Philly music this week with Lily Allen, Waxahatchee & MJ Lenderman, Snail Mail, Bleachers, Fantastic Cat, Tiger’s Jaw, Melissa Etheridge and more

This week in Philly music features a big weekend with Lily Allen, Waxahatchee & MJ Lenderman, and Raye at the Met, Snail Mail at the Fillmore, Bollywood film composers Shankar Ehsaan Loy in Atlantic City, and a Philly record-release party for Scranton rock band Tiger’s Jaw.

Pub rock super group Fantastic Cat is made of four notable indie artists: Don DiLego, Anthony D’Amato, Mike Montali, and Brian Dunne, the latter of whom impressed with his Clams Casino solo album, released late last year. Inevitably, the band’s new album title is a Meatloaf joke — it’s called Cat Out Of Hell — but for all the goofing around they do on stage, these guys are serious songwriters. Jillette Johnson opens. 8 p.m., Ardmore Music Hall, 23 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore, ardmoremusichall.com

Scranton-born and Philly-based band Tigers Jaw plays a hometown gig celebrating its shimmering new Lost on You. The amped-up and full-of-feeling seventh album was among the first recorded at South Philly’s Memory Music with longtime musical partner, Grammy-winning producer, and engineer Will Yip. Hot Flash Heat Wave and Creeks open. 8 p.m., Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St., utphilly.com

Baltimore songwriter Lindsey Jordan is only 26, but she’s a 10-year-plus indie rock veteran. Her third Snail Mail album, Ricochet, reaffirms her stature as one of the most promising songwriters of her generation. 1990s Boston band Swirlies and power-pop upstarts the Sharp Pins open. 8 p.m., Fillmore Philly, 29 E. Allen St. thefillmorephilly.com

Lily Allen’s career might have seemed to be on the downswing, with the sharp-tongued British songwriter following her first two terrific albums — 2006’s Alright, Still and 2009’s It’s Not Me, It’s You — with two lesser efforts in the 2010s. But personal crisis has been quality career medicine, and the astonishingly detailed break up album West End Girl has brought her a massive uptick in popularity. Her show at the Met will be followed by another at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in September. 8 p.m., Met Philly, 858 N. Broad St., themetphilly.com

Jersey guy and producer to the stars Jack Antonoff — he works with Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, and Kendrick Lamar, among others — also has a band called Bleachers. Its fifth album, Everyone For Ten Minutes, is due May 22. The band will preview it at Free at Noon this week, before coming back to play what is now being called the Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts on June 13. Noon, World Stage, 3025 Walnut St., xpn.org.

Saturday is Record Store Day, the musical working holiday when local independent music shops get a big boost in business selling limited-edition vinyl-only releases.

This year’s list includes albums by Philly and Philly-connected artists such as John Wesley Harding (aka Wesley Stace), Todd Rundgren’s Runt, late jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, and Lucy Dacus. Bruce Springsteen’s Live Asbury Park 2024 is a five-LP set of an epic show by the boardwalk. The full list is at RecordStoreDay.com.

At Main Street Music in Manayunk, Record Store Day activities will include live music. King Tuff, the ripping garage rock project of Vermont songwriter Kyle Thomas whose new album is called MOO, is heading up a bill that includes Lancaster’s Denison Witmer and Philly’s No Good Crowd. King Tuff then plays Kung Fu Necktie at night with Morgan Nagler. 2 p.m., Main Street Music, 4444 Main St., mainstreetmusicpa.com. 8 p.m. Kung Fu Necktie, 1248 N. Front St., kungfunecktie.com

Katie Crutchfield, the former Philadelphian who records as Waxahatchee, has a fruitful collaboration going with MJ Lenderman, who was featured on her 2024 album Tigers Blood. And Lenderman, whose most recent solo outing is the acclaimed Manning Fireworks, also joined Crutchfield in Snocaps, the band she fronts with her twin sister, Allison. Now, they’re touring together. 8 p.m., Met Philly, 858 N. Broad St., themetphilly.com

What do Melissa Etheridge, Pink, Jeff Buckley, Shakira, Mariah Carey, INXS, Black Crowes, Lauryn Hill, and New Edition have in common? They were all 2026 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees who were denied entry this week. Not bad company to be in. Etheridge has a new Shooter Jennings-produced album called Rise, which is her first set of new material in seven years. It includes a Chris Stapleton duet on “The Other Side of Blue.” 8 p.m., Xcite Center at Parx Casino, 2999 Street Road, Bensalem, parxcasino.com

Marty Stuart had to reschedule many shows in February after the guitarist who was born in Philadelphia (Mississippi) slipped in Nashville on ice and broke his wrist. But never fear, the touring Marty Party’s well-named virtuosic country / surf rock / close harmonies band featuring Kenny Vaughn, Harry Stinson, and Chris Scruggs is back in business. Philly’s the Lazy Villains open. 8 p.m., Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville, colonialtheatre.com.

Philly bandleader Adam Weiner has a new Low Cut Connie protest-focused album called Livin’ in the USA due in July. He is making the rounds in advance of that release with a solo tour mixing new material with crowd pleasers from his LCC rock and soul oeuvre. 8 p.m., Anchor Rock Club, 247 S. New York Ave., Atlantic City, anchorrocklub.com.

The trio of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, and Loy Mendonsa are among the leading producers of Hindi film music. Their eight-city U.S. tour includes a stop in Atlantic City that promises to bring the music of films like 2003’s Kal Ho Naa Ho to life on stage. 8 p.m., Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena, 1000 Boardwalk, caesars.hardrock.com/atlantic-city

Powerhouse blues belter Shemekia Copeland comes to Bucks County, supporting her 2024 Will Kimbrough-produced Blame It On Eve, a Grammy-nominated feminist song cycle that was named Living Blues magazine’s blues album of the year. 8 p.m., Sellersvile Theater, 24 W. Temple Ave. st94.com.

British pop star Raye seems poised for a major breakout in America. She proves herself to be a nuevo retro R&B singer with a flair of the dramatic on her new This Music May Contain Hope. The album includes “Where Is My Husband,” which had lovebirds Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce up and dancing at the IHeartRAdio Awards last month. 8 p.m., Met Philly, 858 N. Broad St., themetphilly.com