With the deep-gouging, volatile release of unrestrained, pensive-streaming emotion stampeding downhill, encircled by menacing, tension-building, experimental post-punk surroundings, Soul Glo entrenches their heavy sound in the First Unitarian Church this evening. The band strips away any coating of pretension in favor of the a raw, abrasive experience, which immediately affects the listener in a heart-and-head-pounding transfer of ideas. With their latest album, The Bend in the Break, available via Topshelf Records, the pummeling, pissed off, poetic arsenal of Dangers, as well as the noise-shrouded hardcore/hip-hop hybrid of Kids, will help knock off any residual holiday remains. You definitely won't find any Trump-voting family members there. First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 8:30pm, $10, All Ages (Photo by Luke Mouradian) - Michael Colavita

The powerful dynamic of raw emotively drenched vocals, coupled precise heart-pounding instrumentation, will manifest in the hardcore intensity of Soul Glo this evening at Everybody Hits. Bringing those all-in fiery wails and letting them stew in a thick broth of deep digging and equally ripping grooves, it becomes clear that these combative musical expressions carry a significant worth that can be felt immediately. With their new album Bruise Easy due out on September 4, the measured melody and unflinching instrumental punch of Marge has been injected into the lineup, and the gear–shifting pop-punk of Loose Tooth will provide this bill at the batting cages plenty of local talent at the lead off position. Marrying a temporary comforting calm, butted up against surges of impending destruction, New Englanders Pile hit cleanup on this night. Everybody Hits, 529 W. Girard Ave., 8pm, $8, All Ages - Michael Colavita