Independence Day Allows for an Extra Night Out

The Fourth of July falls on a Monday this year, which for those of us who try to take full advantage of the summer yet have a day job, is great news.

Independence Day falling on a weekday means an extra night to take advantage of a long summer night, and no alarm clock to wake up to at some inappropriate single digit morning hour.

Kick off the patriotic weekend at 7 p.m., Saturday at Charm City Art Space with Ceremony from Sonoma County, CA. The band formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2005, and has garnered critical accolades for its debut full-length album Violence Violence (Malfunction).

Not to be confused with at least two other bands named Ceremony — one shoegaze and one apparently death metal — this Ceremony specializes in hardcore, much like Charm City Art Space. Fellow Californians Joyce Manor,  Washington D.C.’s Sacrum, and Fox & Hound from Baltimore are also on the bill.

Fast forward after your Fourth of July celebration/cookout/fireworks/sleeping in with the week’s best bet, and take in the show on Tuesday at Golden West. Headlining are Nobunny, perhaps named for the lead singer’s penchant for playing sans pants while wearing a bunny mask. Nobunny plays some of the best garage rock this side of 1965. Performing since 2001, lead singer Justin Champlin released his home-recorded debut album, Love Visions in 2008 under the Nobunny moniker. 

Also this weekend:

• Friday at The Wind Up Space. Weird Feelings, Two Inch Astronaut, T-shirt T-shirt, and Dee and the Warlocks, $7, 9 p.m.
• Saturday at Ottobar. Trixie Little and the Evil Monkey’s All American Burlesque Circus hosted by NYC’s Bradford Scobie, Must be 21, show starts at 9 p.m.