This week in Philly music features a busy weekend down the Shore with Florence & the Machine, Kane Brown and the Spinners in Atlantic City, plus St. Paul & the Broken Bones and Fishbone in Fishtown, a Making Time PLURT blowout, Zinadelphia on South Street, and Soulive on the Main Line.
Thursday, April 23
St. Paul and the Broken Bones
Birmingham, Ala., octet St. Paul & the Broken Bones gets back to its roots on its self-titled sixth album. Gospel-reared singer Paul Janeway and his horn happy crew recorded it at FAME, the Muscle Shoals studio where Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Arthur Alexander, and the Rolling Stones made magic in the 1960s and 1970s. 8 p.m., Fillmore Philly, 29 E. Allen St., thefillmorephilly.com
The Spinners
The Spinners hailed from Detroit but were a crucial part of the 1970s Sound of Philadelphia, thanks to the efforts of their guiding light, producer arranger Thom Bell. The vocal group made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023, followed by Bell in 2025 and this year, Linda Creed, who wrote “The Rubberband Man” for the band with Bell. Since Charles Fambrough retired in 2023, no original members remain. 8 p.m., The Tropicana Showroom, 2831 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, caesars.com/tropicana
Homegrown Live
The Homegrown Live series presented by WXPN-FM (88.5) rounds up three worthy local acts for a free show. It features Philly soul and funk woman Black Buttafly, peripatetic bandleader and memoirist John Faye (playing with Erin Fox and Joey DiTullio), and Lancaster’s Denison Witmer, whose quiet, thoughtful songwriting impressed last weekend at a Record Store Day performance at Main Street in Manayunk. 8 p.m., World Stage, 3025 Walnut St., xpn.org
Friday, April 24
Ikechi Onyenaka
The Austin, Texas-born and Upper Darby-raised saxophonist makes music that finds the sweet spot between jazz and R&B, with influences that include Kenny Garrett, Michael Brecker, and, in particular, Grover Washington Jr. 7:30 p.m., The Loft at City Winery, 990 Filbert St., citywinery.com/philadelphia.
New Pornographers / Will Sheff
Canadian power-pop band New Pornographers played a Free at Noon show last month as an acoustic duo, previewing their new album The Former Site of. This show is a full-band set, though sometimes-member Neko Case is not on this tour. Will Sheff, of Austin, Texas literary rock band Okkervil River, opens. 8 p.m., Keswick Theatre, 29 N. Keswick Ave, Glenside, keswicktheatre.com.
Making Time Mega-PLURT
Philly DJ impresario Davie P. hosts a Making Time blowout topped by the New York electronic duo of singer Shanny Wise and beatmaker Jackson Walker Lewis, aka Fcukers, in support of their new album ö. Along with Dave P. and lighting designers the Klip Collective, the evening includes Tyga and Avalon Emerson, who will perform with her band and do a DJ set. PLURT, in case you’re wondering, stands for “Peace, Love, Unity, Respect, and Transcendence.” 8 p.m., Franklin Music Hall, 421 N. Seventh St., FranklinMusicHall.com
Fishbone
Los Angeles ska-punk-funk-metal band Fishbone released Stockholm Syndrome, its first new album in 19 years in 2025. Now, the hyperkinetic “Ma and Pa” and “Party at Ground Zero” band is touring in celebration of the 40th anniversary of 1986’s In Your Face. 8 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl Philly, 1009 Canal St., brooklynbowl.com/philadelphia
Kane Brown
Kane Brown blends R&B and hip-hop into country-pop. Last year’s The High Road featured guest spots from Jelly Roll, Khalid, Marshmello, Brad Paisley, and his Philly native wife, Katelyn Brown. Back in 2017, Brown announced his engagement at a show at the Wells Fargo Center in South Philly. 8 p.m., Hard Rick Live at Etess Arena, 100 Boardalk, Atlantic City, casino-hardrock.com/atlantic-city
Zinadelphia
Philadelphia R&B pop soul singer Zinadelphia’s music may most immediately bring Amy Winehouse to mind, but her single “Call Up Nancy” from last year’s The Boutique EP is a mood booster that looks to Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made for Walking” for inspiration. 8 p.m. Theatre of the Living Arts, 332 South St., tlaphilly.com.
Stinking Lizaveta
Doom-jazz vets Stinking Lizaveta could be your motivation to read The Brothers Karamazov to appreciate why the West Philly trio is named after a minor character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s 19th-century Russian novel. Or, you could just go see the band rock out on the top of a bill presented by WKDU-FM (91.7) with New Dawn Fades, Red Brick, Deathbird Earth, and Disappearance. 8 p.m., PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th St., PhilaMOCA.org
Brother Wallace
West Point, Ga., native Brother Wallace recorded his debut Electric Love with producer Dan Taylor of The Heavy at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in England, but the music is instilled with a joyous, Southern soul energy. It meshes nicely with St. Paul & the Broken Bones, who he’s opening for on Thursday. On Friday, he headlines Free at Noon. Noon, World Stage, 3025 Walnut St., xpn.org
Friday and Saturday, April 24 & 25
Soulive
Woodstock, N.Y. trio Soulive works the jam-band nexus where the Grateful Dead meets New Orleans party music, with Neal Evans’ keyboard connecting to the Philly jazz organ tradition of Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott, and Joey DeFrancesco. The trio is doing two nights in Ardmore, with Norside opening Friday and Ryan Montbleau Duo Saturday. 8 p.m., Ardmore Music Hall, 23 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore, ardmoremusichall.com
John Doe
It will be a rare treat to catch the co-leader of the seminal Los Angeles 1970s punk band X in a cozy Bucks County club. The folkie Fables in a Foreign Land, from 2022, is Doe’s most recent solo album. 7 p.m., John and Peter’s Place, 96 Main St., New Hope, johnandpeters.com.
Saturday April 25
Florence and the Machine
Philadelphia is Flyered up. Thus, Florence and the Machine is playing Atlantic City. The British band whose sixth album Everybody Scream finds singer Florence Welch raising her voice to the heavens in rousing, hymnlike songs, had to move to Boardwalk Hall to make room for the Flyers to face off against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Welch and band will be joined by Taylor Swift cosigned goth pop singer Sophia Isella. 8 p.m., Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall, 2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, boardwalkhall.com
Snacktime
Hard working Philly band Snacktime is out with a Toribio Remix of its single “Enough,” and the band is targeting to release its debut album later this year. In the meantime, the busy schedule for the Rittenhouse Square born septet includes this show at the Foundry and a Concerts on the Commons date in Doylestown on May 14. 8 p.m. Foundry at the Fillmore, 29 E. Canal St., thefillmorephilly.com.
Laura Mann & Cliff Hillis
Two longtime Philly songwriters share this quality double bill. Mann is the former owner of much missed Ardmore venue The Living Room. Hillis is a purveyor of buoyant pop whose latest album is 2023’s Be The Now. 8 p.m., The Fallser Club, 3721 Midvale Ave., thefallserclub.org.
