This Week in Music

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Average White Band. Here's hoping the horn-heavy Scottish funk band of the '70s plays "Cut the Cake," the dirtiest wedding song in history. Fri.-Sat., April 27-28, 8pm. $29.50. With Tower of Power. Keswick Theatre, Easton Rd. and Keswick Ave., Glenside. 215.572.7650. www.keswicktheatre.com.

Big Frog. A Grateful Dead cover band would be enough--but a Japanese Grateful Dead cover band? Thurs., April 26, 9pm. $6. With Splintered Sunlight. Brownie's 23 East, 23 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore. 610.649.8389. www.brownies23east.com.

Common/Talib Kweli and Hi Tek. The Penn Relays are here, and with them comes good stuff in University City. Fri., April 27, 7pm. $20-$25. Wynn Commons, 34th and Spruce sts. 215.898.4444. www.specevents.net.

Warren Defever. Considering that the last time he was in town he dragged a giant stuffed dragon around the Upstage, his Rotunda show should be an entertaining event. Or his name ain't Alive. Sun., April 29, 7pm. $7. With Retsin + Forget Me Not. Rotunda, 4012 Walnut St. 215.681.3812. www.r5productions.com.

David Gray. With the ubiquity of his White Ladder, we might wonder whether we have indeed left the age of British colonialism behind. Tues., May 1, 8pm. $24.50-$27.50. Tower Theatre, 69th and Ludlow sts., Upper Darby. 215.336.2000. www.electricfactory.com.

Sarah Lee Guthrie/Tao Rodriguez Seeger. "My dad can refuse to beat up your dad." Fri., April 27, 9pm. $8. Part of RIG with John Train. The Point, 880 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr. 610.527.0988. www.atthepoint.com.

Slim Cessna's Auto Club. Jello Biafra's bumpkins return once again for a veritable punk rock hoedown. Thurs., April 26, 9pm (doors). $8. With Butcher Holler Boys. North Star, 27th and Poplar sts. 215.684.0808. www.northstarbar.com.