Live music and more

Live music and more, tonight through Thursday, compiled by Shaun Brady, Tom Di Nardo, James Johnson, Sara Sherr and Jonathan Takiff.

POP . . . plus

"Weird Al" Yankovic: In this age of instant, YouTube postings, 50 wiseguys may beat "Weird Al" Yankovic to the punch with a parody of a new song, he pointed out recently. So the dude's given up on being first, focusing simply on being the best in lyrical cleverness, arranging and visual embellishment. Catch it all, onstage and in glorious 3-D!!! Keswick Theatre, Easton Road and Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 8 tonight, $29-$39, 215-572-7650, www.keswicktheatre.com.

Buried Beds: Local lights ignite at a party celebrating their new "Tremble the Sails" album, which trades in banjos for dueling guitars. BC Camplight and Scott McMicken (solo) share the bill. Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 9 tonight, $10, 215-739-9684, www.johnnybrendas.com.

Hoots & Hellmouth: Their name is their sonic address, as these firebreathing Phillybillies saw away on the back porch. With Tin Bird Choir. Sellersville Theater, Main and Temple streets, Sellersville, 8 tonight, $19.50, 215-257-5808, ww.st94.com.

Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra: Vocalist Becca Stevens and a swinging, horn scorched band find the jazz heart in the music of Bjork Gudmundsdottir. As hip as Gil Evans' takes on Jimi Hendrix or Dark Star Orchestra's doodles on the Dead. Upstairs at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St., 9 tonight, $18, 215-222-1400, www.worldcafelive.com.

The Rapture: Cheery disco-punk-funksters from San Fran pump it up for dancers at this Making Time presentation. DFA recording notables Holy Ghost go first in their debut Philly gig. Voyeur, 1221 St. James St., doors open at 9 tonight, bands go on late. $10/$15, 215-735-5772, www.igetrvng.com.

Francis Dunnery: A man of many talents - lately also producing albums for others, studying psychology and teaching astrology - promises a greatest hits show this time. Tin Angel, 20 S. 2nd St., 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. tomorrow, $23, 215-928-0978, www.tinangel.com.

Sarah Harmer: Like Canadian buddy Neko Case (whom she's sung behind on recordings), Harmer combines a naturalistic voice, intimate and melancholy, with a contemporary attitude about life, love and loneliness. Expect plenty from her most accessible new album (first in four years!) "Oh Little Fire." Daniel Romano warms the room first. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St., 8:30 p.m. tomorrow, $25-$37, 215-222-1400, www.worldcafelive.com.