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This week in Philly music features a big weekend with Lily Allen, Waxahatchee & MJ Lenderman, and Raye at the Met, Snail Mail at the Fillmore, Bollywood film composers Shankar Ehsaan Loy in Atlantic City<\/a>, and a Philly record-release party for Scranton rock band Tiger\u2019s Jaw.<\/p>\n Thursday, April 16<\/p>\n Fantastic Cat<\/p>\n Pub rock super group Fantastic Cat is made of four notable indie artists: Don DiLego, Anthony D\u2019Amato, Mike Montali, and Brian Dunne, the latter of whom impressed with his Clams Casino solo album, released late last year. Inevitably, the band\u2019s new album title is a Meatloaf joke \u2014 it\u2019s called Cat Out Of Hell \u2014 but for all the goofing around they do on stage, these guys are serious songwriters. Jillette Johnson opens. 8 p.m., Ardmore<\/a> Music Hall, 23 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore, ardmoremusichall.com <\/p>\n Tigers Jaw<\/p>\n Scranton-born and Philly-based band Tigers Jaw plays a hometown gig celebrating its shimmering new Lost on You. The amped-up and full-of-feeling seventh album was among the first recorded at South Philly\u2019s Memory Music with longtime musical partner,<\/a> Grammy-winning producer, and engineer Will Yip. Hot Flash Heat Wave and Creeks open. 8 p.m., Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden<\/a> St., utphilly.com <\/a><\/p>\n Snail Mail<\/p>\n Baltimore songwriter Lindsey Jordan is only 26, but she\u2019s a 10-year-plus indie rock veteran. Her third Snail Mail album, Ricochet, reaffirms her stature as one of the most promising songwriters of her generation. 1990s Boston band Swirlies and power-pop upstarts the Sharp Pins open. 8 p.m., Fillmore Philly, 29 E. Allen St. thefillmorephilly.com<\/a><\/p>\n Friday, April 17<\/p>\n Lily Allen<\/p>\n Lily Allen\u2019s career might have seemed to be on the downswing, with the sharp-tongued British songwriter following her first two terrific albums \u2014 2006\u2019s Alright, Still and 2009\u2019s It\u2019s Not Me, It\u2019s You \u2014 with two lesser efforts in the 2010s. But personal crisis has been quality career medicine, and the astonishingly detailed break up album West End Girl has brought her a massive uptick in popularity. Her show at the Met will be followed by another at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in September. 8 p.m., Met Philly, 858 N. Broad St., themetphilly.com<\/a><\/p>\n Bleachers<\/p>\n Jersey guy and producer to the stars Jack Antonoff \u2014 he works with Taylor Swift<\/a>, Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>, and Kendrick Lamar, among others \u2014 also has a band called Bleachers. Its fifth album, Everyone For Ten Minutes, is due May 22. The band will preview it at Free at Noon this week, before coming back to play what is now being called the Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts on June 13. Noon, World Stage, 3025 Walnut St., xpn.org.<\/a><\/p>\n Saturday, April 18<\/p>\n Record Store Day<\/p>\n Saturday is Record Store Day, the musical working holiday when local independent music shops get a big boost in business selling limited-edition vinyl-only releases. <\/p>\n This year\u2019s list includes albums by Philly and Philly-connected artists such as John Wesley Harding (aka Wesley Stace), Todd Rundgren\u2019s Runt, late jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, and Lucy Dacus<\/a>. Bruce Springsteen<\/a>\u2019s Live Asbury Park 2024 is a five-LP set of an epic show by the boardwalk. The full list is at RecordStoreDay.com.<\/a><\/p>\n At Main Street Music in Manayunk<\/a>, Record Store Day activities will include live music. King Tuff, the ripping garage rock project of Vermont songwriter Kyle Thomas whose new album is called MOO, is heading up a bill that includes Lancaster\u2019s Denison Witmer and Philly\u2019s No Good Crowd. King Tuff then plays Kung Fu Necktie at night with Morgan Nagler. 2 p.m., Main Street Music, 4444 Main St., mainstreetmusicpa.com<\/a>. 8 p.m. Kung Fu Necktie, 1248 N. Front St., kungfunecktie.com<\/a><\/p>\n Waxahatchee \/ MJ Lenderman<\/p>\n Katie Crutchfield, the former Philadelphian who records as Waxahatchee, has a fruitful collaboration going with MJ Lenderman, who was featured on her 2024 album Tigers Blood. And Lenderman, whose most recent solo outing is the acclaimed Manning Fireworks, also joined Crutchfield in Snocaps, the band she fronts with her twin sister, Allison. Now, they\u2019re touring together. 8 p.m., Met Philly, 858 N. Broad St., themetphilly.com<\/a><\/p>\n Melissa Etheridge<\/p>\n What do Melissa Etheridge, Pink, Jeff Buckley, Shakira, Mariah Carey, INXS, Black Crowes, Lauryn Hill, and New Edition have in common? They were all 2026 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees<\/a> who were denied entry this week<\/a>. Not bad company to be in. Etheridge has a new Shooter Jennings-produced album called Rise, which is her first set of new material in seven years. It includes a Chris Stapleton duet on \u201cThe Other Side of Blue.\u201d 8 p.m., Xcite Center at Parx Casino, 2999 Street Road, Bensalem, parxcasino.com<\/a> <\/p>\n Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives<\/p>\n Marty Stuart had to reschedule many shows in February after the guitarist who was born in Philadelphia (Mississippi) slipped in Nashville on ice and broke his wrist. But never fear, the touring Marty Party\u2019s well-named virtuosic country \/ surf rock \/ close harmonies band featuring Kenny Vaughn, Harry Stinson, and Chris Scruggs is back in business. Philly\u2019s the Lazy Villains open. 8 p.m., Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville<\/a>, colonialtheatre.com.<\/a><\/p>\n Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie<\/p>\n Philly bandleader Adam Weiner<\/a> has a new Low Cut Connie protest-focused album called Livin\u2019 in the USA due in July. He is making the rounds in advance of that release with a solo tour mixing new material with crowd pleasers from his LCC rock and soul oeuvre. 8 p.m., Anchor Rock Club, 247 S. New York Ave., Atlantic City, anchorrocklub.com.<\/a><\/p>\n Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy<\/p>\n The trio of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, and Loy Mendonsa are among the leading producers of Hindi film music. Their eight-city U.S. tour includes a stop in Atlantic City that promises to bring the music of films like 2003\u2019s Kal Ho Naa Ho to life on stage.<\/a> 8 p.m., Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena, 1000 Boardwalk, caesars.hardrock.com\/atlantic-city<\/a><\/p>\n Shemekia Copeland<\/p>\n Powerhouse blues belter Shemekia Copeland comes to Bucks County<\/a>, supporting her 2024 Will Kimbrough-produced Blame It On Eve, a Grammy-nominated feminist song cycle that was named Living Blues magazine\u2019s blues album of the year. 8 p.m., Sellersvile Theater, 24 W. Temple Ave. st94.com. <\/a><\/p>\n Sunday, April 19<\/p>\n Raye<\/p>\n British pop star Raye seems poised for a major breakout in America. She proves herself to be a nuevo retro R&B singer with a flair of the dramatic on her new This Music May Contain Hope. The album includes \u201cWhere Is My Husband,\u201d which had lovebirds Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce up and dancing at the IHeartRAdio Awards last month. 8 p.m., Met Philly, 858 N. Broad St., themetphilly.com<\/a><\/p>\n