her acclaimed new stay album, “Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert.” During the present, she recreates Dylan’s 1966 live performance, a 15-song set that includes classics like “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue,” “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “Like a Rolling Stone,” in addition to a number of cuts from “Blonde on Blonde,” together with “Just Like a Woman.” Like the unique live performance — and all of Dylan’s 1966 world tour — Marshall retains the primary half of her set completely acoustic, then goes electrical for the second half with the assistance of a full band.
John 5 and The Creatures — Tuesday at Mickey’s Black Box
It’s been some 30 years since John 5 burst onto the scene, and he’s remained one of the vital in demand guitarists ever since. Having performed with everybody from David Lee Roth to White Zombie to Marilyn Manson to Ricky Martin to Rod Stewart, he’s most not too long ago been tapped to take Mick Mars’ spot in legendary sleaze rockers Motley Crue. And whereas controversy and lawsuits encompass the choice by the Crue to exchange Mars, there actually isn’t a motive to complain about John 5, who can just about do something on the six-string and immediately takes any artist he performs with to a different stage. Tuesday’s present in Lititz will embody the backing band The Creatures and see John placed on a sonic and visible clinic.
Sammy Rae & The Friends — Wednesday, Feb. 14, at The Fillmore
Brooklyn ensemble Sammy Rae & The Friends could also be a band, however as a collective of dreamers and artists, they take into account themselves a household first. Fronted by singer and songwriter Sammy Rae, the group thrives in any highlight with a mixture of all-for-one and one-for-all camaraderie, clear chemistry, deft musicianship and vocal fireworks. Their sound is a mix of Rae’s influences, rooted in basic rock, folks and funk and sprinkled with soul and jazz. Complete with a rhythm part and two saxophones, The Friends had a stellar yr of high-energy performances all through 2023 taking part in their largest reveals and festivals so far, and want to maintain the get together going with this Fillmore gig early within the second leg of the tour.
Illiterate Light — Thursday, Feb. 15, at Johnny Brenda’s
Jeff Gorman and drummer Jake Cochran — higher referred to as the indie rock duo Illiterate Light — are on the highway forward of the late-March launch of the EP “Slow Down Time.” The five-song effort was recorded at Gorman’s studio in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and would be the pair’s first launch from the placement. Expect the brand new music to be deliberately tough across the edges and, most fun, for future music to come back much more ceaselessly now that the group has a studio at their disposal. Live remains to be the perfect place to catch Illiterate Light once they’re not shut off from the remainder of the world, although, so ensure that to place this one on the high of the listing of reveals.
Soundcheck
• Mr. Big: “Just Take My Heart”
• Damn Tall Buildings: “Words to the Song”
• Softcult: “Drain”
• Cat Power: “She Belongs to Me”
• John 5: “Season of the Witch”
• Sammy Rae & The Friends: “Coming Home Song”
• Illiterate Light: “Sunburned”
