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Fruit BatsSun., March 21, 9 p.m., $12, with Blue Giant, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684,
johnnybrendas.com.
by Brian HowardJames Mercer may be off doing his electro-pop thing with Broken Bells,
but that doesn't mean you need to go without oblique, brainy,
navel-gazing guitar pop.
The House RulesThe Academy of Vocal Arts will congratulate itself with — what else? — a whole lot of singing.
by Peter BurwasserThe Academy of Vocal Arts' hall on Spruce Street, Helen Corning Warden
Theater, is a most unlikely opera venue, but it is also a wonderful one. AVA will congratulate itself next Wednesday night with, what else, a
whole lot of singing.
Joanna Newsom"On a Good Day"
by K. Ross HoffmanIn four brief stanzas, sharing a single, unspeakably sweet melody,
Newsom nimbly but lucidly sketches the emotional arc of her whole
two-hour opus.
AirThu., March 18, 8 p.m., $40, with AM and DJ Justin Paul, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 610-784-5400,
livenation.com.
by K. Ross HoffmanAir first struck library-lounge gold more than a decade ago, and
they're still digging that same vein they mined to uncanny perfection.
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Thu., March 18, 8 p.m., $40, with AM and DJ Justin Paul, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 610-784-5400,
livenation.com.
by K. Ross Hoffman
Air first struck library-lounge gold more than a decade ago, and
they're still digging that same vein they mined to uncanny perfection.
Sun., March 21, 9 p.m., $12, with Blue Giant, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684,
johnnybrendas.com.
by Brian Howard
James Mercer may be off doing his electro-pop thing with Broken Bells,
but that doesn't mean you need to go without oblique, brainy,
navel-gazing guitar pop.