WHAT TO SEE:
• On Thursday night (Feb. 5), the music blog Rock On Philly is hosting Bubblegum's Eve at MilkBoy. Singer–songwriters, bubbles, bubblegum shots, and creamsicle cocktails: what else could you possibly want?
• The First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia is one the coolest places to catch a show, and this Sunday (Feb. 8) Parquet Courts is taking the stage. Street fell in love with these Brooklyn DIY–ers when they played PhilaMOCA and World Café Live last semester. Even the biblically–challenged should trek to First Unitarian this weekend.
WHAT TO LISTEN TO:
• The Districts, who are Philly–based, just released their first full–length album, A Flourish And A Spoil, on an NPR stream. If you have too much dignity to spend your Valentine’s Day at the Rave watching Fifty Shades, The Districts are hitting up Union Transfer next Saturday night (Feb. 14).
• Nothing feels better than a bit of raw, unadulterated girl power. Sleater–Kinney’s reunion album No Cities To Love came out last week, and we’ve been rocking out ever since.
WHAT TO BRING UP IN CONVERSATION TO SOUND CULTURED:
• It’s not the Eighties anymore, but Morrissey is up to his old tricks. On Monday, the iconic Smiths frontman cancelled a show in Iceland because the venue serves meat. If the Smiths taught us anything, it's that Meat is Murder.
