SEVEN IN SEVEN
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 ’n’ roll, jazz, heavy metal, R&B, singersongwriter or indie, there will always be something to check out.
Here are seven of the best on the docket for the week of July 7:
1
The Dirty Nil — Friday at Underground Arts
Having formed when the band members were still in high school in 2006, The Dirty Nil toured for years before releasing their first LP, 2016’s “Higher Power.” Recently, the Hamilton, Ontario, trio released “Bye Bye Big Bear,” the first new music since their impactful 2021 album with a title not fit for print. On its back, the band got back on the road, electrifying increasingly packed venues and festival stages with their fiery brand of punk-tinged rock. The single is a natural next step in the direction of the same blistering power chords, silky-smooth hooks and oddly charming witticisms distilled into a more potent, harder-hitting product.
2
The Smile — Friday at Franklin Music Hall
Made up of Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke and guitarist Jonny Greenwood, alongside drummer Tom Skinner, The Smile will make their first appearance in Philly since forming in 2020. To coincide with the North American tour, the band released a studio version of the song “Bending Hectic,” debuted by the trio during their Montreux Jazz Festival appearance in 2022, and, while not included on the subsequent live album “The Smile (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022),” it became a word-of-mouth phenomenon, with fans and critics calling for its release. The single marks The Smile’s first piece of new music in 2023.
3
Yellowcard — Tuesday at The Mann
Reuniting at Riot Fest in expose them to ins and outs
Chicago in 2022 — six of the music business. The
years after calling it quits Blackbyrds went on to create
— to celebrate the 20th an everlasting musical style
anniversary of their iconic that combines classical, jazz,
breakthrough album “Ocean R&B and gospel, which introduced
Avenue,” Yellowcard felt musical terms such as
a creative shift and soon crossover, urban contemporary
found themselves penning and easy listening to the
new material in Texas. Just music dictionary and at the
a few days before the Mann same time presented these
show, the pop punk outfit young musicians as composers
will release the EP “Childhood and singers.
Eyes.” Imbued with the
essence of the EP, the title
track lead single epitomizes
the excitement of a band Sometimes, a pair of bands
reborn with the seasoned co-headlining together for a
spark of chemistry that’s brief summertime run makes
tight and fluid. perfect sense. Eight-piece
4
The Blackbyrds — Tuesday at City Winery Main Stage
The Blackbyrds were formed in 1973as legendary jazz
trumpeter Dr. Donald Byrd’s
brainchild to expose college
students to the real
world of music — in his own
words, to “bridge the gap
between academia and the
real world.” Byrd envisioned
taking active students
at Howard University in
Washington, D.C., on a realworld
field trip that would
5
The Revivalists + The Head and the Heart — Wednesday at The Mann
New Orleans rock ’n’ roll collective
The Revivalists have
made the journey from holein-the-wall
gigs to sold-out
shows at hallowed venues
such as Radio City Music Hall, The Ryman and Red Rocks, multiplatinum success, more than 800million streams, critical fanfare and numerous national television performances. Beloved indie folk act The Head and the Heart have established their status as a touring powerhouse, having landed prime time mainstage slots at Coachella, Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits.
6
Arts Fishing Club — next Thursday at MilkBoy
“Rothko Sky,” the debut album from Nashville, Tenn., indie rock band Arts Fishing Club, charts the autobiographical yet hugely relatable arc of an impassioned, volatile romance. Twinkling with cultured musicality, innate melodicism and resonant imagery, its 10 alt-flecked tracks dance, cry and ultimately surrender to our universal love of falling in love. Described by singer/guitarist Chris Kessenich as his “semi-solo project,” Arts Fishing Club has earned a reputation for incredible, inclusive live shows since forming in 2016. Drawing a revolving lineup from a core pool of top Nashville talent, they’ve released a string of singles and EPs while enthralling Midwest and East Coast audiences, and are looking to keep the trend going at MilkBoy.
7
The Suffers — next Thursday at Ardmore Music Hall
Founded in 2011, The Suffers built a devoted local following in Houston before breaking out internationally in 2015 on the strength of their debut EP, “Make Some Room,” which helped land them performances everywhere from Letterman to NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert.” The band followed it up in 2016 with a self-titled full-length that yielded similarly widespread acclaim along with star-making performances at Newport Folk Festival and on “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.” By the time the group released their 2018 sophomore effort, “Everything Here,” their arrival as critical and festival favorites was undeniable, something that continues to this day.