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Phillyist's quick-picks for your evening agenda.

Happy first weekend of September - and happy Labor Day weekend, too, for our American cities! Let's take a look at what's been happening around the Ist-a-verse.

Tomorrow night, The Slip, New England's quickest-rising stars (not named Matsuzaka), are hitting Philly for a headlining show at World Cafe Live. If you're a fan of bands like Umphreys McGee, you'll be blown away by these three dudes.

MMJ/Slip Giveaway
11/29/06-11/30/06

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Tuesday post only collects the early announcements, so definitely check back on Thursday for the latest ticket news.

If you listen to WXPN, you already know all about this, but there's another festival coming to the area next weekend: XPN's All About the Music Festival. The title would seem to indicate that this is a festival that's not about high-priced snacks and memorabilia, or drugs and spirituality. It's just about music, and we like the sound of that. Of course, just because it's all about the music doesn't mean it can't also be for the whole family; it opens Friday night with two stages of performers, but Saturday and Sunday there will be a third Kids Corner Stage featuring tunes for the children. And if the kids get bored of just sitting around, there's always the nearby Camden Children's Garden to occupy them - the folks from XPN will apparently be taking it over.

Centro-matic is playing NXNW tomorrow night, and we thought you should know, as this is a pretty interesting band, and not just because they're named after a pawn shop accordion. They're out touring to support their most recent in a long line of releases, Fort Recovery, which is a great, mellow, folksy pop disc with a bit of a country twang that reminds Phillyist a little of My Morning Jacket and a little of Wilco (well, Wilco, or...pick your favorite Jeff Tweedy band). Their lovely, melodic songs are passionate, emotional, and moving - and that's how we felt before we even figured out the clever lyrics. A big part of the appeal is Will Johnson's wonderfully heart-felt vocals, and that nice little accent of his.