Swearin’
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[Dec. 31] Swearin' — fresh off their second record, Surfing Strange — get a coveted slot at Johnny Brenda's NYE show.
Hovering somewhere in the Philly-Brooklyn nexus, transported back and forth by sound and ley lines that only young punkish artistes care to know, Swearin’ —led primarily by Allison Crutchfield and Kyle Gilbride, and fresh off their second record, Surfing Strange — get a coveted slot at Johnny Brenda’s NYE show. (Can we call it coveted? The War on Drugs played it last year.) Swearin’ plays at 10 p.m., so if their guitar fuzz won’t be exactly launching you into the New Year (that honor goes to New Jersey vets Screaming Females) then they’re one of your last wistful looks at the past. Everyone in the quartet sings except the drummer, but Allison’s got the goods, so pray she does “Parts of Speech,” and pray she has a knack for the prophetic: “You’ll waste it all on champagne and cab fare.”
Tue., Dec. 31, 9 p.m., $15, with Screaming Females and Batty, Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
