Here's the music lineup on Philly stages tonight & in the coming week

August 27, 2010|staff
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  • The Dutchess & the Duke are at Johnny Brenda's on Sunday.
The Dutchess & the Duke are at Johnny Brenda's on Sunday.
  • The Dutchess & the Duke are at Johnny Brenda's on Sunday.
  • The Fractals perform tonight at the Grape Room, Manayunk.
  • Warren Oree (above) salutes Coltrane at the Art Museum tonight.
  • Snoop Dogg performs on Monday at the TLA.

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

POP . . . plus

The Fractals: Don't know if the "similarly shaped parts within larger parts" definition of their name exactly fits. 'Cause some seriously skewered dynamics are going down within a Fractals song like "That Girl Tonight" - which flips between cool samba and jangle pop rock - or the sometimes Eastern European-flavored (then sometimes not) incantation, "The End of End of Days." What keeps things in mirror-imaging mode is the consistently sophisticated tone of the tunes and dark, wry lyrics that front guy Kevin Hanson delivers with most of the guys who used to play with him in Huffamoose. Think cool hipsters, in the vein of Steely Dan and Stevie Wonder. Yet, echoing their own sensibility, ever . . . fractal. Show sharers include Pawnshop Roses, Frank Brown, Queen Electric. Grape Room, 105 Grape St., doors at 7 tonight, $10, 215-930-0321. www.graperoommusic.com.

Celtic Tenors: Traditional Irish airs offered with a lovely, refined touch. And, wait, this trio does more. Sellersville Theater, Main and Temple streets, Sellersville, 8 p.m. tonight, $33, 215-257-5808, www.st94.com.

Jonas Brothers: No, that's not fireworks you'll be hearing tonight, roaring across the river. Just the shrieks of the bros' fans. Disney Channel pal Demi Lovato is the special guest. Susquehanna Bank Center, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, 7 tonight, $97.25, $67.25, $37.25 (lawn), $30 (4-pack lawn indiv.), 800-745-3000 www.livenation.com.

Stevie Nicks: If Ms. Nicks could get a dollar from every female singer who's emulated her, she'd never have to sing "Rhiannon," "Edge of Seventeen" and "Gypsy" in concert again. But aren't you glad she still does? Mark Etess Arena, Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, 8 tonight, $76, $96, $116,609-449-5150, www.ticketmaster.com.

Iggy and the Stooges: He's taken big checks for commercial use of "Lust for Life." Yet Mr. Pop is still baring his chest and throwing himself (literally) into a sea of hands, living down his rep as Godfather of Punk. House of Blues, 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, 8 tonight, $47.50-$60, 609-236-BLUE, www.houseofblues.com.

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