13 concerts to see this week, including Lake Street Dive, Samia, Macy Gray, Lilys and more

Jazzy poppy XPN faves are back in the area tonight, playing New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. The band revived its Fun Machine covers project last fall with versions of “Linger” by The Cranberries and “You’re Still The One” by Shania Twain, meaning we’re in for a fun way to start the week. // 7 p.m., $40.50 and up, AA

Monday 2/6: Joie Kathos at Kimmel Cultural Campus

For this week’s free Nightlife At The Kimmel series, Philly rapper and producer Joie Kathos brings a night of hip-hop to the Commonweath Plaza. Kathos’ most recent project, Jojo’s World, hit streaming services last summer and delivers her trademark existential wordplay over vivid left-of-center beats. // 8 p.m., free, AA

Tuesday 2/7: Vance Joy at The Met Philly

Melbourne modern rock folksinger Vance Joy is coming up on a decade since his breakthrough hit, the earworm “Riptide.” He’s stayed productive, though, with his third LP In Our Own Sweet Time releasing last fall, and Tuesday night the album’s bootstomp rhythms and singalong refrains will fill The Met Philly’s halls. // 8 p.m., $85 and up, AA

Wednesday 2/8: Samia at Union Transfer

In the confessional style of contemporaries Christian Lee Hutson and Phoebe Bridgers, LA to NYC artist Samia carries the torch of sad girl music with the recent LP Honey. Songs like the title track are reminiscent of Samia’s debut The Baby, supported by a tour with Lucy Dacus and Courtney Barnett (Samia was memorably the only one to play their Skyline Stage date at The Mann due to a wicked downpour). If that and a 2021 Johnny Brenda’s show are any indication, this Wednesday gig at Union Transfer will be bright with star power. // 8 p.m., $20, AA

Thursday 2/9: Kath Bloom at Johnny Brenda’s

It’s acoustic singer-songwriter night at JB’s, for sure. Poignantly warbly and timeless, legacy artist Kath Bloom shares her quarantine-era album Bye Bye These Are the Days following an opening set by buzzing soft-folk local Shannen Moser. Don’t leave home for this show without your vintage embroidered handkerchief. // 8 p.m., $15, 21+

Thursday 2/9: Honeythunder at Kung Fu Necktie

Local newcomers Honeythunder write indie rock with a punk rock sensibility that’s spreading among Philly bands like wildfire. Their debut EP That’s Baseball, Baby! Has Screaming Females undertones and unfinished basement vibes, and their latest two singles show the band slightly cleaned up in terms of production, but still clouded over with a thick layer of grunge smudge. // 8 p.m., $10, 21+

Friday 2/10: Orrin Evans at Chris’ Jazz Cafe

After a week of rock clubs, we’re looking forward to the jazz cafe vibe instead. Pianist and director Orrin Evans puts a modern, subdued cinematic spin on compositions with his award-winning band. We recommend bringing a date to this Friday night show — or again on Saturday as well. // 7 p.m., $90 and up, 21+

Friday 2/10: DURRY at Tellus360

During lockdown, suburban Minneapolis siblings Austin and Taryn Durry started releasing music online, with one song in particular — “Who’s Laughing Now” — going massively viral on TikTok. It’s a raw and scrappy pop-punk anthem that’s equal parts self-depricating and righteously silly in its rejection of middle America’s societal benchmarks. Following a year of courting from labels, the band is at work on its debut album, and it’s short winter jaunt around North America brings them to Lancaster this Friday for a Tellus360 show. // 7 p.m.,  $15, 21+

Friday 2/10: Macy Gray at Bergen Performing Arts Center

A seasoned voice in R&B and soul, Macy Gray appears this Friday at North Jersey’s Bergen Performing Arts Center. Breaking out at the turn of the millennium with the classic On How Life Is, Gray released her tenth studio album, Ruby, in 2018, and it was praised for its impressive instrumentation and the sense of joy the singer infuses in each of its ten songs. // 8 p.m., $39, AA

Saturday 2/11: Lilys at The Latvian Society