Nightlands celebrate the release of Oak Island tonight at Kung Fu Necktie.  Dave Hartley spent the brief quiet moments between touring and recording with The War on Drugs over the last few years concocting the many layers of his latest solo effort, out last week on Secretly Canadian.  In an interview with The Key’s Kate Bracaglia, Hartley noted that Island is “an evolution” from his Nightlands debut Forget the Manta and describes it as “more confident.”  Tickets and information for tonight’s 21+ show with Jon Barthmus (Sun Airway) and Scott Churchman (Ape School) can be found here.  Below, watch the sci-fi themed video for “I Fell In Love With a Feeling.”

Upstairs at Kung Fu Necktie, local indie quartet Catnaps will celebrate the impending release of their Shuteye EP (out January 29th).   The fuzzy pop / punk band took their sound in a new direction with last year’s Boys Drool, channeling a fusion of The Shangri Las and Vivian Girls on the follow-up to 2011′s debut Why Don’t You Whisper? A few weeks ago The Key premiered the video for Catnaps latest single “Cherry Lips,” which sees the band adding a sci-fi / electronic element to their sound and a cute music video just in time for Valentine’s Day.  Tickets and information for tonight’s 21+ show with Roof Doctor, Incorporated Village of Ghost and Oh Bree can be found here.  Watch the video for “Cherry Lips” below.

Also at Kung Fu Necktie tonight, Ladyfest will hold its first benefit show in conjunction with Sugar Town‘s 12th Anniversary.  The activism, arts & music festival will return to Philadelphia for the first time in 10 years this summer.  Hosted by local comedienne Juliet Hope Wayne, the event will include sets by Radiator Hospital, Bike Crash and Batty.  Tickets and information for the 21+ event can be found here.  Below, stream “Andy Griffith” from Radiator Hospital’s Some Distant Moon.

XPN welcomes Garland Jeffreys to The Sellersville Theater.  The Brooklyn musician will perform 1981′s Escape Artist in its entirety with his band, including classic fan favorites “Mystery Kids” and “Christine” alongside his cover of ? and the Mysterians “96 Tears.”  Though this is a retrospective evening, Jeffreys has continued to release critically acclaimed material over the course of his career, most recently with 2011′s The King of In Between.  Tickets and information for tonight’s show can be found here.  Below, watch the video for “Modern Lovers” from Escape Artist.

Ahead of its return to the airwaves on Sunday, XPN2′s Folkadelphia presents ((TACO)) at the Green Line Cafe on Locust St. with Prairie Empire and The Sun Flights.  ((TACO)) (real name David Mitchell Esparza) has been an illusive character in the Philadelphia music community since 2007 and did not release his first full-length, with backing band The Love Club, until this year’s succinctly-titled Full Length.  More information for tonight’s show can be found here.  Below, listen to the bluesy “Mellow Peaches” from ((TACO))’s 13 takes by the krautrock kid.

The Folk Show’s Gene Shay presents We’re About 9 at the PSALM Salon.  Bonded during weekly open mics at the Jahva House in Maryland, We’re About 9 are a trio of harmonizing musicians that have found an age-defying audience thanks to the band’s unique and fun approach to songwriting and performing.  Tonight’s show marks We’re About 9′s first Philly-proper show in eight years (although they played just outside Philly, in Lansdowne, back in the spring). More information can be found here.  Below, watch them perform “Same Seed” live.

XPN welcomes Garland Jeffreys to World Cafe Live at The Queen. In 2011 the Brooklyn-born musician released The King of In Between, an album that found itself on many year-end best-of lists including Rolling Stone and NPR.  Over the course of the four-decade-long career leading up to that release, Jeffreys developed a long list of collaborators including John Cale and Dr. John and he most recently joined Bruce Springsteen on stage in Holland.  Tickets and information for tonight’s show in Wilmington, DE can be found here.  Below, watch a video for Garland Jeffreys’ “Modern Lover” from 1980′s Escape Artist.

Philly power trio Many Arms perform at The Rotunda tonight.  The free-jazz conspirators released their third full-length self-titled record in 2012, an exploration into math rock-informed chaos spanning three extended tracks.  In the realm of avant-garde noise bands, Many Arms has thrashed their way to the forefront with the new record, receiving praise from music tastemakers including Spin.  Tonight Many Arms will be joined by saxophonist/guitarist Colin Fisher.  The show is free, and more information can be found here.  Below, listen to “Rising Artifacts in a Five-Point Field.”

Tickets for tomorrow’s Free At Noon featuring Joseph Arthur are still available.