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Rockers Spiritbox will take the stage at Freedom Hall on Friday. (Alex Bemis)\nSpiritbox \u2014 Friday at Freedom Hall<\/p>\n
Welcome to Seven in Seven, where we look at shows coming to the region over the next week. As always, whether your musical tastes are rock \u2019n\u2019 roll, jazz, heavy metal, R&B, singer-songwriter or indie, there will always be something to check out. Here are seven of the best on the docket for the week of Dec. 5.<\/p>\n
Rockers Spiritbox will take the stage at Freedom Hall on Friday. (Alex Bemis)
\nSpiritbox \u2014 Friday at Freedom Hall<\/p>\n
Since their explosive 2021 debut album \u201cEternal Blue\u201d crashed into the Billboard 200 at No. 13 and dominated rock charts, Spiritbox has carved a path of innovation. Earlier this year, the Canadian prog-metal outfit released a long-awaited second LP, \u201cTsunami Sea,\u201d which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Top Hard Rock Albums and No. 26 on the Billboard 200, affirming Spiritbox\u2019s status as one of the most innovative and genre-fluid acts in modern music. Across 11 tracks, the album balances power with precision, led by vocalist Courtney LaPlante\u2019s genre-defying range and guitarist\/producer Mike Stringer\u2019s craftsmanship. The Lancaster show will be the third to last of the second leg to this year\u2019s North American tour.<\/p>\n
Pure Prairie League \u2014 Saturday at Music Hall at World Cafe Live<\/p>\n
Pure Prairie League, a seminal outfit during the \u201970s and \u201980s movement that brought mainstream success to the country rock and Southern Rock genre, is riding the revival wave with \u201cBack on Track,\u201d the group\u2019s first studio album in nearly two decades. Released exactly one year ago come Saturday \u2014 the night of the World Cafe Live show \u2014 the LP takes the classic PPL sound and gives it a fresh spin. Throughout a dozen cuts, it\u2019s the sound of a rejuvenated band that pays homage to its signature sound while still injecting fresh sonic air, resulting in something simultaneously classic and contemporary.<\/p>\n
The Beths \u2014 Saturday and Sunday at Union Transfer<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, The Beths \u2014 the New Zealand-based quartet of vocalist Elizabeth Stokes, guitarist Jonathan Pearce, bassist Benjamin Sinclair, and drummer Tristan Deck \u2014 released their new album, \u201cStraight Line Was a Lie,\u201d to rave reviews. It began as Stokes broke out a Remington typewriter every morning for a month, writing 10 pages worth of material, mostly streams of consciousness. The resulting stack of paper was the primary fodder for an extended writing retreat to Los Angeles between tours, where Stokes and Pearce also leaned heavily into the singular creative atmosphere of L.A., going to shows, watching Criterion classics from Kurosawa, and listening to Drive-By Truckers, The Go-Go\u2019s, and Olivia Rodrigo. Opening themselves up to a wave of creative input, plus Stokes\u2019 free-flowing writing routine, proved therapeutic for what is hands down one of the best indie rock LPs of the year. Fans certainly agree, with multiple cities across North America having to add a second date, including Philly.<\/p>\n
Phoebe Rings \u2014 Monday at Johnny Brenda\u2019s<\/p>\n
Opening for The Beths will be fellow New Zealanders Phoebe Rings, who released their debut album, \u201cAseurai,\u201d this past spring. Following the two support shows, the group will be doing a headline gig at Johnny Brenda\u2019s on Monday. \u201cAseurai\u201d finds the band continuing to explore their disco and city-pop influences while staying true to the dream-pop sound of their previous self-titled EP. Originally a solo project, led by singer\/songwriter Crystal Choi, the new LP represents contributions from the whole band.<\/p>\n
J.I.D \u2014 Tuesday at The Fillmore<\/p>\n
Since breaking out with his 2017 major-label debut \u201cThe Never Story\u201d and its acclaimed follow-up \u201cDiCaprio 2,\u201d Atlanta rapper J.I.D has steadily evolved into one of hip-hop\u2019s most technically gifted and creatively ambitious voices. His star rose quickly through scene-stealing turns on Dreamville\u2019s \u201cRevenge of the Dreamers III\u201d \u2014 a Billboard No. 1 compilation that earned him two Grammy nominations \u2014 and then skyrocketed with his Imagine Dragons collaboration \u201cEnemy,\u201d a global smash that racked up billions of streams and multiple Platinum certifications. Already having the reputation as a ferocious live performer, catching J.I.D in The Fillmore is the chance to see him in a space that might be soon outgrown.<\/p>\n
Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band \u2014 Tuesday at Johnny Brenda\u2019s<\/p>\n
Over the summer, Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band \u2014 the project of Louisville-based visual artist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Ryan Davis \u2014 released their new album, \u201cNew Threats from the Soul,\u201d garnering praise from fans and critics alike. A masterclass in reducing the sublime to the simple, immense to digestible, and vice versa, the record functions in parallel with Kafka\u2019s winking statement that there is an infinite amount of hope in the universe, just not for us. Thankfully, Davis and his band bring it live, which makes an overall lack of optimism a bit easier to swallow.<\/p>\n
King Mala \u2014 next Thursday at Nikki Lopez<\/p>\n
Alt-pop firebrand King Mala \u2014 the moniker of Areli Castro \u2014 comes to town in support of her debut album, \u201cAnd You Who Drowned in the Grief of a Golden Thing,\u201d a cinematic whirlwind released this past spring. The LP draws from a heady mix of influences, including brutalist architecture, Robert Eggers\u2019 \u201cThe VVitch,\u201d Catholic ritual, Egyptian death lore, and Renaissance art, all coiled into a dark, gleaming exploration of obsession, desire, and the thin line between human and monster. Expect a fever-dream atmosphere at Union Transfer, emotionally charged theatrics, and the kind of genre-blurring intensity that\u2019s quickly made King Mala one of the genre\u2019s most compelling rising voices.<\/p>\n
Soundcheck<\/p>\n
\u2022 Spiritbox: \u201cPerfect Soul\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 Pure Prairie League: \u201cI\u2019m the Lucky One\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Beths: \u201cNo Joy\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 Phoebe Rings: \u201cAstronaut\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 J.I.D: \u201cWRK\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band: \u201cBetter If You Make Me\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 King Mala: \u201cDevotion\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to Seven in Seven, where we look at shows coming to the region over the next week.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1681,1213,69,71,70,289,199],"class_list":{"0":"post-52128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music-and-concerts","10":"tag-philadelphia","11":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","12":"tag-philadelphia-news","13":"tag-things-to-do","14":"tag-top-stories-mlt"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}