This brooding thrush's elegantly folky, frequently downcast songwriting situates her toward the sleepier end of the Scandinavian Invasion spectrum, but don't be lulled too fast: Leaving on a Mayday (Universal), her latest offering, boasts a curiously sparse, percussive sheen, much sharper than your average tasteful Nordic mopefest.
Sat., Oct. 17, 9 p.m., $12-$13, with Asobi Seksu, and Loney, Dear, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
Sat., Oct 17, 7:30 p.m., $29.50 (sold out), with Paper Route and The Swellers, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 610-784-5400, electricfactory.info.
Sat., Oct 17, 7:30 p.m., $29.50 (sold out), with Paper Route and The Swellers, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 610-784-5400, electricfactory.info.
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POSTPONED DUE TO IMPENDING SNOWPOCALYPSE Fri., Feb. 5, 7 p.m., $7, with Slick Mantra, Scanz, Ground Up and DJ Cliff Moore, Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., 215-573-3234, therotunda.org.
Hugo Chavez owns it. New Jersey controls it. Developers and environmentalists covet it. And one brazen trespasser wants us to pay homage to its forgotten king. Welcome to Petty's Island, a fin-shaped slice of strange, in the middle of the Delaware River.
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