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Published: May 13, 2008

Before charting a different path as sweet, goofy Alice on The L Word, Leisha Hailey was half of '90s pop imps The Murmurs ("You Suck"). With the show entering its last season, she's jumping back into music with the sultry electro-organic twosome Uh Huh Her. May they outlive the Planet.

—M.J. Fine

Thu., May 15, 9 p.m., $12, with Angie Mattson, North Star Bar, 27th and Poplar streets, northstarrocks.com.

Fabulous Fasch firsts from Tempesta di Mare flow forward. This delightful period instrument ensemble continues to exhume long neglected scores from the pen of Johann Friedrich Fasch, a composer of boldness and broad vision, who would have been 250 years old this year if he were still alive. And so he is, through his music.

—Peter Burwasser

Sat., May 17, 8 p.m., $10-$35, St. Mark's Church, 1625 Locust St., 215-755-8776, tempestadimare.org.

Activity on the local avant-jazz scene far outpaces venue space, so this new series — curated by saxist Dan Scofield and bassist/guitarist Jon Barrios at Ethiopian restaurant Gojjo — is a welcome addition. The kickoff is a double-shot that manages to give an extra gig to the bulk of Bobby Zankel's big band: The leader will perform with his quartet to celebrate the release of a new trio CD, while a nine-piece group pays tribute to late Texas saxman Julius Hemphill, pulling from the material posthumously recorded as The Hard Blues.

—Shaun Brady

Sun., May 18, 8 p.m., $5, Gojjo, 4540 Baltimore Ave., scifiphilly.com.

Having won hearts scoring Little Miss Sunshine and cursed hearts by covering Siouxsie, Denver's DeVotchKa bring it back full circle on the current A Mad And Faithful Telling (Anti-). Recalling their early Una Volta, the indie-gypsy luminaries build their fifth album around accordion-propelled dance numbers, solemn contemplations and three or four different languages all intoned in Nick Urata's saintly voice, evoking both a funereal interment and a festive wake.

—John Vettese

Sat., May 17, 9 p.m., $20, with Basia Bulat and Fancy Trash, Fillmore at the TLA, 334 South St., thetla.com.

So much of the history of the chamber work Quartet for the End of Time threatens bombast, starting with the title. That it was written in a Nazi prisoner of war camp, and that it aspires to conjure the deepest mysteries of Christianity adds to a jangle of wild expectations, and yet the music comes through. A great performance is a shattering experience, and it is not unreasonable to expect this in an ensemble led by the great pianist Mitsuko Uchida. Music of Liszt and Bartok, as well.

—Peter Burwasser

Thu., May 15, 8 p.m., $22.50, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215-569-8080, pcmsconcerts.org.

The electro-acoustic extremes birthed by the duo of Peter Rehberg and SUNO)))'s Stephen O'Malley evidence a dramatic sweep and emotional tension that expose their roots as a score for a theatrical production. But adding visuals to their screw-tightening sound almost seems like overkill. Their CDs are marked by the relentless claustrophobic hysteria of Poe's most manically paranoiac exercises, so expect them to throw every dark corner of JB's into suspicious relief.

—Shaun Brady

Tue., May 20, 8 p.m., $12, with Beta Popes and the Peeesseye, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, arsnovaworkshop.com.

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