Tonight!: Kurt Vile's existential guitar tunes at Ottobar

Philadelphia's most promising singer-songwriter in years comes armed with measured guitar licks and a head of hair that would make your girlfriend envious. Kurt Vile and the Violators play the Ottobar tonight, and it's a show worth your Monday night. Vile is touring in support of his

well-received

fourth LP,

Smoke Ring For My Halo

. His previous disc, 2009's

Childish Prodigy

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, worked a tongue-in-cheek title but also hinted at the his talents;

Smoke Ring

makes good on that potential. For proof, here's the video for the

Smoke Ring

single "Jesus Fever." "I'd pack my suitcase with myself / but I'm already gone / Cleanse myself with vitamin health / But I'm already gone," Vile sings in the opening lines. The song evokes an open-ended departure of the soul, with the only certainty being the exit

and nothing else

. No, scratch that — Vile's guitar will almost certainly be there for the ride. Doors open at 8 p.m.

$12

.

Kurt Vile

Tonight!: Kurt Vile's existential guitar tunes at Ottobar

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