Hometown shows with the Wonder Years and Floetry, and everything else happening in Philly music this week

This week in Philly music includes six nights with Philly rock band the Wonder Years, the return of formerly Philly-based neo-soul duo Floetry, Grammy-winning progressive R&B and Chester native Avery Sunshine, a Philly-connected celebration of music of Jason Molina, the local debut of Italian guitarist Eleonora Strino, and a power pop explosion with the Belair Lip Bombs.

Magnolia & Johnson Electric Company

Jason Molina, the songwriter behind the bands Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Company, died in 2013. His legacy is being lovingly kept alive by this band, fronted by Molina’s friend Will Johnson, the leader of Centro-matic and, lately, a Jason Isbell band member. The Philly connections are strong: Pedal steel player Mike ‘Slo Mo’ Brenner and drummer Mark Rice are local, and the 2002 Songs: Ohia album Didn’t It Rain, which Brenner played on, was recorded in Philly by Edan Cohen. 8 p.m., Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., johnnybrendas.com

Eleonora Strino

Italian jazz guitarist Eleonora Strino — she was born in Naples and is based in Turin — is playing in Bryn Mawr on her first U.S. tour. Strino fell hard for the jazz guitar when she heard Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden’s Beyond the Missouri Sky and Jim Hall and Bill Evans’ Undercurrent when she was 15. Wes Montgomery is another influence who can be heard on her new Matilde. She’s performing as a duo with pianist Claudio Vignoli. 7:30 p.m., Rotwitt Theater of the McShain Performing Arts Center, 1400 Montgomery Ave., events.humanitix.com/eleanora-strino-duo-matilde-philadelphia

The Wonder Years

Lansdale band the Wonder Years is on tour commemorating its 2015’s No Closer to Heaven, an emo album that coped with depression and writer’s block and included songs inspired by Patsy Cline and Ernest Hemingway. The tour, which began last year in Europe, comes to its climax with six hometown shows that the band has said will be followed by a significant break from touring. Opening bands differ each night, with 12 acts providing support, including Osa Osa, Queen of Jeans, and Knuckle Puck. 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Theatre of Living Arts, 332 South St., tlaphilly.com

Jakes Xerxes Fussell / Sam Amidon

This show brings together two guitarists, songwriters, and song interpreters who are both experts at excavating and reviving ancient-sounding folk songs and stories. Fussell’s most recent album is When I’m Called; Amidon’s is Salt River. 8 p.m., Ardmore Music Hall, 23 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore, ardmoremusichall.com

Avery Sunshine

Atlanta-based but Chester-born and -raised singer Avery Sunshine blends R&B, gospel, soul, and jazz on her 2024 album So Glad to Know You, which earned her Jill Scott comparisons and a best progressive R&B award she won in a rare Grammy tie with NxWorries. 8 p.m., City Winery Philadelphia, 900 Filbert St., citywinery.com/philadelphia

Mclusky

The sardonic, funny, and furiously rocking Welsh post-hardcore band, formerly known as Best, made its debut as Mclusky with the cheekily titled My Pain and Sadness Is More Sad and Painful than Yours, in 2002. The band broke up in 2005, but is now back together as a full-time concern, marked by the release of last year’s The World Is Still Here and So Are We. Pile opens. 8 p.m., Underground Arts, 1200 Callowhill St., undergroundarts.org.

Floetry

Marsha Ambrosius and Natalie Stewart are both Brits. Ambrosius grew up in Liverpool and Stewart in London. But the hip-hop and R&B duo didn’t make a splash until they crossed the pond and based themselves in Philadelphia as part of the early 2000s neo-soul scene. Now the two are back together after a 10-year break with their “Say Yes” tour. 8 p.m., Met Philly, 858 N. Broad St., themetphilly.com

Belair Lip Bombs

Again by the Australian quartet fronted by singer Maisie Everett was one of the most enjoyable albums of 2025. It is part of a power pop mini-revival that also includes Chicago’s Sharp Pins and New Zealand’s the Beths. Friday at Free at Noon, World Stage, 3025 Walnut St., xpn.org and 8 p.m. Saturday, PhilaMoca, 531 N. 12th St., r5productions.com

Matt Pryor / Maxwell Stern

Get Up Kids singer Matt Pryor headlines this church basement show, with Maxwell Stern, the Cleveland-raised now Philly-based songwriter who impressed at a recent Free at Noon, and whose sharply observed 2024 album In a Good Light also features the aforementioned Mike Brenner. 8 p.m., First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., r5productions.com

Band of Horses

The Seattle-born, Ben Bridwell-led Band of Horses has built a 20-year career with soaring and sweet combo of dreamy, country-shaped alt-rock, on the My Morning Jacket and Neil Young continuum. 2024’s Things Are Great might not live all the way up to its title, but it was a solid return to form after a six-year break. 8 p.m., Fillmore Philly, 29 E. Allen St., thefillmorephilly.com.

Alice Phoebe Lou

South African singer-songwriter Alice Phoebe Lou has quietly built a following over the last decade with an ethereal, understated approach to songwriting that never gets overly busy as she goes on adventurous self-explorations. Oblivion is her latest. 8 p.m., Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St., utphilly.com

Whitney

Chicago duo Whitney gets back to the basics of yearning and heartache on its new album, Small Talk. It’s a simple and satisfying listen that puts the emphasis on drummer and singer Julian Ehrich’s near falsetto voice, pulling away from the experimentation of 2022’s Spark. Dari Bay opens. 7:30 p.m., Ardmore Music Hall, 23 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore, ardmoremusichall.com