Nothing and Basement w/Gouge Away

Philadelphia foursome Nothing stormed onto the scene in 2014 with Guilty of Everything, a potent piece of grunge-gaze gold owing to, but not stuck in, the ’90s. Two years later, outspoken frontman Dominic Palermo and his crew of reformed hardcore kids doubled down on the debut’s most melodic aspects with the ultra-catchy Tired of Tomorrow. It’s kind of wild that Nothing has been around for only about five years, because their best songs — for my money, Guilty’s sweeping “Endlessly” and Tired’s hard-charging “Vertigo Flowers” — get their hooks in you like they’ve been there forever. Last year’s Dance on the Blacktop is a little artsy and cerebral, dialing back the anthemic streak that the first two records showed. But the band’s recent one-off cover of Northwest indie heroine Grouper’s swoon-worthy “Heavy Water/I’d Rather Be Sleeping” got me right back on board. At this point I’d follow Palermo most places, and look forward to zoning out to the new material live. Filling out the bill is a pair of wild cards: If you’ve got a Jimmy Eat World-size hole in your heart, English combo Basement is here to fill it, while Floridians Gouge Away’s Pixies-referencing name is merely a ruse for a screamy, riffy sound that would’ve fit right in on its home state’s ’90s post-hardcore clearinghouse No Idea Records. 8 p.m. at Exit/In, 2208 Elliston Place CHARLIE ZAILLIAN