As frontwoman for Hop Along, Frances Quinlan writes haunting, expressive, vaguely surreal songs matched perfectly with punk-infused instrumentation and her striking, singular vocals.

The band’s full-length release Get Disowned was, in the humble estimation of this curator, the best album of 2012 – its music resonates just as easily for listeners who like a challenging narrative and unconventional arrangements as it does for those who want a good poppy hook to rock out to. For this installment of the Tuesday Tune-Out, Quinlan will perform a rare solo set, testing new Hop Along songs out for the first time, digging into the band’s back-catalog and hopefully dropping one of her trademark covers.

Doors at 7:30, show at 8:00 PM, All Ages, $5 donation
Presented by The Key.

(via CALENDAR | PhilaMOCA)

An eclipse is an obscuring of light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination. Tropiclipse is a series of sculptural situations based around the “eclipse,” as both a phenomenon and a metaphor. As the present is gradually replaced by the future, this state of flux shapes the unconscious, generating cumulative knowledge with which we encounter the world. This body of work invites the audience to experience these sculpture-landscapes as accumulative, comprised of catalytic moments that describe the ever-changing intersections and schisms between natural systems and human methodologies.

(via Vox Populi > Tropiclipse)