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11/11/07…This Week In Shows

Sunday, November 11th: The Masque 30th Anniversary Party @ EchoPlex
Classic live footage of the Avengers, The Weirdos, F Word, Screamers + The Diffs covering The Germs, The Dogs, Wild Weekend does The Zeroes, Deadbeats, Billy Bones – original singer from The Skulls, Shock / Holly Vincent, The Crowd, The Flyboys, Controllers, The Eyes featuring Charlotte Caffey, Dj Bonebrake and Joe Ramirez, The Plugz featuring Tito Larriva, Charlie Quintana and Barry McBride performing “Electrify Me”, The Stitches, The Gears

Also recommended: Cursive @ Spaceland, Moonrats @ Scene Bar

Monday, November 12th: The Jealous Girlfriends @ Silverlake Lounge
I keep hearing good things about The Jealous Girlfriends and since I missed their show with Great Northern, this is a nice second chance. w/Casxio, Evan Voytas, A For Attack
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The Jealous Girlfriends – Heiroglyphics (mp3)

Also recommended: Radars To The Sky @ Detroit Bar

Tuesday, November 13th: Pieta Brown @ Silverlake Lounge
I really like Pieta Brown’s new album Remember The Sun. The daughter of Greg Brown, this is Pieta’s fourth album and was produced by Lucinda Williams’ guitarist and bandleader, Bo Ramsey.
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Pieta Brown – In My Mind I Was Talkin’ To Loretta (mp3)

Wednesday, November 14th: The King Kahn & BBQ Show @ The Juke Joint
Another great Tiger Mask line up at The Juke Joint with Mark Sultan’s King Kahn & BBQ Show with The Rolling Blackouts and Thee Makeout Party!
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The King Kahn & BBQ Show – I’ll Never Belong (mp3)

Also recommended: The Valley Arena @ Scene Bar

Thursday, November 15th: Citay @ 6th St. Warehouse
San Francisco’s Citay at first was just Ezra Feinberg and Tim Green from The Fucking Champs, but now there is a live band that includes members of Tussle, Crime in Choir, The Dry Spells. Their new album, Little Kingdom is quite good. w/The Moon Upstairs, Sea of Air, Joseph Mattson
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Citay – First Fantasy (mp3)

Also recommended: Division Day @ Echoplex, Monotonix @ The Smell, Free Blood @ Detroit Bar, The King Kahn & BBQ Show @ Spaceland

Friday, November 16th: Ya Ho Wa 13 @ EchoPlex
I think this all too weird to pass up, with the cult thing, rock bands, hippie attire, and other assorted odd shit. Plus Entrance is playing so if everything else is a bust, at least there’s that. Performances by Ya Ho Wa 13, Sly Saxon & The Seeds, Entrance, and Hecuba
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Ya Ho Wa 13 w/Sly Saxon – Wolf Pack (mp3)

Also recommended: Crystal Antlers @ Que Sera, The Strange Boys @ The Echo

Saturday, November 17th: Darker My Love @ Troubadour
The new Darker My Love record will be out next year, but if you don’t already have their debut, you can download it for free from Dangerbird Records. w/The Warlocks
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Darker My Love – Summer Is Here (mp3)

Also recommended: The Strange Boys @ The Comic Bug, The Parson Red Heads @ The Echo