Interstellar Blue, the forthcoming EP from Purling Hiss, is set to arrive on July 9 via Drag City. Mike Polizze and friends recently shared its lead single, “Useful Information,” an even-keeled, psych-blues sojourn. The track takes you on a languid, muggy stroll in the summer sun, as a bit of guitar-fueled heat blares down upon you. Purling Hiss will be performing next in Philly on Thursday, July 11, with support from Writhing Squares and Long Hots.

Tea time folks…if you don’t want to get dirty then go put on the tea kettle while we talk about Pussy Stench. They are a filthy four piece grunge band showin’ off some heavy riffs. This half male/half female group just released a new video for their track “Honey Wine”. This is a heavy track full of angst. Their grunge attack is abrasive for the bulk of the song but breaks down into a doom inspired, melodic bridge that gives the tune a great dynamic. Pussy Stench will be hittin’ up Duffy’s Tavern in Toronto on June 19^th with Specks and Los Senores. – Kris Gies

Honey Radar recently dropped the lead single featured on its forthcoming album, Ruby Puff Of Dust, which is scheduled to arrive via What's Your Rupture?. Contrasting the immediate grit and fire of guitar with the composed chillness of the vocals, “Kite Balloons” takes us on a heady excursion. That fuzzy, foggy combination is just the right complement for when you're lost in the clouds. On Tuesday, June 28 at Boot & Saddle, you can catch Honey Radar on a rad lineup, presented by WKDU, that also includes Control Top & Lithics.

Philly's Line Leader recently shared its new, full-length album, Houses of Water. One enters a multifaceted, mysterious, head-trippy, musical mission. An array of sonic textures creates a fluid, ever-evolving atmosphere - one that floats in a dreamy manner at one moment and then transitions into a more volatile, urgent heaviness in the next. That unpredictable, shape-shifting nature compels the listener to remain alert around each and every bend. (Photo by Kayla McCaney)

Undeterred, raunchy riffs and snarly, sweaty vocals fuel the Narcos Family Band. A raw refinement converges as the runaway momentum of the instrumentation plays out like a bull rampaging through a China shop. The rhythmic push pummels everything that dares to enter its path. This Sunday night at Haus of Yarga, they’ll be joined by the agitation-releasing, quick-hitting garage-hardcore hybrid of Trash Knife. A pair of Midwestern punk outfits in Michigan’s Werewolf Jones and Wisconsin’s Fire Heads aid in amplifying the evening, which is also rounded into form by Ghoul Friends. – Michael Colavita

More places to rock at this weekend…

Haus of Yarga (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Regothereshego, High Noon, SUN Narcos Family Band, Trash Knife

Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI Rosali, SAT Live Band Karaoke with Pat Finnerty & The Full Band

Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) SAT  American Trappist (Solo)

Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Mute Host/DJ Deejay, SAT The Dull Blue Lights, The Naked Sun/Fame Lust

Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) SUN Ruby The Hatchet

Union Transfer (1026 Spring Garden St,) SAT Petal

TLA (334 South St.) FRI Ultimate Live Evil

World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI (Upstairs) Jesse Ruben/(Downstairs) WXPN’s Decades Dance Party & Live Broadcast, SAT (Downstairs) Basement Party With Lady V & DJ Touchtone

The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI The Wordsmith Experience, SAT Tortuga, The Sea Tease, Upstream Color/Ashes ToVanity, Ghost of the Mill, Rambone, SUN Future Stars MetalFest 

MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Heaven Man, Mirrorsigns

Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3^rd St.) FRI Joey Sweeney & The Neon Grease

The Barbary (951 Frankford Ave.) SAT The Shakedown

Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) FRI DJ Dav, Reed Streets, SAT DJ Deejay

Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI Live Band Karaoke, SUN That Totally Unnecessary Drink with Pat Finnerty's Live Band Karaoke/Rusty Cadillac 

Bourbon & Branch (705 N. 2^nd St.) FRI Midwestern Exposure, SAT Kenty Love, Maskao, SUN Hazard Sizer 

Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9^th St.) FRI Riverside Odds, Molly Rhythm, SAT The Ancient Mariners, Night Mission

Voltage Lounge (421 N. 7^th St.) FRI Sad & Boujee: The Emo Meets Trap Dance Party, SAT Unloveable - The Smiths & Morrissey Tribute Band, DJ Chas Paris, DJ Rich Russo

Morgan’s Pier (221 N. Columbus Blvd.) SAT DJ Lean Wit It, SUN Ear Me Now

Frankie Bradley’s (1320 Chancellor St.) FRI The Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret/DJ Chris Urban, SAT DJ Ed Cristof

The Tusk (430 South St.) FRI Hallucinogenic Bulb, Serpent Blight, SAT The Tone Bandits

Century (1350 S. 29^th St.) FRI The Whips, Zapf Dingbats , SAT Wormtooth, Gristmill, The Magnificent ShitHawks Of The Greater Northern Americas

The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Whackbat, Jordan Flaherty, JKannon, Tom Monari&Sara, Danny Varughese, SAT Superunknown, Delmont, Knightlife, The Good Mess, Candice Lee

Ardmore Music Hall (23 E. Lancaster Ave.) FRI Jeff Thomas' All-Volunteer Army, SAT Billy Joel Tribute (Benefitting Alzheimer’s Research): Mikey B & Friends

Creep Records (1050 N. Hancock St.) SAT Nematode

Green Line on Locust (4426 Locust St.) SAT Benefit Show for March to End Rape Culture: Snakeboy Gang

Warehouse on Watts (923 N. Watts St.) FRI Solomonic Sound System, House Of Roots

The Mothership (602 S. 52^nd St.) SAT The Invasive Species (Tape Release), Cult Objects, SUN Drums Like Machine Guns, The Beeps, Foxy Doxies

Tralfamadore (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Impressionist, Buddie, Puppy Angst

Planet Phitness (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SUN Susie Derkins, In Trouble, A Million Dollars

Gay Baby Jail (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Space Donkey and the Moonbouncers, Mesén Around, Twin Beds, SAT Rego, ASCXNSION, HUEY, the Cosmonaut, Jewelssea, Magnetic The Shaman, Calo

Anthorna Gallery (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Marcelyn, Elaine Rasnake, Eeden,SAT Yellowhammer Fund Benefit Show: Three Man Cannon, SUN Douse, Computer Dating

The Bass Mint (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Blushed, Qwark

Truck (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Brackish, Noera, Overwinter

Secret World (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SUN Michael Cormier, Ana Woulfe